Guatemala Trip Summer 2019

In July of 2019, a team from Village Grace (previously Riversgate) traveled to Visiquichum to help the community construct two classrooms, visit kids that they sponsor, and work with groups of local moms to help combat rampant malnutrition.

Here’s an update on the project from the Food for the Hungry liaison:

The classroom project is now finished. As I mentioned before, the community was responsible for installing the door and windows, so each family contributed with Q.10 ($1.20) and they were able to finish that a couple of weeks ago. The community leaders are very grateful for you and the children are motivated to start this school year. See some pictures of the school below. 

Besides that, the community leaders decided to build a school kitchen with the leftover materials from the classroom. They were able to build a cinder block foundation, wood walls and even install water pipes (See picture "Visiquichum 4"). We are very happy to see the proactivity and hard work of the leaders. I'm sure this is only the beginning!