Guatemala Aid Fund invests in futures for Guatemalans, as well as protection of their land, culture and people. Just like a scholarship a donation is passing your great fortune on to others that are in need of a little funding to be successful. Supporting sustainable, education, job training, land protection, child protection and medical programs to uplift communities and eradicate poverty and malnutrition at its source. If you are like us at the 100% Volunteer GAF Organization, we feel blessed with a life that includes a home, access to school, clean water and opportunities for work and a self supporting future. We have seen firsthand in Guatemala that most if not all of these things are out of reach for much of the indigenous and general population. Being the 4th poorest country in the world, with severe malnutrition of greater than 50 percent of the indigenous children and minimal opportunities for education and employment, Guatemalans are fleeing their country. Most do NOT want to leave their families, and the land they love, but they do not have free high school, or meal support or food stamps, and it is difficult to support families with rural pay being $1-2/day. They want an education, they want jobs, they want to stay. GAF has chosen to support Guatemalan-run child protection, education and family support and outreach programs as well as Job training, land/forest preservation projects tied to education and sustainable agriculture. The current rural Solola Community Center project includes plans for an organic farm, eco-cabins for sustainable income sources, as well as a plan to purchase and preserve land including two indigenous ceremonial sites, and native wildlife and forest habitat. Learn more at www.guatemalaaidfund.org
