“Greatest neeD” fund

Give Where It Makes the Greatest Difference

Let your generosity make an impact where it's needed most!

Or perhaps you'd like to leave it up to us to decide where your contribution can make the biggest difference.

Donate here, and H(e)arts for Guatemala will direct your gift toward the projects and families with the greatest needs. By pooling donations, we can support multiple projects, respond to changing needs, and help make as many opportunities possible as we can.

Give once or make a lasting impact!

• One-Time Donation: Make a contribution whenever it works for you.

• Monthly Giving: Become a monthly supporter and stand alongside Guatemalan families all year long!

Every contribution, big or small, helps us continue our work in solidarity with families and communities in Guatemala.

Together, we can do more, reach more families, and create more opportunities through education, connection, and community support.

CHRISTMAS BASKETS 2026

Sharing the joy of Christmas, one family at a time.

Help a family in Guatemala celebrate Christmas with a basket of food to share with their loved ones!

The holiday season is a special time for family, traditions, and gathering around the table. Through our Christmas Basket Project, we hope to make it possible for more families to enjoy a traditional Christmas meal together.

Our baskets include food items that families can use to prepare traditional holiday dishes and celebrate this special time with their loved ones. We also offer larger food baskets for families who may benefit from additional everyday cooking staples to help support their household beyond the holiday season.

Choose a basket to give:

• $100 – Small Christmas Basket: Helps provide a family with food to prepare and enjoy a traditional Christmas celebration.

• $150 – Large Food Basket: Provides additional food and everyday cooking staples to support a family's needs.

We will pool all donations together to provide as many food baskets to families as possible. Every gift helps us stand alongside families, share in their traditions, and bring a little extra joy and togetherness during the Christmas season.

Thank you for being part of H(e)arts for Guatemala and helping make the holidays a little brighter for families!

"More than a food basket, it's an opportunity to share a meal, celebrate traditions, and bring families together."

Merry Christmas from Hearts for Guatemala!

school sponsorship 2027

An opportunity to learn. A chance to grow. A future full of possibilities.

Walking alongside families and opening doors through education.

Each year, thanks to your incredible generosity, H(e)arts for Guatemala helps students attend their local public schools in Chiquimula, Guatemala, as well as in other communities where we have identified a need.

We believe every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and build a future through education. Unfortunately, many families face financial barriers that make it difficult to send their children to school. The cost of uniforms, school supplies, enrollment fees, and other required expenses can put education out of reach.

Our local project managers work directly with school principals to identify students and families who would benefit most from sponsorship. Together, we help remove these financial barriers and make it possible for more children to attend school.

We pool all donations together to help as many children as possible. Every contribution brings us one step closer to making education accessible to more students and standing alongside families as they invest in their children's futures.

School begins in January, and we are already preparing to support another group of students!

What does a sponsorship provide?

A gift of approximately $150 sponsors one student for the school year, helping cover:

• School uniforms

• Required school supplies

• Enrollment fees and other school-related expenses

Your support helps make it possible for children to continue their education, families to have greater opportunities, and communities to grow stronger.

Can you join us in 2027?

Home building project in izabal

Padre Anton has a project in the works with Constru Casa which is a Guatemalan based non-profit working on housing stability for families. This project was funded and completed the building of 3 homes for 3 families identified to be in the most need in his parish. These 3 families will go through a program with Constru Casa and be involved in the building of their homes as well as continued support after moving into their new homes.

We are partnering with Constru Casa and the Guatemalta Foundation to raise money to build 3 homes.

Each home cost about $9000 to build and be ready for the family to move in.

You have helped fund all 3 homes to completion!

Will be posting an update soon in early 2027 for the next round of homes we can help sponsor!

piteros garbage village fundraising campaign

Father Anton has a relationship with people who are literally living in the local garbage dump. Their entire families spend their whole life in the garbage. They are born in garbage, live in garbage, and perish in garbage. Collecting it and selling it for pennies on the dollar. They are slaves to the garbage.

As Father says “ there is no human dignity here”.

The community center is constructed! He has also purchased an honest scale and garbage compressor which allows people to receive more income from their recycled plastic. This project is a long and slow project that will need funding to make an impact for this community! The construction was only the first step - the services and ongoing needs will need continued funding!

Can you come alongside and help show this community that they matter!

Can you help us with the funds for this projects?

Stella maris eye clinic

One of our student board members set up a partnership with the local Stella Maris Eye Clinic.

This clinic provides low cost or free eye care to those in the community in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. The clinic also hosts eye doctors who travel to Guatemala from the US and Malta to perform surgeries and more complicated eye exams. Each year we have collected glasses to deliver to the clinic to be used for their patients.

Distance glasses, reading, and even sunglasses (which are used post operations) are being collected in our community and are delivered to Guatemala.

There is cost associated with delivery of the glasses to the remote eye clinic and donations are needed to fund the transportation of the glasses to Guatemala.

Donate here now to help!