Hearts & Hands Foundation

10/23/2024

Our Guatemalan scholarship students benefited from a special workshop recently.

10/01/2024

Congratulations to all the Hearts and Hands scholarship students in Guatemala with average marks over 90%! Your support of our scholarship program is making a difference.

09/03/2024

Dear Friends of Hearts and Hands,

Our next stove-building voluntourism trip to Guatemala is planned for November 6 - 14, 2024. I would love it if you could join us. Let me know if you or someone you know might be interested!

Read more about our trips here: https://www.heartshands.ca/

Best wishes,
Jan Townsend, Founder

09/02/2024

As we move forward together in the coming months, we are conducting a survey that is linked below. The survey will hopefully give us an indication of the interest and support from all the past volunteers and donors.

Please take the time to fill it out. The responses will aid us in moving forward. Just click on the following link and answer the short survey. We really appreciate your opinion. Thank you!

We would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to complete this survey about your experience with Hearts and Hands Foundation. Your answers will be of great help to us.

08/27/2024

Dear Friends of Hearts and Hands,

Life certainly has twists and turns! It has been two months since my last update when I informed everyone that I was retiring. In my wildest dreams I never imagined the response I would receive. Many individuals expressed their understanding and congratulations for a job well done. However, those voices were far outnumbered by the voices that appealed to me to not retire. Expressions of the great work we have done and are still doing were overwhelming.

When we are so busy getting the work accomplished, sometimes we fail to see the impact we are making. That impact became obvious through the pleas from staff, families, students, mayors, past volunteers, and board members to keep going. The response to these pleas required me to thoroughly re-think my next steps.

As I wrote in the last update, my hope is for Corazones y Manos to become independent and continue our work in Guatemala. I know that is possible primarily through the abilities of the staff, and secondly through the alliances and partnerships we have created in 20 years. Fortunately, I believe these sources will remain with or without my participation. I can say with pride these relationships were created through trust, reliability, and sustainability.

I know it will take hard work and time for Corazones y Manos to become an independent charity continuing my dream. However, when that becomes a reality, I can exit with a clear conscience that Corazones y Manos is an entity in itself, functioning well, and still impacting the families of Guatemala.

In closing, I hope all of you who read this update understand my dilemma. I cannot ignore the pleas, and I must be able to retire with peace of mind that Corazones y Manos is independent.

Best wishes,
Jan Townsend, Founder

08/12/2024

So proud of our scholarship students and all of their accomplishments!

Felicitamos a Enrique Xitamul (K**e), becado de Corazones y Manos y Municipalidad de Sololá, Sololá, por haber obtenido el Primer Lugar/Medalla de Oro en Matemáticas, en las Olimpiadas de Ciencias, 2024, en Sololá. Sigue adelante, cosechando muchos triunfos!!