Due to the combination of poverty and a series of hurricanes and earthquakes, many people live in dilapidated houses or dwell in homes with mud floors and no proper latrines; the latter two are breeding grounds for diseases. In Caiman and its surrounding villages, approximately 40% are without adequate housing, and many displaced families from the Port-au-Prince earthquake do not have homes.

United Christian International has already improved the lives of 24 families by building new homes and replacing 156 mud floors with concrete. They plan to provide as many well-constructed homes as possible for families in the communities in which they work.

Manna4life has been providing education since 2014 to 120 and 160 students per year. Initially, it was with the Mango Tree School (which our partners operated), but it was beyond their means to continue in this fashion. Manna4life partnered with another private Christian school a few kilometers away and transfered all the students to the new school. Initially, the transition went well as the school hired all the teachers from the Mango Tree School.

When the global pandemic hit, many challenges began to arise. The schools were closed and then reopened about 6 times in 2020 with many of the graduates not being able to complete last year's grade levels until the end of December. Each time the schools closed there was a drop in attendance due to a couple of reasons. Some students needed to work for their families as many parents lost their income due to cutbacks at garment factories. Also, some families moved away looking for work, and some students of working-age also dropped out. Mann4life tried to counter this in many ways as they met with families individually and as a group to determine what needs had to be met in order to keep their children in school. This led to a few changes in the way the ministry provided support; they included providing food, offering additional subsidies for children's tuition, and tutoring students who were falling behind because of the school closures.

In 2021 there were 65 students supported almost entirely through donations. Funds go towards students' tuition, transportation, food program, and teacher support.

By assisting in operational expenses, ATEK carries out their mandate to serve God and their fellow man. ATEK seeks to contribute to the holistic and self-sustaining development of Quechua communities by providing training and developing tools that will aid in evangelization and in strengthening Quechua families, churches and communities.

The third level of the ATEK building has been completed. This required finishing the remaining 3 rooms, 4 bathrooms, 1 dining room, and 1 kitchen. This includes plumbing, electrical, floors, painting, windows, and doors. With an average of 60 people coming from various surrounding villages there is currently not enough space to accommodate them. Completing the third level provided ATEK the ability to properly host the large number of people coming to be trained.

The fourth and final level of the ATEK building is now being built! It will be used as an independent apartment for missionary couples who come to serve and assist the ministry.

Pastor Victoriano was born and raised in the district of San Juan in an area called Chivoc. Chivoc is an area of about 8,000 people. The average income in this area is about 400Q per family per month. This is the equivalent of about $70cad/month. The people in this area struggle with hopelessness and are often tempted by alcohol.  Pastor Victoriano struggled with alcohol addiction himself until a ministry came to Chivoc and shared a movie about Jesus. Pastor Victoriano was 27 years old at this point and he quickly gave his life to the Lord and has not had a drink since then. He has now been a Christian for over 30 years. 22 years ago, Pastor Victoriano felt God calling him to start a church. The church is called Iglesia Evangelica Asuncion. After many years of meeting the church finally bought land in 2018. Even as Pastor Victoriano works hard to pastor this church he supports himself by working fulltime at a textile factory. The congregation is now 40 people strong and they have constructed a tin building where they regularly worship. Unfortunately tin, while an affordable building material, makes for some very, very warm services. The church members have already donated enough money to dig holes and purchase supplies for the footings of their new permanent building.

In 2019, after 5 years of running ONYX and training our partners and staff in facilitation and lesson design, Dove is producing a curriculum, as requested by partners, colleagues, and students. We are in the process of phasing out 2 DOVE satellites and encouraging a more grassroots approach by training ONYX alumni to run the ONYX program in their contexts.

In 2018, the Fuego volcano erupted, killing hundreds of people and damaging the homes of even more. Survivors from the three communities most affected by the eruption were relocated to the city of Escuintla. Initially, the government provided assistance such as food, clothing, and trauma therapy. However, over time, governmental aid has gradually diminished. Through this project, AMG aims to continue providing poverty aid, education, access to psychologists, and medical care. They are renovating a number of donated containers to establish a school for this community. This building will serve not only children through the education program but also many of the women who lost husbands in the volcano by offering various skills training programs, including tailoring and gardening.

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The primary ministry is Casa Esther, a safe house for teen and pre-teen girls that provides a family setting on the premises of El Refugio. These are young women who have been rescued from situations of violence, abuse, neglect, and/or prostitution/trafficking.

At Casa Esther the desire is to provide a safe, supportive, and loving environment where abandoned and at-risk children and teens are given the opportunity to obtain an education, receive counseling to resolve the pain they have suffered, learn invaluable life skills, and receive biblical training to help each individual grow and develop towards their full potential physically, emotionally, educationally, and spiritually. Case Esther helps them become upstanding citizens who love God and can affect change in their communities!

The goal of the project is to provide the girls with a large classroom upstairs where they can do their homework and tutoring. A conference rooms, a small chapel/counseling room, a physical education room, and offices are also parts of the expansion project. The downstairs area will have a large kitchen divided into two areas so the girls can be taught cooking and baking skills.

Many people in the community live in severely dilapidated homes put together with scrap pieces of tin, plywood and bamboo. When the heavy rains come each year, homes are often severely damaged, and the roofs leak. The typhoon in 2019 devastated hundreds of homes and left many more people in desperate living conditions.

Strong Roots Ministry began addressing the housing and poor living conditions within their community by assessing the needs, and as funding permits, coming alongside families to assist in repairing and rebuilding their homes.