New shoes for 181 students!

This week, 181 students at Escuela Integrada received a new pair of shoes! Each pair of quality tennis shoes gave the students supportive footwear. Many of the students walk long distances to and from school and having supportive shoes makes a big difference. A special thanks to all of the sponsors and Northview Bible Church…

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Financial accountability a key priority for GRACES

Did you know that GRACES receives 80 percent of its funding from individual donors? The remaining 20 percent comes from a combination of foundations, businesses and churches. Eighty percent of the funding GRACES receives goes directly to program support in Guatemala. Financial accountability is a key priority for GRACES. In April, GRACES obtained ECFA Accreditation,…

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Racing for GRACES raises awareness, support for meal program

More than 175 people participated in the annual Racing for GRACES fun run on April 29! Runners and walkers gathered in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Salisbury, North Carolina; Jocotenango in Guatemala; and several other locations to raise awareness and financial support for the meal program at Escuela Integrada. “After a very rainy week in Tulsa, it was…

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Holy Week traditions in Guatemala

This week is Holy Week. For many people in the U.S. it is simply a regular work week leading up to Easter Sunday. In Guatemala, the students are out of school and the whole country stops work for the second half of the week to be able to participate in the Holy Week Triduum. Instead…

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Run (or walk) to support the meal program at Escuela Integrada!

Join us on April 29 for Racing for GRACES! Registration is now open for the 2023 Racing for GRACES! Run or walk with us from your home location on April 29, or join us for in-person events in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Antigua, Guatemala. The distance is up to you for this 1-day FUN-RUN-raiser. This year’s…

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Vision Trips and Valentines!

Vision Trips are back! Join us in Guatemala for a one-of-a-kind service immersion experience With an ease in pandemic restrictions, we are eagerly awaiting your visit to Guatemala in 2023! GRACES’ Vision Trips are a great way to see first-hand how GRACES’ local partner organizations serve children and families who live in poverty in Guatemala.…

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To serve, to love everyone just as He commanded

Recently, we sat down with Sandra Hernandez, project and vision trips coordinator for GRACES, to ask how Escuela Integrada has impacted her life. She shared: “Escuela Integrada is what God wants every person to do—for us to serve, to love everyone, just as He commanded.” Your financial support during our year-end campaign allows us to…

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“We hope in God it will continue this way”

“We hope in God it will continue this way” Maria Teodora Reyes Vasquez started working at Escuela Integrada the day it opened. She’s been serving the school for 20 years. She, like many of the teachers and staff, have been at the school since the beginning. Maria, Hernan, Sandra, Bradler, Glendy, Rafael, Mario, Francisco, Lidia,…

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It’s Giving Tuesday!

It’s Giving Tuesday and we’re celebrating 20 years of education at Escuela Integrada! Escuela Integrada opened its doors nearly 20 years ago. In fact, we are celebrating the 20th birthday of the school in 2023! It is amazing to see what God can do in 20 years—kids who used to work on the streets are…

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