A New President for Guatemala Brings Hope
My first trips to Guatemala were just after the country had signed peace accords to end their 36-year civil war. The country was starting over with the first democratic elections in about 40 years. Everyone was hopeful for a successful rebuilding of the social...
GAME CHANGERS
Let’s talk about “game changers” or “life changers.” Perhaps you can think of an innovation or shift in your life that had a major, positive impact on how you experience the world. During a recent trip to the Ixcán, I saw firsthand how a pair of glasses can truly be a...
Juana Mendoza needs your help!
Juana was diagnosed with cataracts and sight restoring surgery was recommended. I’m asking for your help to restore her sight.
But, before you get your checkbook out, please read on to hear her story.
Dear Friends of Enfoque Ixcán
This is Rosa. She lives in Ixcán, Guatemala. She has raised her children and grandchildren there. One of her daily chores is to strip the corn cornels from the cobs and then carry them to the village corn grinder to make dough for tortillas. As she has aged, her eye...
What is the Cost of Blindness?
A recent patient at our new clinic in Ixcán, Guatemala, was Sebastian. Sebastian is 73 years old and is functionally blind due to very dense cataracts. He is unable to see faces, shapes or colors. He only has light perception. You might imagine how this limits his...
My Friend, Manuel, Needs Our Help
Manuel could use our help. Cataracts have dimmed his vision to shapes and shadows, only. He never had access to eye care, nor the income to afford even a pair of eye glasses. It’s been nearly 40 years since Manuel could see to read, but he still remembers how to read. He looks forward to the day when he can read his Bible again, and the local newspaper. The good news is that you have the power to change his life. Will you consider a donation to help restore Manuel’s eyesight?
You Got Us This Far!
I have some exciting news to share with you today. Enfoque Ixcán is in the final stages of making our dream a reality: building our own permanent eye clinic in the Ixcán! Arriving at this moment has involved quite the journey. Seven ago, we began planning and...
US Foreign Policy and Enfoque Ixcán
Hang on folks while I make the connection. You may have read or seen on the news that Vice President Harris was in Guatemala on Monday hoping to find some answers as to how to keep Guatemalans from going north and crossing our southern border. Political leaders have...
Celebrating Our Past, Present and Future
Meet our Board of Directors, our eye care workers in Guatemala, one of our partners in eye care delivery, and see our new eye clinic.
A Day in the Life…
People often ask me, “What’s life like for the people living in Ixcán, Guatemala.” Here is a post card view: It’s 5:30 a.m. and still mostly dark in the Ixcán village of Eduardo and Julita, but both of them are starting their day. The roosters are crowing. It’s...