“Few years ago I learned how to do embroidery with HFPF but I didn’t have money to start my own business. Hands for Peacemaking loaned me the money to start and now that’s what I am doing to help with the expenses of my family.” Eulalia
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Teaching new skills

Hands For Peacemaking, through the help of generous donors, helps villagers start enterprises such as candlemaking.  Programs such as these help villagers lift themselves out of poverty.

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Teaching new skills

Promoting Education

The extreme poverty that provides a daily struggle for the villagers of rural Guatemala is often fueled by the lack of education. Hands For Peacemaking has partnered with a number of organizations to promote education, including building and outfitting schools in remote villages

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Promoting Education

Providing economic development

A little financial help, combined with finding a need in the marketplace, can help a villager work their way out of poverty. Hands For Peacemaking provides training and support in enterprises like candle-making & embroidery for villagers, giving them the opportunity to become self-sufficient.

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Providing economic development

NEWS

Volunteers return to Guatemala to improve the lives of the poor

By Julie Muhlstein, Herald Writer

 

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Projects

  • Clean Air Stoves
  • School Facilities & Education
  • Micro Enterprise Projects
  • Safe Water Projects

Hands For Peacemaking works through a myriad of projects aimed at increasing the quality of life, health, and education for Guatemala’s poor.  Click here to learn more.