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ALDEA

2 days ago

Our 50th Anniversary U.S. Tour is taking shape! This fall Paco Enríquez, Executive Director of our partner organization in Guatemala, ABPD, will come to the U.S. for a series of 50th anniversary events, which will include screenings of the new Visionaries Public Television Series Documentary – “ALDEA: It takes a village.”

50th Anniversary U.S. Tour Schedule

Washington, DC: October 21–22
Chicago, IL: November 15–16
San Diego, CA: November 17–18
San Francisco, CA: November 19

If you are in one of these areas, we hope you'll join us! For more information, including event contacts, visit aldeaguatemala.org/get-involved/50th-anniversary-gallery/fall-u-s-tour-visionaries-film-release/.

We also invite people to host their own Visionaries documentary viewing parties. Please contact Jessica LaBumbard at aldea@aldeaguatemala.org or (313) 205-4249 to learn more. ... See MoreSee Less

ALDEA

3 days ago

Our 2017 Annual Report is now available online, and we're excited to share it with you!

Thanks to our dedicated supporters and the hard work of our community partners and staff, in the past year we:

- Partnered with 19 communities in Patzún and Santa Apolonia;

- Worked with 2,197 families to improve health and well-being through grassroots development;

- Reduced the rate of chronic childhood malnutrition from 62 to 33 percent in the communities that have graduated from our program after two years; and

- Reduced the rate of chronic childhood malnutrition from 70 to 55 percent in the communities that have just finished their first year with us.

Read more at aldeaguatemala.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ALDEA-2017-Annual-Report.pdf.

Thank you for an amazing year!

(The Annual Report is based on our 2017 fiscal year of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.) ... See MoreSee Less