Fundamaya Friends of the Animals

26/11/2025

🎄 Christmas at Fundamaya 🎄
As Christmas approaches, we are continuing another beautiful tradition started by our beloved founder, Sharon—our Christmas Tamale Food Baskets, born in 2005 after learning that two of our students went door to door on Christmas Eve hoping for a single tamale. Today, these baskets provide families with everything they need for a special Christmas tamale meal, each Tamale basket cost $76 US
This year, we also hope to make Christmas magical for every child. We’ve created a Christmas Toy Hope Fund with:
✨ $35 high-quality gifts
✨ $10 simple toys for unsponsored children
We hope to collect $10,000 US for 1000 of our sponsored children ✨️
No amount is too small—every gift brings joy to a child who might otherwise receive nothing.
We are also fundraising $4,000 USD to host a Christmas celebration for our 75 elderly and 75 preschool children—complete with lunch, gifts, a clown, and SANTA! 🎅
We need in total $14,000 US
You can donate via our website https://www.fundamaya.org/donatetofundamaya
Your kindness keeps Sharon’s legacy alive and fills our community with hope, joy, and dignity. Thank you for helping us make Christmas unforgettable for those who need it most ♥️

21/11/2025

21/11/2025

Great news for all animal lovers in Guatemala!

El Congreso avanza en la aprobación de reformas a la ley que contemplan
1. 👩‍⚖️cárcel para quienes maltraten animales,
2. 🧬Jornadas obligatorias de castración
3. 🏚️la creación de albergues y
4. 🎒Desde primaria se debe incluir contenidos sobre el cuidado y respeto hacia los animales.
Lea más en el primer comentario.

20/11/2025

URGENT HELP NEEDED TO SAVE HER LIFE
We are urgently asking for support to help this sweet dog who is fighting for her life.
According to her medical results:
• Leucocytes: Should be between 6–16, but hers are at 81 — showing a very severe infection.
• Kidneys: Creatinine levels are normal.
• Liver: Values are elevated but still acceptable for treatment.
Diagnosis: Closed-cervix pyometra
Treatment: Emergency surgery — the only option
Pyometra is extremely dangerous, and without immediate surgery she will not survive. The infection is severe, and time is critical.
We are asking for your help as the doggie needs $460 US— any contribution, no matter the amount, will bring us one step closer to giving her a chance to live. She deserves that chance.
If you can help please donate via our website: https://www.fundamaya.org/donatetofundamaya Thank you for caring and for sharing. 🙏💔🐶

20/11/2025

🌱 New Empowerment Activity at Fundamaya! 🌱
We are so excited to share a beautiful new opportunity within our Empowerment Program — Seed Farming with an Indigenous Guatemalan Family in the community of Peña Blanca.

This hands-on activity allows families living in poverty to learn how to plant, care for, and harvest a variety of seeds. It’s not just farming — it’s knowledge, confidence, and long-term self-sufficiency. 🌾💛

For $375 USD, including transportation to Peña Blanca, you can sponsor this empowering experience for a family eager to learn and grow. Your support helps them develop skills that nourish their home today and strengthen their future for years to come.

If you’d like to help a family take this life-changing step, please reach out — together, we can sow seeds of opportunity. 🌿✨

20/11/2025

✨ We are SO close! ✨ We have 7 days left before Thanksgiving!!!

This Giving Tuesday has shown us just how much love and kindness surrounds Fundamaya. Thanks to our incredible community of supporters, we are now only $2,400 USD away from reaching our goal!

Every gift brings us closer to continuing the work that Sharon devoted her heart to. We know that she would be so proud to see how people continue lifting up the communities she loved so deeply.

As the Fundamaya family, we feel your love, your generosity, and your belief in this mission. 💛
You have carried us almost to the finish line — now we just need this final push.

Please help us close the gap today.
Let’s finish this together, in Sharon’s honor.

