FRIENDS OF GUATEMALAN CHILDREN INC
Cause Area
- Advocacy & Human Rights
- Children & Youth
- Community
- Crisis Support
- Health & Medicine
Location
948 N LA JOLLA AVEW HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046 United StatesWebsite:
https://casa-guatemala.org
Organization Information
Mission Statement
Casa Guatemala seeks to provide a safe home, love, nurture, health care, and an excellent education to the children of Guatemala who are abused, abandoned, malnourished, or living in poverty.
Description
Casa Guatemala was established in 1977 assisting the malnourished, orphaned and abused children during the brutal civil war in Guatemala. Our early efforts catalyzed the mission of the organization to provide a safe home, nurturing, health care and an education for the children of Guatemala who are abused, abandoned, malnourished, or living in extreme poverty. We provides educational and health care services to up to 300 children per year. These children are either Wards of the State in our care, or children from the 30 surrounding Mayan villages who live in cases of extreme poverty.