Dear Friends,

We are ever so grateful to continue to keep our doors open and to provide for 250 children at Casa Guatemala. At this time last year we were taking steps towards a possible closure of the home. Our belief in our work and your continual support has permitted us to keep our doors open today.

Some of the support we receive is from PERENCO, an Oil Company. They give us $5000 in food donations every month and have sponsored the construction of a computer lab for the school. In addition to providing the computers, printers, the inverter, and the bank of batteries to meet the electrical demand of the office, clinic, kitchen and two houses, they have also provided the furniture for the lab. This installation allow us to save a good amount of Diesel used by the Generator.

MAPFRE a Spanish company donated €35000 for food and school related expenses.

In June, Keith Wallace of "CHILDVISION" made the first down payment towards the construction of three water treatment plants, which will help stop the contamination of the river. We expect to have this project completed by November 2011.

Thanks to Diane Nesselhuf of "SHARING THE DREAM", we are expanding our current clinic to provide medical services for the 35 nearby villages along the river. Access to medical care is non-existent along the river and Casa Guatemala will play a vital role in improving the health of the community.

CARING & SHARING from England, Consistently has been supporting our program since the eighties.

St. MAURICE HUNGER ACCOUNT very faithful organization, committed with the food for the children since the eighties.

Fernando Sanchez, from CASA GUATEMALA ESPAÑA, came to Guatemala as a volunteer, returned to Spain in the eighties and very active since, committed to our work and helping with the major needs.

Today we received 300 trees which our children will plant in an effort to counter the adverse environmental effects and to maintain and to help preserve the fine balance of nature. The children will be planting the trees and in doing so, they can learn first-hand the importance of caring for their environment and appreciating nature.

Many small groups’ business people, individuals and volunteers make donations throughout the year from all over the world including Guatemala, the United States, Canada, Spain, England, Switzerland, France, Italy, etc. These donations help cover the necessary expenses to help run the home. Hotel Backpackers, our own enterprise has helped greatly as a supplemental source of income. We need to find new ways to expand and increase the revenue that is generated to meet our expenses.

Face Book has been phenomenal in allowing us to publicize our work and to keep people informed of our activities. We just opened a “Cause” on Face Book regarding our CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION and hope to garner financial support from people on a larger scale.

We are happy to announce our new boards in Canada,

SUPORT CASA GUATEMALA CHILDREN

keely.stott@questu.ca

Erika Paterson erikapaterson@lycos.com

Wendy Nesbitt wnesbitt11@hotmail.com

John Nesbitt jnesbitt@sympatico.ca

Roy Baker rbaker24@cogeco.ca

Lennox McNeely lennoxmcneely@hotmail.com

We also have a new board in the United States.

FRIENDS OF GUATEMALAN CHILDREN INC
IRS ID 52 1302396, c/o Stamboliyski Treasurer
M. STAMBOLIYSKA
12739 Caswell Ave #1, Los Angeles, CA 90066 USA
Miroslava Stamboliyska mirafogc@gmail.com

Please accept our sincere apologies for the problems with donations sent to our old address. We still need your support and would be very grateful if you can resend the checks that were returned to our new address in California.

The projected budget for the 2012 school year will be sent out after Christmas.

You have many options to support Casa Guatemala. You have the option to help us with Christmas, school expenses, the medical clinic, the farm, or consider investing in the Backpackers Hotel which is instrumental in generating revenue to meet our daily and most immediate needs.

Thank you once again as always for your support. We wish you a blessed holiday season and hope that you remember the children.

Besos and Blessings,