Donate here: www.fundamaya.org/giving-tuesday

Thank you for being part of this family, for giving hope, and for helping us continue Sharon’s beautiful legacy. 🙏

15/11/2025

$3,900 US is what is needed!! we know it's a huge amount but we know from the bottoms of our hearts Fundamaya will achieve our goal!! ✨️ here is a photo of some of our little preschoolers being our beautiful models to these handmade blouses 😍 made by our sewing class graduates!! We are keeping their pride in using "blusas" and preserving their culture. Please donate to our cause of giving 🙏 We want these little cuties to receive a blouse so each of them can use one to come to preschool with the traditional clothing ☺️
No matter how big or small your donation is but $3,900 US is our goal 🥳 donate via our website www.fundamaya.org and click on that donate button 😄

28/10/2025

🌸 Giving Tuesday with Fundamaya-In Honor of Sharon Smart’s Amazing Legacy 🌸

We are so deeply grateful to everyone who has donated so far — thanks to your kindness, we’ve already raised $17,200 toward our $30,000 goal! 💕

Now, we have $12,800 left to raise — and only ONE month to go!
If just 130 people donated $100, we would reach our goal and make Sharon’s dream a reality!!

This Giving Tuesday, we are honoring the incredible life and legacy of Sharon Smart, our beloved co-founder, who dedicated her heart and life to empowering women and preserving Maya culture.

Our campaign this year supports Fundamaya’s Sewing Program, one of Sharon’s favorite projects. Through this program, 14 classes of graduates will sew 2,000 beautiful traditional blouses to gift to women and girls in seven communities — sharing dignity, beauty, and culture with those who otherwise could not afford them.

These blouses aren’t just clothing — they’re symbols of identity, tradition, and pride, lovingly made by women who are now able to earn income and build brighter futures for their families.

✨ Every dollar you give keeps Sharon’s vision alive. ✨
Together, we can continue her legacy of love, empowerment, and hope.

💗 Donate today and help us reach our goal before Thanksgiving!
Even $10, $25, $50 or $100 makes a difference — and sharing this post helps too!

👉 https://www.fundamaya.org/giving-tuesday

Let’s come together for Sharon, for the women she believed in, and for the communities she loved so deeply.
Together, we can make something beautiful.

21/10/2025

🐾💚 A Heartfelt THANK YOU 💚🐾
Today, we want to express our deep gratitude to the 4th-semester Social Work students from Universidad Mariano Galvez for their wonderful donation of food for the dogs and cats at our shelter. 🐶🐱
Your generosity and compassion fill our hearts with hope. Thank you for thinking of them, for giving your time, and for showing that small acts of love can change many lives. 💕
Our furry friends and the entire shelter team send their thanks with wagging tails and happy purrs! 🐾🥰
🐾💚 Un enorme GRACIAS desde el corazón 💚🐾
Hoy queremos expresar nuestra profunda gratitud a los estudiantes del 4to semestre de Trabajo Social de la Universidad Mariano Galvez por su hermosa donación de alimentos para nuestros perritos y gatitos del albergue. 🐶🐱
Su generosidad y empatía llenan nuestros corazones de esperanza. Gracias por pensar en ellos, por dedicar su tiempo y por demostrar que con pequeños actos de amor podemos cambiar muchas vidas. 💕
¡Nuestros peluditos y todo el equipo del albergue les agradecen con patitas y sonrisas! 🐾🥰

17/10/2025

💔 Emergency Help Needed for This Brave Mama Dog 💔
Today, we received a sweet mama dog in terrible pain. She came to us with a large, painful wound, which we’ve covered for privacy reasons — but if anyone would like to see the vet photos, please let me know and I can send it to you.

After being examined by our vet, we learned that she has TVT cancer, located near her urinary area. To save her life, she urgently needs 4–5 chemotherapy sessions, each costing $105 USD.

We know times are tough, but if anyone can help — even with a small contribution — it will make a huge difference in giving this mama a chance to heal and live without pain. ❤️

📩 Thank you for always standing with us and for the love you show to the animals who need it most. 🐾 you can donate via www.fundamaya.org and in the notes for "mama dog"

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