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HISTORICAL REVIEW CONTINUES WITH
NEW HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS--
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1. 1980 Revista Verapaz, articulo sobre El Centro Indigena de Desarrollo en Valparaiso, titulado, "JUSTICIA PARA LOS POBRES"
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2. VOZ, boletin informativo, julio 1983 "El Trabajo de la Fundacion Se Multiplica Seis Veces....." Informe Financiero de 1982.
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3. VOICE newsletter for Fall & Winter 1983, "Lehi Symposium & Project Report"
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Photo/essay for Newsletter #8 JULY 2016
Mario, we see here, with his daughter, is also very appreciative of our help now half-way through his final year to finish Law School.
We need to keep the donations coming even during our summer in the U.S. as they aren't on vacation in Guatemala and every month need our help.
"TASKS FOR WHICH WE MUST NOT FAIL!"
email Newsletter #9 July 18, 2016 entitled:
"NOTE FROM A 40 YEAR LONG DONOR & More"
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We begin with
"The Note"
AFTER ABUNDANT GRATITUDE EXPRESSED BY GUATEMALANS FOR THE FOUNDATION & DONORS
WITH UPDATING ADDED ON JULY 18th from,
email Newsletter #9 July 18, 2016 entitled:
"NOTE FROM A 40 YEAR LONG DONOR & More"
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We begin with
"The Note"
AFTER ABUNDANT GRATITUDE EXPRESSED BY GUATEMALANS FOR THE FOUNDATION & DONORS
WE NOW TRY & MOVE ON WITH OUR WORK
BUT NEED HELP TO DO SO
by Cordell Andersen, Director of the Foundation
During May I made "supervisory trip" to the project areas in Guatemala representing the Foundation, which to my surprise turned into a literal avalanche of gratitude for what the Foundation has done over the last 50 years. It was so overwhelming that the decision was made to report extensively on 12 related events, and make available those photo reports to all donors & others who should be interested--online. We hoped that all interested in helping needy Mayans & others in Guatemala would at least be curious about the fruits of the sacrifice made by donors, and the literally thousands of hours of volunteer supervision of the projects, from the U.S. Foundation, and from our volunteer Guatemalan directors. THIS WAS SO CRITICAL THAT THE NEWSLETTERS CREATED & PUBLISHED BY THE FOUNDATION IN JUNE WERE TO EXCLUSIVELY MAKE AVAILABLE SAID REPORTS & ENCOURAGE ALL TO VIEW THEM.
If you haven't done so please take an hour or so of your time, and respond to the love & appreciation expressed with tears from many for literally being alive, having an education, and from entire communities that today know better how to live and are thriving…..and from many who still need us to survive and have the hope of lives of dignity. PLEASE CARE ENOUGH TO GO THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE & EXAMINE THE FRUITS OF THIS 50 YEAR EFFORT & THEN DECIDE WHETHER IT IS WORTHY OF YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT.
OUR PRESENT TASKS FOR WHICH WE CAN'T FAIL!
1. Finish the year helping the ARIEL & INES ANDERSEN CHULUC VILLAGE SCHOOL, paying the wage of one teacher, plus matching community donations to pay the monthly electric bill, nutrition program & related school needs. The need: An average of $450/month x 12 months, for a total of $5,400/yr. with $2,700 still pending to finish this year.
Our teacher, Carmen Canux, whose wage the Foundation pays.
All the children send you their "grateful hello!"
At the "Celebration of Thanks" back in May, Don Maximo was there having come from his home on his own in his electric cart, and in the speech he gave he expressed profound gratitude for the Foundation and its donors having blessed his life with this marvelous machine--and humbly asked, "How long will you let me use it?"
He couldn't imagine anyone giving him such a gift to actually be his!
We need to keep the donations coming even during our summer in the U.S. as they aren't on vacation in Guatemala and every month need our help.
