Edwin
Hola! My name is Edwin. I am 8 years old, in 2nd grade, and my birthday is August 1st. I live with my mom, dad, and my older brother and sister. My dad works in masonry and my mom stays [...]
Luis Angel
Hola! My name is Luis Angel. I am 14 years old and live with my mom and younger brother Sergio who is 6. My mom sells food out of our house while my brother and I are at school. When [...]
Feeding the soul! Common Hope Executive Board Member, Amalia Moreno-Damgaard, shares her passion for her homeland and food across the country
Local celebrity chef and author, Amalia Moreno-Damgaard has been serving on the Common Hope Executive Board since 2010. A Guatemalan, she understands, intimately the beauitful culture of Guatemala. Gratefully, this year she is again creating the menu [...]
Eight months after the eruption of Volcán de Fuego, the first brick is laid to become new homes for displaced families
After the eruption of Volcán de Fuego on June 3, 2018, Common Hope | Familias de Esperanza opened its doors as a meeting place for representatives from local NGOs in the Antigua area to unite and coordinate relief efforts. [...]
Meet Brayan, a star student in San Rafael el Arado
A rural Mayan village San Rafael El Arado is a small, Mayan village located around 40 minutes north of Antigua, Guatemala. In this rural area living conditions are difficult - health care services, education, electricity, and clean water are [...]
School Partners show the love this February in Northwestern Minnesota
A snowy trip and warm reception from our Partners in Fargo/Moorhead On February 25, Teresa, Common Hope's Outreach & Partnership Manager, made her way to Ellen Hopkins Elementary in Moorhead, one of our School Community Partners. There, she hosted [...]
Common Hope goes Platinum
Common Hope CFO, Danielle Draack, and members of our Executive Management Team are proud to announce that Common Hope has earned the Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, the world's largest source of [...]