2011 - 2015

Friends of Guatemala Inc. (FOG) has covered 100 % of the operations of their 5 temporary shelters (repairs, social workers, attending workers and general maintenance), which are located in Hospital Roosevelt in Guatemala City, INCAN or Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia in Guatemala City, Hospital de Escuintla located in San Jose, Escuintla, Hospital Monseñor Gregorio Schaeffer in San Lucas Toliman, Inaugurated their fifth temporary shelter in San Benito Peten.
Several children have been sponsored at Elementary school in Panajachel, Aktenamik Vocational School in Puerto Barrios, San Lucas Toliman School, Elementary School in San Jeronimo, Baja Verapaz.
Friends of Guatemala, Inc. (FOG) has provided assistance to La Liga del Pulmon (an entity that specializes on the treatment of respiratory track illnesses, such as Tuberculosis, asthma, etc.)
Vision services were provided for children such as vision tests, transportation and physician eye care
Children nutritional programs were supported by providing food and aide to fight malnutrition, along with the annual collaboration with SCORE and Saint John’s Jesuit Medical mission Friends of Guatemala, Inc. provide deworming pills for children and breastfeeding mothers.
Lastly, Friends of Guatemala, Inc. provided a Christmas celebration at our temporary shelters for families that are not able to be at home for Christmas because of medical care that is far away from home.