2. Help for our volunteer Regional Director, Mario de la Cruz, to finish his last year in Law School. We decided he was more than worthy as he dedicated 15 years as a volunteer keeping alive the school the Foundation supported in Patzicia for 32 years. His support during those years was critical due to an extreme case of personal need of our Director during that period. The need: Including living & educational expenses=$7,847/year with $3,882 still pending to finish the year.
Here we see Mario, his wife, Elena, and their two children, along with me and my adopted
daughter, Aura, who accompanied me in most of the Events of the Supervisory Tour.
NOTE: This might seem extreme to some, but if we consider it remuneration for his 15 years of volunteer service, it comes to an average of $523/year or $43.59/month--beginning at 15 years of age, and continuing to his 30th year when with a wife and two children. WE NEED MORE HELP TO MEET THIS COMMITMENT!
3. Help Aura Andersen, my adopted daughter, finish her Master's Degree in Social Work. She has suffered greatly being separated from her family since 2002, due to a terrible injustice in the U.S. Immigration system to give her a U.S. Resident Visa, during which time I tried to not waste time by helping her get her university education. My funds were eventually exhausted, so I have requested Foundation help, in a sense helping me as compensation for having served as a volunteer for all these years.
She is now working in a necessary internship with a project under the direction of a Catholic priest who has a fascinating project helping a whole community of very poor people who live and survive in the garbage dump in the Coban area. Her specific duty will be to focus on the desperately needy nutritional aspects of these extremely needed people, and our support of her for the next 6 months will be a critical contribution among people so needy you wouldn't believe it. We will be reporting with photos of her internship.
The need: Approximately $400/month for the remainder of the year.
After the supervisory trip he explained that he was having frequent tire & brake trouble and requested help for new tires and the repair, which I gladly accepted, providing him with $800 to make safe his quite old Toyota pickup. But, in the June report he submitted I noticed he rather spent the money on needed projects, and explained more funds were needed to finish. I replied that possibly there wouldn't be available any more funds for projects in his area as donations have been the lowest in years.
Here you see me with Federico during one of the Events of the Supervisory trip.
I asked him why he didn't spend the money making his pickup safe. He, replied that the projects were so important he had to sacrifice his own interests, and explained that one of the projects is only partially finished and more money was needed to finish it. We need to help him finish the project shown below, and also make his vehicle safe.
PRESENT PROJECT IN SANTA CRUZ VERAPAZ THAT NEEDS OUR HELP
For several months we have been helping the government URBAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Santa Cruz with their urgent need of a water tank. The school you will see in the following pictures is an elementary school in the morning, and in the afternoon the facility is used for a high school level technical/vocational institute.
We began helping them construct the base for the needed water tank, and now have added re-constructing the deteriorated stairway up to the school, as well as a needed retaining wall. We need around $600 to complete this project.
The project pictures below include some of the high school level students hiking out into rural areas to help several rural schools. You will note them crossing a suspension bridge, which was also a Foundation project a number of years ago.
FEDERICO VELIZ, OUR REGIONAL DIRECTOR HONORED AT GALA EVENT
& OUR INDIAN QUEEN REIGNS OVER THE VERAPACES
On June 16, 2016 Federico was one of two retired teachers honored, by the Association of Teachers in the Region for his humanitarian service as a volunteer representative of the Guatemalan Foundation over a period of many years, and literally hundreds of projects he has spearheaded and supervised. You can see by the pictures I'll insert below that this was a big event attended by all the important people of the area. The Foundation's work has been blessed by having the partnership of this great man, who deserves our gratitude, respect and support in dedicating his life to the needy.
On June 18 in the Regional "TEZULUTLAN" Indian Queen competition in Coban, the Santa Cruz Queen, Dora Patricia Caal Ho, sponsored by the Guatemalan Foundation, won and became what is known as
"LA PRINCESA TEZULUTLAN"
She will now compete in the National Indian Folklore Festival, at the end of July, the winner becoming known as
"THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING"
To the right we see Dora Patricia sitting.
PLEASE HELP THE FOUNDATION FINISH ITS WORK!
