Partner Programs

Guatemala Aid Fund Partner Programs

FOOD - SHELTER- EDUCATION - SUSTAINABILITY RESPONSIBILITY - CONTRIBUTION - COOPERATION LOVE - SUCCESS

Association to Eradicate Poverty (AEP) During their years of working with children and families, the Directors at Fatimas realized that the root causes of poverty need to be addressed rather than supporting children and families that suffer from the results with emergency care.​ This grew into the Association to Eradicate Poverty Community Center - San Jose, Chacaya,  Sololá Providing Education, Training and Healthcare Support in Rural Indigenous Community with Classrooms, Small Clinic, Library, Job Training, Nutritional Support, Indigenous Land Preservation and Employment Opportunities. Read More Parenting School & Family Reunification Center - Guatemala City Providing Family Counseling, Parenting School, Job Training and Educational Support ​ Indigenous Land & Forest Protection - Sololá Region Purchasing and preserving native forest and ancient ceremonial sites. We hope you can join us in our Goal to Raise $210,000 (formerly $275,000) US dollars to purchase the land to preserve it for the local indigenous community forever. Indigenous Weaving Entrepreneurial Program - Sololá Region Preserving the traditional Guatemalan Weaving craft with access to training by experienced elders, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities, Solola Region - Indegenous Cooperative Day Care ​ Fatimas Childrens Home ​ Gua temala City Family Style Home, emergency child protection, educational and psychological services and care. Guatemala has a large number of children in institutions, many of which are inadequately staffed and lacking in their ability to provide education, health care, physical safety and emotional support. When children or teenagers age out of institutional care they may be released with no family to return to, and they often have insufficient education to obtain a skilled job, and no address to go home to. This results in a life in the streets and a difficult or impossible path not only for a successful and productive life, but also for survival. We try to erase that scenario by providing much more then the essential needs of food and housing for our kids. We want to provide a good life, now and for their futures.  The priority is to provide the highest level of education and care while trying to reunite them safely with family, or create new families where they will educated and treated with dignity and love forever. Fatima's is not an orphanage, and they support family strengthening and new family creation to place children in loving families that is best for the child. Fatima Children's Home is a loving place where; Children in our care are part of a family Education and life skills are a priority. Whether short term or long term at our home, children are in a continuum of support so as to provide as few barriers to education as possible often by providing school supplies and healthy food to the caregivers/family as well as counseling. Community engagement is encouraged. We want the community to be a part of the home as much as we wish the kids to be active, supportive and connected within their community. These help showcase our commitment to the children in our care “our family”, and our commitment to the community. Jobs and on-the-job training are offered through the hiring of the Guatemalan/local workforce and community members. In addition to the people, our home has a commitment to the larger community and environment and sustainability. We are continually looking for ways to incorporate environmental stewardship and sustainable practices into our home. This includes: Community recycling program – with the help of volunteers and donors we first created a recycling center for home use. We expanded this and opened up recycling for the entire community. Not only does this keep the environment free or many items that would otherwise be landfilled or tossed in the woods or streets, it has become a source of income for the home. Water conservation – our children learn of the importance of water conservation and we are continually looking for ways to reduce and reuse water at the home. Clothing and Household item recycling - With garage sales and the donation of for re-use of used items we hope to keep things out of the landfill and pass on for use.  We find other schools, organizations that can use them, or house Garage sales for raising funds for the school. Read More.. Corazones Felices - Family Outreach Feliz Corazones, or 'T he Happy Hearts' program, is run by Guillermo and Gabby, the children of Rosa Maria Vides de Monzon who established the program. They are dedicated to helping at-risk families keep and raise their children. The program is focused on helping poor Guatemalan children to improve their ways of life through the love and commitment of some wonderful sponsors. They currently have numerous children in need of sponsorship. Read more... Hermano Pedro Orphanage & Hospital Home to abandoned children and adults, performing day surgeries and dental support as well as drug addiction and alcohol abuse support. GAF Provides support for special requests. Luz de Maria ​ Luz de Maria, located just outside of Guatemala Cityis a lovely home run by hard working Dinora Palacios. GAF provided support to this home from their first opening for about 9 years.  They have moved to another great new home with beautiful grounds! Congratulations! Read more ...