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Please view photos of Dr. Arrazala. He is the new doctor for Casa Guatemala as well as the 14 surrounding villages that surround the orphanage in the jungle.

We are pleased to annouce that Casa Guatemala the orphanage in Guatemala that is one of Sharing the Dreams partners was just awarded a $20,000.00 grant.  This was given when people voted on Facebook for Casa Guatemala.  Thank you for everyone who voted.  Casa Guatemala has been really short on funding this past year so this will be a big help.  Please check out Casa Guatemala on our partners page.  If you want to give a donation to Casa Guatemala via Sharing the Dream, 100% of that money will go to them.   First time donors gifts will be matched.

Marilyn Anderson has posted information on her website about Guatemala after Hurricane Agatha. She is donating proceeds from the sales of her prints to Sharing the Dream. Please visit her website to view the prints she is offering.

http://www.proartemaya.org/

http://www.proartemaya.org/2010/07/guatemala-after-hurricane-agatha-2010/

Hope you enjoy this interview that was done. 45 minutes of taping and 1 minute on the air. Hopefully it will generate interest.

Diane

http://www.keloland.com/videoarchive/index.cfm?VideoFile=070610guatemala

Every student who receives a scholarship from Sharing the Dream must do four hours of volunteer work in the community per month.  Here is a report on the  Tzanchaj students.  They are 6^th grade students and were not able to go to school until they received this scholarship.  STDG bought the land for the Tzanchaj school years ago and this is a good way to make sure these students continue their education. Tzanchaj is located on the outskirts of Santiago Atitlan. Read the rest of this entry »

The elder center staff decided to do the party in another place. It  was hard to plan the activity knowing that it is really hard to take elder´s in other places than our center in Santiago.  We were thankful that we had help with this activity, we couldn’t have done it by ourselves.   We had a group from U.S.A, they were from Sioux City, Iowa, from Morningside College. It was wonderful to have their help. Bernavela and Felipa prepared a list of work for them. We divided everyone into small groups.  Some students helped in the kitchen, some made “tamupsalitos” (traditional food) some helped take the big pots for cooking to the place where we were going to have the party.  The rest of the group helped the elders get on the back of a pick up and also helped to wrap the small gifts for the elders. Read the rest of this entry »

Left to right: Jorge Quen, Juan Tzep, Tomas Eduardo, Jessica Tomasita, Angelina Martina, and Manuel Eduardo

As many of you know we have been looking for a doctor for Casa Guatemala the orphanage we work with on the Rio Dulce. We wanted a doctor for the 150 children at the orphanage and also for the 14 surrounding villages. The access to medical care is very limited. Yesterday I met with Angie the director and Dr. Efrain Arrazola our new doctor. He has been at Casa Guatemala for 2 months. Sharing the Dream is sponsoring the doctor and we are really excited to be finally realizing this dream. Read the rest of this entry »

A weaver and her house that was destroyed.

Part of the river (Left)                                                                                   Part of the road (Right)

Our walk around town (Left)

The road and the mudslide (Right)

The bridge to Guatemala City (Left)                                                              

The Health Center (Right)