MSC World Projects Appeal 2025: Guatemala - Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

Building blocks for the future in Guatemala

Centro Faustino Villanueva is an MSC-run school in the Alta Verapaz region of Guatemala, located in an extremely rural area six hours away from the country’s capital, Guatemala City. The school offers a lifeline for the local community, providing education and the foundation for a better future for the past 40 years. The community at Centro Faustino Villanueva aim to provide access to education for the local population, including the Q’eqchí ethnic group, equipping them with both academic and social skills, plus an increased cultural awareness. In doing so, the staff at the school aim to lay the groundwork for a more positive and productive society, with the necessary skills to build a better quality of life for all in the community.

The school also offers boarding facilities for those who cannot easily travel to get there every day, ensuring that nobody misses out. Courses and workshops offered at the school include a wide range of academic subjects, while the school community are highly active in creating a sustainable agricultural environment, with space for farming and livestock care.

MSC World Projects Appeal 2025: Guatemala

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Empowering students to learn and grow

“All of this is an effort that aims to enhance the skills and training of the students, as well as improving their food quality, which is in many cases deficient and harms their ability to learn and grow,” says Fr Jairo Uriel Sevilla Mendoza MSC, Director of Centro Faustino Villanueva.

“Year after year, we make every effort to obtain the funds we need to sustain our school, a situation that is complicated by global economic uncertainty,” explains Fr Jairo. “In recent years, the aid we receive has decreased, and this is a reality that worries us, since we are the only option for many young people in the area.”

MSC World Projects Appeal 2025: Guatemala

It costs just under €5,000 per month to pay the staff at Centro Faustino Villanueva,
along with providing nourishing daily meals for the students.
The CFV team are working to raise €50,000 to pay for school costs for a total of 10 months,
helping as many young people as they can, and preparing to help more in 2026.

“Together, we will be able to help more people in need. We will never tire of thanking our generous supporters for everything they do for us – and we are always united in the heart of Christ.”
~ Fr Jairo Uriel Sevilla Mendoza MSC
Director of Centro Faustino Villanueva

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