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Ethics in the Nonprofit World
Building With Integrity: What We Believe In As a newer nonprofit organization, we are learning and growing every day. From the very beginning, our board agreed that we wanted to build our organization on a strong foundation of transparency, accountability, and respect for our donors and the families we serve. We are an all-volunteer organization. None of our board members receive compensation, and when we travel to Guatemala to oversee programs or build partnerships, those co

Patti Stewart-Garbrecht
Feb 232 min read


2026 New Year, Exciting Projects
Round-up of everything we did in Guatemala

Patti Stewart-Garbrecht
Jan 254 min read


Lots of Excitement
Our little library has now been open for almost three months and I am happy to say that the community of Chichicastenango has embraced us with open arms. We have such a clean and safe place for children to congregate and learn, many local groups including schools and organizations have visited and requested to collaborate with us to do children's projects. In mid September, our librarian was interviewed by a local organization, Chichicastenango Impresionante. See the link

Patti Stewart-Garbrecht
Nov 21, 20252 min read
Library Up and Running!
We have been open for almost three weeks and La Casita de los Libros is a huge success. The first week was a little slow, but visits...

Patti Stewart-Garbrecht
Sep 26, 20251 min read
Our Trip to Open La Casita de los Libros
Wow! What a great trip to Chichicastenango to open our library! We arrived in the capital late on Tuesday, September 2. We stayed our...

Patti Stewart-Garbrecht
Sep 11, 20255 min read


Introducing Our New Librarian
I would like to introduce our new librarian, Señora Ordoñez (Zila) to all of our followers. Zila was born and raised in...
Regi Akan
Jul 9, 20251 min read


Our First Trip as an Organization
We just concluded our first trip to Chichicastenango, Guatemala as an official nonprofit organization. The trip had been planned for two...

Patti Stewart-Garbrecht
Jun 4, 20252 min read
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