HEART
delivers
children's
books, crayons,
and coloring
books.
HEART
Ambassadors Jean
Schlegel and
Joann Rivera
traveled with
the Whites to
Rural Mixta
Xetotoj, a small
village on Lake
Atitlan to
deliver the
books and school
materials.
This town was
recently rebuilt
in 2009 for the
Maya indigenous
who had lost
everything in
Hurricane Stan
three years ago.
The Principal,
David Valescos,
and the
Education
Coordinator,
Dora Martinez,
gave the group a
tour of his
three classroom
school. The
school teaches
students from
Kindergarten to
grade five and
has about 90
students.
Many limitations
to the school
facility are
apparent.
The building is
made of
corrugated metal
and each room
has one window
and door.
Each room is
approximately 20
ft. square and
appointed with
desks and one
bookshelf of
teaching
supplies.
The teachers
have only a few
teacher manuals
and the students
have paper and
pencils.
The room
literally had no
. . . .
READ
MORE
Pine
Forge Academy
translates books
from English to
Spanish.
High School students at Pine Forge translated over 100 books from English to Spanish as a part of project "Children Without Books". For over two months, advanced students in Spanish translated children's books written in English into Spanish as part of their ongoing school curriculum.
In December 2009 John White, Director of HEART for the Nations, gave a presentation to the Spanish students . . . READ MORE
Marcelle Renkin of Maya Traditions and Michelle and John White of HEART
for the Nations participated in a women's workshop this past August 2008 to
educate women and children how to properly wash their hands. Hygiene is a
problem around the Lake Atitlan region for the Maya people because most
households do not have running water and many families live on a mud floor with
leaky roofs and open doors and windows. Fathers and boys work hard as
laborers and farmers, tracking harmful bacteria into the home. With chickens
running inside and out of the kitchen, it is pretty difficult to keep a tidy
kitchen and prepare food properly for the family. The women and children
learned how to use a toothbrush to clean under their fingernails. This workshop
emphasized the importance of always washing your hands before preparing a meal
for the family. The women paid a modest sum to attend the workshop which
covered the costs of cleaning supplies which the women could take home for their
personal use. 
HEART is proud to announce that St. Columbkill Parish donated generously to rebuild the filter factory in Myanmar. It may not seem like much money, but this donation has helped to rebuild a filter factory which was destroyed and has helped over a hundred families receive filters. To these hundred families, possibly totaling 900 to 1,000 people it means LIFE! On their behalf, "Thank YOU" for your generous giving. 
Pictured on the
left are some of the members of St. Columbkill’s Evangelization Committee. Boyertown, PA. From left to right are Michelle White, founder of HEART for the Nations, Cathy Reidenhour, Joann Rivera, committee chairperson, Mary Woodall, and Deacon Paul Hyriak. Deacon Mike Woodall supports the Water Filter Project by incorporating it in his Baptismal Services. Contact Michelle White to learn how Deacons can do this in your parish.
Call
610-689-0808. michelle.white.56@gmail.com
On
January 19th, 2008,
HEART and Potters for Peace joined forces to spread the filter technology across
the globe. Potters for Peace has been establishing new filter
factories in Central and South America from 2001. Now at
the number of 19 factories these two organizations joined
together to both reinforce the effectiveness of the already
established factories and to continue expansion in countries
still without clean water.
