December 16 Update: NEW KITCHEN COMPLETED for the STA. ELENA SCHOOL.........GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY YEAR COMING! NEWSLETTER #12-2015 December in English & Español ....."Principles of the Good Life"...Their Success, and Historical Review.. Preface II: PREPARE...THE DECISIVE MOVE!...

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Click for:   Español 
English:  Newsletter #12 December 2015
"Historical Highlighting  Principles of the Good Life & its Success"
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GOLDEN ANNIVERSAYR YEAR...Preface II:  A NEW DECADE OF PREPARATION...then ACTION

 Video #18 The Complete History of the Guatemalan Foundation

*57 YEARS OF HISTORY*

Click for:  Graduation at the "Ariel & Ines Andersen" Chuluc School

NEWSLETTER #11-2015 Nov.
Kitchen for Sta. Elena School -- Preparing for 2016 at the Chuluc Village School
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Page 2 -- THE GOLDEN ANNIVERARY -- "How it all started in 1952 

with an NDE--Near Death Experience"
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ENGLISH       ESPAÑOL
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Click  for:  English & español  "The Moncho Story,"   Other aid projects,   

The Foundation's 
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY YEAR

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UPDATED:  December 16, 2015 
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ENTIRE PROJECT & KITCHEN ALMOST FINISHED

A KITCHEN FOR THE SANTA ELENA SCHOOL....Under construction

NEED A LITTLE MORE HELP TO FINISH

IN PROGRESS scroll down to see new additions

These 100 children need our help.....

The daily Nutrition Program, called in Guatemala "La Refaccion," has been found to be extremely helpful for the health of the children and to have them more mentally alert to learn.

The mothers have been doing their best....under difficult circumstance as we see below.

The construction of their kitchen is underway as we speak....please help us finish it. 

HOW IT STARTED

Federico, our Regional Director, had a series of meetings with the 

community, proposing the project that would be a two room unit:  

Kitchen and storeroom. 

 He explained that for some reason the Municipality wouldn't be helping, so it was to be a partnership between the Foundation, providing materials and a couple of skilled masons, and the community providing volunteer labor...the women agreeing to prepare and provide food for all the workers.  

In the lower picture, we see Federico making the proposal to the community and the mothers and fathers accepting the project.

The Foundation sent $2,660 to purchase the materials and get the work underway as seen below, with volunteers from the community unloading and getting the work started.

We can see again the construction method to protect from earthquakes, with construction steel rising from the foundation, the gap to be filled in with cement, and tied to a cement/steel beam around the perimeter and tied to the roof. 

Here is the progress of the project up to October 28th, that will soon  be nearly ready to begin building the roof.  

What we need now is about $1,000 to purchase the  remainder of the roof materials, including the wood preservative to keep it from rotting and being  eaten by termites, plus doors, windows and the wood stove.

UPDATE: November 18, 2015

The walls are up, and roof support structure in place. 

Galvanized tin roofing material being unloaded.

A "pila" being unloaded and hauled to area where, along with another one, a facility will be available to wash hands, dishes, mops, etc.

You will notice that the size is much more than needed for a "kitchen," as the decision was to also make it large enough to function as a dinning room...for about 60 people.

This new view shows the rugged terrain where the school is located, and also gives us perspective as to its size. 

 This view shows the now enlarged school including the director's office located on the right. 

The sanitary facilities are in front of the school we are seeing here.  As it worked out we didn't have enough money to do the reconditioning of the installation, nor the septic tank system we had hoped to construct.  Minor repairs were done so the system will work, but the complete job will have to be put on our schedule for 2016.  The same with the  roof for the Pre-School Classroom.  Minor emergency repairs were done, with the complete job pending for 2016.

 SO CRITICAL WORK REMAINS FOR 2016: 

1.  The re-conditioning of the toilet facilities and drainage...

2.  We need to build a septic tank for sewage from toilets and washing "pilas,"

3.  Another "pila" is needed to add to the old one, and the one new one seen above;

4.  The Pre-School classroom roof, next to the new kitchen, is worn out and leaking, needing to be replaced. 

We have provided $4,207 for the the project.

Formal plans and a busdget will be submitted soon for the remaining work, and all will be advised what we can still do to finish this job.

PLEASE HELP ALL YOU CAN SO WE  WILL HAVE A FUND READY TO FINISHED THE PROJECT IN2016!
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WHAT IS URGENTLY NEEDED RIGHT NOW IS MONEY FOR THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PROJECT IN SANTA CRUZ FOR THE POOREST OF THE POOR

We are talking about the elderly, crippled, widows with children, like you see above, and others.  They each receive something that they really need, like blankets  you see above and simple toys for the children.  Otherwise these are people who will receive NOTHING for Christmas.  PLEASE HELP ALL YOU CAN.

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PENDING FOR THE CHULUC VILLAGE 

We have met all our 2015 commitments with the 
"Ariel & Ines Andersen" CHULUC SCHOOL
A million thanks!
We now have to prepare for 2016
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You can help right now to make possible the Christmas Project for SantaCruz,  & the wheel chair (hopefully electric) for don Maximo, still pending.  Just click on the donate button below:

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In Santa Cruz Verapaz  during 2016 we will work hard to take care of the most urgent needs during what might be the Foundation's last year....completing 50 years since the Andersen family packed up and headed south with the prediction the project would only last "six months!"

It will be the Foundation's 

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY YEAR!

During the year, each of the 12 issues of our newsletter will  have a pictorial chapter of the 50 year history--4-5 years each month.  We have already got it started with the "Moncho Story."  Many more to come.

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Let's all bend over backwards and help the Foundation go out in style!

We are talking about donations you can easily make each month online, clicking on the donate button below: 

or send your contributions to:

THE GUATEMALAN FOUNDATION

P.O. Box 1296

American Fork, UTAH  84003