History

The project started in 2005 with five students by its founder Giuseppe Teruel. In 2008 we had 95 students from primary to secondary school. In 2009 125 students in that year, graduated from the first two students of high school graduates in computing. In 2011 it had 200 students, had obtained the authorization of the Ministry of Education as an institution registered. Currently has a total of 295 fellowship alumni broken down as follows:

Pre-school and elementary school: 188
Middle school and High School: 63
Weekend school: 50

There are trainings for the students with the intention of visiting children with HIV, nursing homes and other different activities.

There are specific facilities for schooling in which Pre-school and Elementary school works during the mornings with 15 teachers, Middle and High schools works in the afternoons with 9 teachers. The weekend program works with 6 teachers. Our staff is divided in: The school principal Lic. Tanya Macal, two assistants, a psychologist, a chef and two assistants, two janitors and two pilots.
Throughout the existence of this program we have provided the students with school supplies, uniforms, book bags, tooth brushes, tooth paste, shoes and busses to take the students from their homes to school and back home. Preschool and elementary school has the benefit of being provided with breakfast and snack.

When the school year begins each student is given two uniforms, a book bag, school materials, and a
pencil case with pencils; depending on our students needs they are provided with clothes not only for them but also for their families.

Community involvement

As part of our support to the community, motivational talks are provided to the families of our students providing the adequate tools to guide their children. Scholarships are offered, free of charge, including feeding of the student. The scholarships are offered to children who live on the streets, and those with scarce recourses, never leaving behind the homeless who are provided as well with bags of groceries.

We went out at night to feed, help and rescue the stranded people in extreme poverty and living on the streets of Guatemala City.

Rescue Mission is a project born in 2000 in response to the need for these people.  The contact with them made us aware of their economic situation, their addictions, health problems and social rejection they face.  We believe that when we focused on this problem solving efforts not only help these people, otherwise our society.

Vision: To be a strategy to support people with high need to improve their quality of life and restore their human dignity, promoting a society without people living on the streets

Mission: Rescue homeless people, caught in the vices and needy; Providing means and opportunities for rehabilitation and development, based on the love of God, to give them comfort and hope, creating in them a spirit of struggle for a better life.

VISION

Keep our different projects provided with the supplies needed.

MISSION

Efficiently capture and distribute all funds received for the benefit of our projects and help others.

This project began as a need to efficiently administrate the resources for Operación Rescate. It is in charge of providing everything necessary for breakfast, such as oatmeal, beans, cereal, veggies, fruits, bread, etc; as well as providing them with school supplies and uniforms.

It is through this project that help for students’ families is achieved together with other organizations.

Objectives

1. Teach Christian values and principles to improve quality of life.
2. Rehabilitate people to stay away and clean from addictions.
3. Provide them with the tools to incorporate to society.

Specific Objectives

1. Form leaders who can serve God as volunteers.
2. Create a habit to later build a relationship with God.
3. Discover and exploit their talents.
4. Spiritual Evaluation.
5. Physical, medical and psychological evaluation.
6. Train skilled labor.
7. Teach respect towards life.