Helping people thrive
Most of us know someone with diabetes and know that it can be difficult to manage. Unfortunately, as we’ve been working with people in the medical clinics and just around our home town, it’s become obvious that diabetes is incredibly prevalent here. Why is that and how can we help? I should preface this with the disclaimer that I am …
Guatemalan hot chocolate is simply amazing. Irving’s brother-in-law makes some pretty awesome chocolate and we’re now offering it as a fundraising item within Guatemala, though we do have a few that can be sent to the US, thanks to a generous friend. What is Guatemalan hot chocolate? It’s basically cacao that is ground into a paste and mixed with sugar. …
It’s no secret that Guatemala has a lot of people in need. They need medical care, they need food, they need love. You may feel that you’re too far away and you just can’t do much. “If I were there, I could help,” is something we hear a lot. And it’s true. If you were here, you could buy food …
The pandemic is terrible everywhere, but imagine living in a country where the medical care is often so bad that you’d rather suffer than go to the hospital? Now imagine that you sell trinkets to tourists . . . just enough to buy food for a day or two for your family . . . but there are no more …