Provide Aid to the Poor in Guatemala

Disabled Guatemalan boy in a wheel chair holding a picture that he made

More than 60 children whose parents lost their jobs due to the pandemic are living in extreme poverty, but native Christian workers are providing them meals twice a week. They are also helping the children catch up on schoolwork that dropped off due to COVID-19 lockdowns.

Help Give Aid to the Poor in Guatemala

Guatemalan school children eating spaghetti and orange juice for lunch around a wooden table

In a country where impoverished children are tempted to join criminal gangs to obtain security and financial reward, local missionaries providing hot lunches and grocery bags encourage kids to follow God’s ways.

Doing Spiritual Warfare – with Youth Gangs

4 Guatemalan boys stand outside of a house made from old sheets of tin

In a slum in Guatemala, a pre-teen boy can earn $30 for killing a store owner who refuses to comply with the local gang’s financial demands. This option was too tempting for 11-year-old Octavio. Living in extreme poverty, his fatherless family struggled to survive, and he was thinking of joining a gang to earn “good money.”