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WELCOME TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF
WHERE YOU LIVE.
THIS IS A TOWN 7 THOUSAND FEET
ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
IT IS INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL.
THE COLORS.
THE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY.
FAMILIES TRULY STRUGGLE.
THEY WERE HIT HARD BY A CIVIL
WAR.
AS A RESULT 70 THOUSAND WERE
LEFT IN THE MOUNTAINS AREAS.
THIS AREA IS A FARMING
COMMUNITY.
MANY EARN A LIVING BY FARMING
AND SELLING THEIR GOODS AT THE
MARKET.
THEY LIVE ON LESS THAN $2 A DAY.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE THOUGHT
OF AS DISPOSABLES.
UP TO 80% OF THE MEN ARE
ALCOHOLICS AND LEAVE THE
MOUNTAINS TO WORK ON THE COAST
AND THAT LEAVES THE WOMEN AND
CHILDREN VULNERABLE.
AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION IS
WORKING WITH THE FAMILIES HERE.
DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP MEET
THE BASIC NEEDS.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY WITH
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
THERE ARE REAL NEEDS HERE WHAT.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE HERE?
A TYPICAL FAMILY HAS FIVE TO
EIGHT CHILDREN AND LIVING ON
LESS THAN $2S A DAY.
THAT IS LESS THAN WHAT WE PAY
FOR A COFFEE.
THEY ARE COMING IN, AND AIM
TO SERVE THE ORPHANS AND DOING
THAT THROUGH A VARIETY OF
THINGS, ONE OF THEM IS FEEDING
WE BUILD HOUSES.
WE DO A NUMBER OF PROJECTS.
ARE YOU MAKING A DIFFERENCE?
I BELIEVE WE ARE.
ESPECIALLY THROUGH A SPONSORED
PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER.
THE FAMILIES ARE CHANGING.
THEY ARE BEING ENCOURAGED.
FOR YEARS IT HAS BEEN
PROVIDING NUTRITION MEALS SIX
DAYS A WEEK.
ALONG THE MEALS, THEY ARE
TRAINING.
WE VISITED ONE OF THE SITES THAT
HAS THE MEALS.
FOR MANY OF THE KIDS, I'M
WATCHING THEM AND THEY ARE NOT
EATING THE FOOD, THEY ARE
HAVE BROUGHT IN.
IT IS A WAY OF SUPPORTING THE
FAMILIES AND BRINGING IT HOME TO
SHARE.
HOUSING IS ANOTHER BIG ISSUE FOR
THE FAMILIES IN GUATEMALA.
THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A PROGRAM
THAT ALLOWS THE GROUPS IN THE
UNITED STATES TO COME HERE AND
BUILD THE HOMES FOR WIDOWS.
THE TEAMS WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD
A 12 BY 12 WOODEN SLAT HOME.
WE MET WITH A TEAM FROM THE
UNITED STATES, LETTED BY A MAN
FROM GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.
HE LED A NUMBER OF THE TEAM HERE
AND LOVES MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN
THE LIVES OF THESE FAMILIES.
WE GET SO MUCH OUT OF THIS.
WE GET MORE BY BEING HERE THAN
GIVEN BECAUSE YOU GROW.
IT CHANGES YOUR LIFE PER
SPECKIVE.
IT CHANGES YOU FOREVER.
WE HAVE SO MUCH AND THERE IS SO
MUCH WE CAN DO TO HELP OTHERS.
THEY ARE SO APPRECIATIVE AND
GRATEFUL.
CHILDREN HERE ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO GO TO SCHOOL WITHOUT SHOES.
IF MANY, THIS IS A HUGE BARRIER
THAT KEEPS THEM OUT OF THE
CLASSROOM.
TO REMOVE THAT, THEY HAVE BUILT
A SHOE FACTORY AND EMPLOYING
PEOPLE FROM VILLAGE.
ONCE THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE
SHOES THEY CAN ATTEND SCHOOL.
NOT ALL OF THE CHILDREN CAN
ATTEND SCHOOL.
IT IS EXPENSIVE FOR THE FAMILY.
THEY HAVE TO OWN SHOES.
THAT IS *** THE FAMILIES.
SO THEY ARE EAGER TO LEARN.
OTHER STRUGGLES THAT THEY ARE
FACING IS CLEAN AND SAFE WATER
AND PROPER COOKING AREAS IN THE
HOME.
THE ORGANIZATION IS DOING THEIR
BEST TO HELP OUT THE FAMILIES.
THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE PARTNERING
TOGETHER.
BETHANY IS A GRAND RAPIDS BASEED
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED
TO PROTECTING CHILDREN AND
HOPING TO FAMILIES WORLDWIDE AND
WORKING WITH THE ORGANIZATION