After a brief pause over Christmas and the New Year, supplies and video lessons are going out to families again this week to kick off a new school year in Guatemala.

2020 has been a year with many challenges and struggles throughout the world, and particularly in Guatemala , where poverty is widespread and life expectancy, development, and hope feel threatened.

With your support, our teachers are continuing to provide materials for our students to learn at home and the students' responses are amazing!

The health system in Guatemala collapsed just two months into lockdown and relief promised by the government still hasn’t reached families. But there is good news from the Acorn Childcare Center and more ways you can help.

William is a 5 year old boy who enrolled in the Center in February. William’s story may be one of the most moving stories in the history of the Acorn Childcare Center.

The economic impact of the pandemic in Guatemala has been devastating but the resources and daily instructional videos provided by the Acorn Childcare Center give families something constant in an otherwise chaotic situation.

We are delighted to let you know that all our families and all our staff in Quetzaltenango are healthy and safe at home.

While schools are closed in Quetzaltenango, Maya Childcare is helping families at home.

We are welcoming back some familiar faces from last year and are helping some new children to feel part of this caring community. One of these children is Fernando, who turns three next month.

Meet Andy...because of your generosity, his parents have learned to work together and he's grown from a shy preschooler to a confident student ready for primary school.