Casa Guatemala Friends Of Guatemalan Children

Casa Guatemala's Children's Village is located on the isolated shores of the Rio Dulce in Guatemala and provides a loving home, education and medical care for 300 children. Casa Guatemala strives to equip the children in their care with the skills and education needed to become upstanding, empowered citizens in their community and to become fully self-sustained through the businesses that they run which provide financial support and meaningful job training for the older children. Casa Guatemala was founded in 1977 and was originally named Casa Canada as the founders were a Canadian couple who reached out to assist the malnourished, orphaned and abused children during the brutal civil war. Their early efforts catalyzed the mission of Casa Guatemala to provide a safe home, love and nurturing, proper health care and an adequate education to the children of Guatemala who are abused, abandoned, malnourished, or living in extreme poverty. Casa Guatemala is a registered NGO and receives no government funding and rely on the funds gathered from groups and individuals around the world and the revenues generated from our social enterprise projects, Hotel Backpackers, our farm and a small store in Rio Dulce and a Day Care Centre in the Capital. These businesses do not only provide a steady income but also serve as training centresfor the older children to gain work experience. Casa Guatemala is supported by registered charities in Canada and the USA that help to collect the funds needed to operate this large organization. The following organizations are affiliated with Casa Guatemala: U.S. Friends of Guatemalan Children Inc IRS ID: 52 1302396 Canada: Support Casa Guatemala Children BN: 892201047RR0001 www.casa-guatemala.org