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The Baby Natasha Mei Tragedy
The Baby Natasha Mei Tragedy (May 19 to May 23, 2005) Great sorrow this story brings us. Baby Natasha Mei was of our own...
My First Kidnapping
Dear Friends, I had told you, and so many others, that I would have the complete story of my kidnapping ordeal posted here on this...
Day of the Devil - December 7th
December 7th each year is called, "Day of the Devil" or "Burn the Devil Day". 📷On this date, people ceremoniously burn a figure of the...
A Wristwatch for Bernadina
It was a normal sunny morning in San Rafael as Anita and Dr. Martinez were examining a patient in the bus. Suddenly, a young woman...
Hannah (Vidalia) Update
8 November 2004 Well, Hannah has come a long way since we rescued her from her little mountain shack two years ago. She's...


Found: Crippled Girl Living in Dirt-Floor Shack
In October, 2002, we took a 4-year old girl into our home so she could have the care she needs and deserves. Vidalia was crippled...
Sonya and Baby Carlos
When Gail first showed us photos of 16-day old baby Carlos, we gasped. The photos showed a baby with a tiny head and large reddish...
Six Children Die in Fire at Malnutrition Center
Tragedy in Zaragoza, Chimaltengo, Guatemala 📷A tragic fire broke out at a malnutrition and recuperation center....
From Street Girls to Princesses
Updated February 2, 2002, below We met M and J on the streets of Antigua, sleeping on the sidewalk in front of the doorway they called...
Boy Meats Girl
(Greg says he didn't meet his wife this way) Just a little cultural insight for the day... In a tiny village, in the mountains near...
Stuffing the Bird
Gregory Giagnocavo November, 2001 I learned something new yesterday. Again. We had been on a scavenger hunt to find the things we need to...


Baby Edgar & The $28
Baby Edgar & The $28 - A True Story from Guatemala (Wherein Anita encounters a crying mother, a dying baby, and a shack with little food...


Clinic Diaries: July 17, 2001
By Anita Giagnocavo — We leave the house at 8 am and when we arrive in the village, people are lined up waiting for us—some since 6 am....
Red Lights & Tamales
Speaking of tamales.... Here is something interesting we learned in San Lucas, Sacatepequez, Guatemala. (near Antigua) After the first...
The Mom, The Girl and the Witch Doctor
We heard about them, but we weren’t sure we believed it was true. Did the villagers actually believe in witch doctors and special powers...

A Day in the Life - The Clinic Diaries
December 24, 2000 Merry Christmas Everyone! To our Friends and Family - Hello from sunny Guatemala! We are doing fine. The...
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