
Emergency Food Distribution & COVID-19 Relief in the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
Santa Rosa’s poor were hit hard by COVID-19. Your gift helped the distribution of 3,500 food hampers to hungry people in 21 parishes. Learn more here.
Delivering food, shelter, and hope to the poorest of the poor
Milk is a simple but incredible gift to nourish Guatemala’s children. Guatemala has one of the highest rates of chronic childhood malnutrition in the world. There, even a simple glass of milk is a precious gift to a hungry child. When you give the gift of full-cream milk powder, you empower our ministry partners to rehabilitate Guatemala’s abandoned children and orphans.
Fortunately for 2-year-old André (pictured at top), the Church was there for his family when tragedy struck. His mother, Celeste, had nowhere else to turn when the family lost everything after two hurricanes caused flash floods, landslides and terrible destruction across Central America. Even before the deadly storms, she struggled to feed André and his 6-year-old brother, Alejandro.
Supporters of Cross Catholic Outreach played a tremendous part in the Church’s effort to help children like André. Through their generosity, Catholic sisters at the Nutritional Recovery Center Santa Rosa de Lima in Morales, Guatemala, were able to provide immediate help to needy families, who they now have hope for a better future. Young children were restored to health with vitamin-packed milk provided by the sisters and other trusted in-country partners.
Your gift today will allow us to continue this mission of mercy and provide health-restoring milk to other suffering children in developing countries like Guatemala. There, one of every two children suffers from chronic malnutrition. With your support, we can ensure they have the vitamins and minerals they need to grow healthy and strong!
Around the world families struggle to feed their children. Learn more about malnutrition in Guatemala — and how Cross Catholic Outreach is responding — in the stories below.
Santa Rosa’s poor were hit hard by COVID-19. Your gift helped the distribution of 3,500 food hampers to hungry people in 21 parishes. Learn more here.
Guatemala is Central America’s most populous country. It suffers from some of the worst rates of chronic childhood malnutrition in the region.
Learn about the causes of, effects of, and solutions to child hunger and malnutrition in Guatemala.
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Proceeds from this campaign will be used to cover any expenditures incurred through June 30, 2024, the close of our ministry’s fiscal year. In the event that more funds are raised than needed to fully fund the project, the excess funds, if any, will be used to meet the most urgent needs of the ministry.
Our mission is to mobilize the global Catholic Church to transform the poor and their communities materially and spiritually for the glory of Jesus Christ. Your gift empowers us to serve the poorest of the poor by channeling life-changing aid through an international network of dioceses, parishes and Catholic missionaries. This cost-effective approach helps break the cycle of poverty and advance Catholic evangelization.