Who We Support
Regions where our projects come to life
Guatemala Service Projects, Inc. is proud to support four key areas throughout Guatemala. We work with our associates and community contacts to plan and support numerous ongoing projects for educational development, food assistance, medical supplies and health improvement.
Quiché Department
The core area for our projects, the municipality of Chichicastenango in the Quiché Department is one of the most vulnerable to poverty, limited education and malnutrition. It’s home to the K’iche’ Maya who, along with many smaller Mayan ethnicities in the area, experience severe social exclusion and poor occupational opportunities due to discrimination and geographic isolation.
Here, we have created and supported projects including elementary school libraries, technology laboratory, school equipment, student sponsorships, vitamin programs, sustainable family gardens, and clean water distribution.
The “right” opportunity arose when I learned about a travel opportunity for adoptive families which would include volunteer work and cultural sightseeing. Being members of that team had a profound impact on me, Lillian and Andrew. Not only were we able to make a real connection to our son’s birthplace, but we met incredibly warm and generous people, all of whom we now consider to be a part of our “family.” In addition to the volunteer work I shared with the Team, I also was able to “give back” by performing as my alter ego, “Farfel the Clown” at a barbecue for children of The Backyard School. It will remain one the proudest and happiest memories of my life.