2017 marks the 30-year anniversary of a relationship between the village of Santa Maria Tzeja, Ixcán, Guatemala and the Congregational Church of Needham, MA. Needham has sent 2 delegations per year to this village since 1987. Over the years Needham has helped Santa...
Greetings from Guatemala! The mission of Enfoque Ixcán is to provide access to affordable eye care to the people of Ixcán, Guatemala. Your donations help fund eye surgeries, eye glasses and eye health education to kind, hardworking people who would otherwise not be...
Dear friend of Enfoque Ixcán, Imagine seeing for the first time in years – seeing your friends and loved ones, your home and community. Imagine stumbling through darkness for years, relying on others to guide you, and then one...
This slideshow requires JavaScript. As the jungle mist begins to rise from the trees and mountains on the horizon, the main town in Ixcán, Cantabal, comes to life in the morning sun. Trucks and buses from far off villages converge here carrying people and their...
33 years ago today the Guatemalan Army moved into the Ixcán village of Santa Maria Tzeja. By the end of the day 17 residents had been killed, mostly women and children, the homes were burned, animals killed and crops were destroyed. This was part of the...
