By Lizzy Rainey | Programs Manager
We want to share some words directly from our amazing friends at Casa Guatemala. Executive Director Heather Graham recently told this lovely story of sharing and caring and we wanted to pass it along to you:
"Today I want to call attention to the incredible heart and generous soul of our dear Don Armando. He is the father figure for dozens of the young people who grew up with us. He has been with Casa Guatemala since 1994, and in that time has become the head of our maintenance, transportation and security. But he is much more than an employee. Armando is Casa Guatemala and we wouldn’t be the same without him. This week, someone offered him a pick up truck full of mangoes so that he could sell them in his village. He asked for the day off to go get them. It’s very slow here and donations are not coming in as much as we need. So a chance for him to make some extra money for his family was a blessing. When he got back, he told me that he had to go again the next day because he had also secured a donation of over 2,000 mangoes for Casa Guatemala. Today, Armando and the limited staff we have on site, walked from house to house through our two neighbouring villages of Las Brisas and Camelias and gave mangoes to every single family with children. Not just those from our school. The donations we very much appreciated by everyone. As we move forward through this crisis, we will continue to seek our ways that we can help and be of service. It is what gives us hope and faith for the future. Please continue to give so that we can help those families in need to get through this unprecedented time so that the children will come back to us healthy and strong and ready to learn!"
Don Armando and the team have also received a similar donation of cantaloupes which has also been distributed to the community. Please consider making a contribution directly to Casa Guatemala to support this and their other important work through this crisis. We would also appreciate any support of our fruit tree planting project with them, which, at the moment, is still planned to take place in July.
Gracias por su apoyo (Thank you for your support),
The FTPF team
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