This is Luis For the past 10 years, Luis fought poverty and injustice in rural Guatemala Because of this work, on August 29th 2019, Luis was brutally Assassinated Luis worked with our mission since our founding.For many years, he led our team in Guatemala. Luis was very poor himself, but he dedicated his life…
Together with the Rotary Club of Georgetown, Hope for the Rio Dulce has helped to coordinate the distribution of water filters to villages that lack clean sources of water. These small filters allow a family to filter almost any type of water – from well water to water from the river. The filtered water is…
Thanks to generous donations, Hope for the Rio Dulce was able to provide a pump, tubing, and supplies to get a water supply up and running in the village of Colacles. Colocales is a village on the edge of Lake Izabal. The village had a well, but no pump or other needed supplies that would…
Thanks to the generous support of donors, a new Middle School has been built in the village of Arcochoch – a large village in a very isolated location where government services are often not available. The people in the area around Arochoch live in extreme poverty, with little to no access to educational opportunities. Within…
This is Delmy. Delmy is a girl from a small village in Guatemala, a long way from the nearest town. About 2 years ago, she developed a severe problem on her right eye. Her family – poor, uneducated, isolated – didn’t know what to do. But even if they had known, they didn’t have enough…
2018 Hope for the Rio Dulce Mission Trip We will be sponsoring a mission trip this summer. The dates are July 28 – August 4th. During the week-long trip, the mission group will work on service projects to benefit villagers, experience Guatemalan village life first-hand, and spend time in reflection and fellowship. This is…
Life is tough in rural Guatemala – for everyone. Families often live in difficult circumstances with no electricity or clean water. Worse, they lack any way to get out this extreme poverty. Every member of the family is affected by the poverty they live in. But none are more affected than the girls. In…
Imagine a life without electricity. Think of all the times you use an electrical device or even do something as simple as turn on the lights. Now, imagine what you would be able to accomplish in your life without any of those things. Not much, I’m afraid. But that is life for thousands…
For several years Hope for the Rio Dulce has operated a junior high school in the village of Nuevo Nacimiento Caliz. That school has dormitories to house students from distant villages. Many came from hours away just for the chance to study. One particular group of students at that school had to travel nearly…
An example of the long term effects of supporting the development of local leaders is that of Luis Xol. Luis has been the primary coordinator for our projects since we began our mission, and before that he worked with our predecessors, missionaries Norm and Maria Kaesburg. Luis has only a 3rd grade education and taught…
