Patience Randle: You’ve been the Executive Director at Esperanza Juvenil for 15 years now! How does it feel? Lucas Pinzon: Yes, wow! It has been a very fulfilling opportunity for me. It’s given me a chance to accompany many scholars from the beginning of their education until the end. Patience: How did you first learn about […]
“It was poor but dignified,” Luis said. Luis spent his childhood living in Nicaragua, where his mother was from, and Guatemala, the home of his father. His parents separated and the situation was very challenging. As a boy, Luis often got into trouble with other kids in his neighborhood. Reflecting now as a young man, […]
Ericka joined Esperanza Juvenil, Boys Hope Girls Hope’s Guatemalan affiliate, after finishing the 6th grade. Her family didn’t have the resources for Ericka to continue studying, a common challenge for families in Guatemala. She learned about Esperanza Juvenil through a partner organization that supports pre-school and elementary school children in a very economically challenged neighborhood […]
My Boys Hope Girls Hope story began because of my mom, and I’m thankful every day that she brought me into this journey. When I was in the fifth grade, my mother began taking me with her to visit the many orphanages in Guatemala. I remember playing with the kids and translating for the U.S. […]
Breaking the Poverty Barrier For those of us that have been poor and have been able to break through the poverty barrier, it is the equivalent to traveling at the speed of light. The comparison might sound exaggerated for the ones that haven´t experienced it. To put things into perspective, the amount of time needed […]
Twenty-two year-old Brenda was born in Sayaxche, Peten in Guatemala. When she was five, Brenda moved with her parents and five siblings to Los Reyes, San Andres, Peten, located far from her extended family in Sayaxche. Los Reyes was a very small, isolated town, and the only transportation to and from it was one bus […]