Dear Friends, family and colleagues, September is Hunger Action Month in the U.S.  The motto, hosted by FeedingAmerica.org, is “No One Can Thrive on an Empty Stomach.” In this vein, we write to you with an update with much good news on Maya’s biological mom, Olivia and her children, and that we can turn our attention […]

Dear Friends, Family, and Colleagues, We are sending Ricardo to Cobán tomorrow to handle matters related to the health of Olivia and her children.  Olivia’s 9-year-old son – Maya’s biological brother – urgently needs psychological assistance and must be placed in a home for boys.  Ricardo needs to leverage his connections in Cobán in order […]

Dear Friends, family, and colleagues, Sowing Opportunities, Inc. now has a tax-exempt i.d. and we have completed documentation for our attorney so that we can move towards receiving our own 501(c)3 status.  We wanted you to know our strategy for aiding the village of Chajmaic (pop. 1,600) – a strategy that we have been readjusting […]

Dear Friends, colleagues, and family, Once again, thank you for the assistance you have given for the project in the village of Chajmaic (see photo, satellite view). We are writing with an update: On July 11th we sent the $720 we had in funds to Ricardo: $262 went to the safe house where Olivia is […]

Dear friends and family, We are writing to you with an update on Maya’s biological mom, Olivia, and Maya’s biological siblings in Guatemala, as well as an update on the village project in Chajmaic. The biggest news is that we learned that Olivia bought a small parcel of land before she had Maya. She purchased […]

The following is an update on the work that we are doing with the Chajmaic village chili pepper project and our strategic direction. Our target has been to raise $10,000 to fund the Guatemalan NGO CorGuate team to return to Chajmaic to negotiate with village officials and put a deposit on the land. Thus far, […]