GTF0001 – Horizon: Empower the Orphaned

Sarah ShearerJune 22, 2021Family First, Guatemala 0 comments

EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION

TRANSFORMATION EDUCATION The brightly decorated classrooms are divided into arts and reading areas. Teachers sit with students in small groups, helping them sound out words and read books on their own -- some of them, for the very first time. The students work through their classwork, with access to help, in a positive, productive atmosphere. ..

Sarah ShearerMay 21, 2021Uncategorized 0 comments

GROWING VALUES

FIELD NOTES STORIES OF INSPIRATION AND EMPOWERMENT A MORAL MURAL Younger children at Casa de Esperanza are growing — and they’ve got leaves to prove it. Vanesa, Esmeralda, Ana Maria and Merlin joined other young children in the community for time of learning all about personal values — think respect, friendship, honesty, patience and more...

Sarah ShearerMay 10, 2021Family First 0 comments

LIFE PROJECTS: PURSUING SOFIA’S PASSION

A FOUR-PART SERIES ON GUATEMALA'S YOUNG ADULTS LIFE PROJECTS: SOFIA'S STORY For children growing up in a stable home environment, “tomorrow” is ever-present. Goal-setting and future-dreaming are bread and butter, and loved ones pepper young ones with “What are your hopes and dreams?” and “What do you think you would like to do when you grow up?” Answers are expected to become more..

Sarah ShearerApril 14, 2021Family First 0 comments

NATIONAL SIBLING’S DAY

NATIONAL SIBLINGS' DAY NATIONAL SIBLINGS' DAY National Siblings’ Day is here! Depending on your own siblings (or children), that could mean a lot of different things: national play-in-the-backyard day, national break-up-a-fight day, national call-your-sister day, national-choose-your-own-adventure. At Horizon, family is our heartbeat. Their relationships with siblings are one of the biggest pieces shaping their family..

Sarah ShearerApril 13, 2021North America 0 comments

FIVE SIMPLE WORDS

FIVE SIMPLE WORDS "Best interest of the child." Our newest value has ushered in a whole new way of doing what we do: empowering orphaned children to self-sustainability. It adds definition to what most would consider intuitive — it’s only natural that serving and supporting orphaned children would be in their best interest! ..

Daniel FinebergFebruary 19, 2021Family First, Guatemala

RESTORING IDENTITY

Others in Rosa’s community know her by her kindness. But Rosa’s road to Casa de Esperanza at four years-old wasn’t an easy one.