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A little late in posting this to our website. Please click here to read our latest newsletter.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023

During these holidays, may the magic be your best suit, your smile the best gift, your eyes the best destiny and your happiness my best wish for you.

With love, Fredy Argueta

We accomplished a lot even though we could not visit Zacualpa this year. Thank you supporters. Click here to read the latest news.

Due to the Ministry of Education’s mandate to have preschool in all communities, many new schools do not have the table and chair sets for the kindergarteners. With a Rotary Grant, Amigos de Guatemala is able to provide 30 sets in rural areas. Volunteers will deliver them during our visit in January.

Thanks to the Rotary Club of Anthem, AZ, a new roof is being installed at an elementary school. The power of Rotary and partnerships.

Jessica is a talented artist who represents not only Zacualpa but her Maya heritage. She has received regional and national recognition. She is one of our scholarship students who will be graduating from high school in just a few short weeks. Jessica is sponsored by the Interact Club in Salida, California.

We are a little late in posting the newsletter to the website but here it is. https://mailchi.mp/adfa9137b011/spring-newsletter-from-amigos-de-guatemala-5591429

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One of the things I love most is visiting different Rotary Clubs to talk about our work in Guatemala. Here are pictures from my visit to the Rotary Club of Lodi.

Part of community garden is to maintain and expand the heirloom black corn that is indigenous to the area. Very little of this corn is cultivated. Here is the distribution of the first crop.