1996 - 2000

   1996-2000

  • The support to the Clinicas Monte María continued.
  • A scholarship program began to help in the training of youngsters attending KINAL, a technical school in Guatemala city and the program Eduquemos a la Niña.
  • The need for shelter homes was recognized. The temporary shelter by the Hospital Roosevelt was rebuilt, furnished and opened to serve the patients' families who travel to the capital city for care. 
  • AIDS patients received medication donations. 
  • The transportation and donation of medical equipment began. Mammography machines were sent to Hospital Roosevelt and the National Cancer Institute by Friends of Guatemala, Inc. (valued at $80,000) 
  • Special help to victims of hurricane “Mitch” was given.
  • The shelter house Santa Catarina Labourre, affiliated with the Hospital General, was helped in addition to the continued support for the shelter at Hospital Roosevelt. 
  • Medical equipment was transported and donated to “Ayúdame a Vivir”, the pediatric cancer hospital (valued at $120,000)