FAMILY

TO FAMILY NEWSLETTER
Second Quarter - 2018

W. 505 St. Thomas More Way

Spokane, WA 99208

2017 PROGRAM REPORT

The Xe’ul
Project covers
almost two
acres and is
about 50%
completed. FTF
families will use
this space to
learn about
crop and
animal
production

Meeting and Storage Space in Xe'ul

Lunch at Xe’ul with Adela Tambriz, Program Manager FTF assistant Micaela cooks in makeshift kitchen

Organic Vegetables Terraced planting areas and poultry holding pens

      Diego Guarchaj Tzaput (Family # 33) has learned how to raise/breed livestock over the last two years since enrolling in Family-To-Family.
Diego also helped with the construction of a new home for his family of eight.

Three families (#31, 65 & 18) shown receiving new stoves this year Fifteen families received piletas (sinks) for washing clothes

Elderly Family Assistance participants receive supplemental food Families receive fruit/evergreen trees to plant on their properties
 Embroidery Class in Antigua Ixtahuacan Harvesting coffee beans in Chirijuwiquej

Weaving instruction in the remote community of Pasaq’ajuyub’ Women working at tree nursery in Nuevo Ixtahaucan

FTF worker checking on 15,000 new coffee plants in Chirijuwiquej Woman working on weaving project (guipil or blouse)
IN MEMORIUM

Carol Shea Barber, a longtime advocate for the poor served in Guatemala by Family-to-Family and the Guatemala Mission, passed
away on February 24, 2018 at the age of 83. Carol and her husband Bill traveled over 4,000 miles to Guatemala in January,1991 to
deliver a school bus and ambulance to the remote community of Tzamuyub. The Barbers and 18 other “pilgrims" led by Chuck
Forsmire, former deacon of Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral and chairman of the Guatemala Commission, helped with a critical need at
that time. Please remember the Barber family in your prayers.

2017 Family To Family Program Report 2016 2017

Family and Project Sponsorships
# of family/individual sponsors 131 120
# of donors contributing to unrestricted & self‐help projects 50 40
# of donors supporting administration and FAF salaries in Guatemala 12 17
#donors supporting clinics 5 4
Financial Data
Funds received/allocated to families (includes Christmas gifts) $    66,035.00 $         62,625.00
Funds received/allocated for self‐help/training/education $    16,713.00 $         10,904.00
Other funds received/allocated: $                      ‐
Clinics & Health $       2,260.00 $           1,625.00
Housing, latrines, stoves $       5,710.00 $           2,580.00
Community development $    15,350.00 $           4,800.00
Weavings & coffee sales $       4,274.00 $           3,201.00
Unrestricted $       6,138.00 $           8,357.00
Administration/Salary income for Guatemala staff $    15,192.00 $         13,315.00
Total Funds received and allocated $  131,672.00 $       107,407.00

Program Accomplishments
# of families who completed FTF program 33 38
# of families who received construction materials for a house 122 94
# of stoves( with chimneys) constructed 6 8
# of latrines and temascals (sweat baths) constructed 8 4
# of families who received beds/furniture 22 10
# of piletas (sinks) purchased and delivered 10 15
# of families provided fruit/evergreen trees for planting on property 89 50
Education/Training 
# of families who participated in nutrition, sanitation and health classes 115 100
# of families who participated in forest management/environmental classes 115 100
# families who participated in poultry/egg production 10 4
# families who participated in livestock, pigs, sheep, honey bee production 10 5
# families who participated in agriculture i.e. corn, maxan 89 10
# families who participated in fruit tree/avocado/production 89 10
# families who participated in coffee production 16 2
# families who participated in baking/cooking classes 15 0
# families who participated in weaving classes 91 85
# families who participated in machine sewing/tailoring classes 17 10
# families who participated in hand and machine embroidery classes 22 12
# families who participated in electrical wiring classes  8 1

IRA QUALIFIED CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTIONS

Congress has reauthorized and made permanent the IRA charitable rollover. If you are 70 1/2 or older, you can now make a 
charitable gift of up to $100,000 from your IRA. Your gift will qualify for your required minimum distribution and you will not have to 
pay federal income tax on the amount given directly from your IRA to charity. Please consider a gift to Family To Family, 505 W. St. 
Thomas More Way, Spokane, WA  99208.   For more information, please contact your IRA administrator or tax adviser.