2016 ANNUAL REPORT
EDELAC (Escuela De La Calle) is an organization that provides education, shelter, and healthcare to vulnerable children in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Our goal is to restore family relationships and give the children better opportunities for a better future.
SCHOOL
EDELAC’s school program provides formal elementary education to more than 160 children at high risk for homelessness in the Barrio Las Rosas neighborhood in quetzaltenango
HOVDE HOUSE
The Hovde House is a crisis attention center for children and teenagers that live in extreme poverty or have previously been homeless. The Hovde House provides shelter, food, education, labor guidance, medical, and psychological services to 23 children.
IMMEDIATE IMPACT
- 20 minor age boys and girls received shelter and protection at the Hovde House
- 147 children received formal elementary education
- 17 teenagers received formal middle school education
- 6 new cases were received at the Hovde House
- 30 new cases were received at the school
- 3 young adults completed their technical formation at the Hovde House and 15 children finished their elementary education
- 95% of the children at the Hovde House moved up to the next grade at the school
- 83% of the community children moved up to the next grade at the school
- 18,480 meals were given at the Hovde House
- 2 adolescents at the Hovde House were distinguished students and standard bearers in their school establishments
The community of Quetzaltenango recognizes the education quality of the school with its diverse innovative services.
LONG TERM IMPACT
- 2 adolescents returned to their families with intermediate education titles
- 219 Quetzaltecan families provided permanent meal support to the children at the Hovde House
- 8 businesses provided meal support at the Hovde House
- 30 young adults are currently in college
- 15 family couples were able to reestablish their homes
- 20 former students have been able to improve their life quality in a sustainable way
- 5 out of 21 workers at EDELAC are former beneficiaries of the Hovde House and School with college degrees
FINANCES
TOTAL INCOME
$166,779.75 USD
TOTAL COSTS
$154,148.17 USD
INVESTMENTS
$2,315.74 USD
10
School volunteers
4
Hovde House volunteers
36
Quetzaltrekkers volunteers
OUR FRIENDS
Quetzaltrekkers
- Pizza Giuseppe's
- Hotel Bonifas
- Hotel Modelo
- Salón Tecún
- Casa Argentina
- Royal París
- Xelapán
- Familias Quetzaltecas e Iglesia El Calvario
INTERNATIONAL
- Hovde Foundation - US
- Fundación Elote and Colegio Rudolf Steiner-Schule Nuremberg - Germany
- GlobeMed - US
- Fundación Ammado: International volunteers
- Omprakash: International volunteers
- Volunteer Maria Rosal and others
- Dianne Shinner and friends - US
- AFID - Accounting for International Development
- Proyecto Mosaico - Volunteers
RETAINED DONORS - NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
- EDELAC program: Quetzaltrekkers
- Hovde Foundation - US
- Fundación Elote and Waldorf de Nürnberg School - Germany
- GlobeMed
- Fundación Ammado and Omprakash
- Dianne Shinner and Friends
- Operation Groundswell - Canada
- Local businesses and families: Quetzaltenango.