Dreams and Hopes is a United Sates 501(c)(3) organization in Texas to provide financial/material assistance for families and school-age children living around Lake Atitlan Guatemala and to support other locally-run, like-minded NGOs operating in Latin America. Currently, the primary partner of Dreams and Hopes is Sueños y Esperanzas, a formal Guatemalan non-governmental organization (NGO).
You can direct your gift to the general fund of Dreams and Hopes, specific program/project or to pay your volunteer team member fee. Your donation to Dreams and Hopes, a 501(c)(3) organization, is tax deductible as directed by your tax attorney/accountant.
General Fund
The Dreams and Hopes Board of Directors will use your gift where it is needed most.
Sueños y Esperanzas operations
- $50/month or $600 one-time:
- ensure a local Sueños y Esperanzas program staff member is paid a fair wage
- $80/month or $960 one-time:
- ensure electricity is available to the Center every day
Scholarship Program – sponsor one year of a student’s school expense (enrollment fee, tuition, supplies, tutoring, computer lab, health care)
- $50/month or $600 one-time:
- High School Student scholarship for one year
- $35/month or $420 one-time:
- Middle School Student scholarship for one year
- $25/month or $300 one-time:
- Elementary School Student scholarship
- $100:
- Parent Training Session including materials/supplies/refreshments for 50 parents
Abejitas Program
- $250: Materials/supplies for one month
- $100: Parent Training Session for 50 includes materials/supplies/refreshments
We-Connect Computer Lab Program
- $700: Laptop Computer
- $50: Internet service for one month
Emotional Assistance Program
- $50: One hour of counseling provided by a licensed therapist or psychologist
Community Assistance Program
- $70: home water filter bucket system with a filter usable for 10 years
- $220: vented and efficient cookstove (construction materials, mason, and classes for family on use and care)
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