Guatemala Adoptive Families Network: Material Aid

Guatemala Adoptive Families Network

Material Aid

The Guatemala Adoptive Families Network works with partner organizations to provide material aid in Guatemala consistent with our mission.

Our current material aid recipients are:

Ixchel Womens' Project
This is a grass roots organization founded by three Maya women with many years of experience working in the remote communities in the western highlands near Quetzaltenango. Their mission is to help women in these traditional Maya communities live a dignified life while maintaining the richness of traditional Maya ritual, language and culture. They have several projects that they carry out in isolated impoverished communities around Quezaltenango (Xela), including:
- Working with rural women who organically cultivate herbs for teas, and at the same time providing education to help the women with issues of domestic abuse, women’s rights and sexual and mental health.
- Participating in the Guatemala Stove project (see below).
- Nurturing the growth of micro-projects such as henhouses and chicken production for meat.
- An organic market gardening initiative with the involvement of two Canadian partners.
Xiquin Sanahi Water Project

This is a long-term project to bring clean water to the people in Xiquin Sanahi, a small village outside of Comalapa in the Highlands of Guatemala. A group of community members have organized to carry out the project. A site visit has been made and recommendations have been developed. Rotary International may get involved which would mean that funds we raised could be matched.

In the past we have also supported the Guatemala Stove Project, which builds cooking stoves and provides other resources to improve the health of women and children in indigenous villages in the Guatemalan Altiplano. Prior fundraising efforts have generated over $15,000 for this project, enough to build stoves for more than 100 families. We continue to accept contributions for the Stove Project, but it is not the current focus of our fundraising efforts.

To contribute to these projects please send your contribution to:

Guatemala Adoptive Families Network
P.O. Box 176
Watertown, MA 02471
USA

Please make your check payable to Guatemala Adoptive Families Network and mark it for the project that interests you, or for material aid generally. You can also make a contribution when you join the Network.

100% of Material Aid contributions go to the material aid projects. The Network is dues-supported and does not take any administrative or other fees from material aid contributions.

At this time contributions are not tax-deductible because neither the Network nor the Stove Project have yet been organized as charitable organizations. We expect to apply for and receive US charitable, tax-exempt status for the Network, but this takes time. We ask that you consider the difference your contribution can make in the lives of the people who will benefit from it, and then contribute to this project despite the fact that no tax deduction is available right now.