Gorham Students Help Families in Guatemala

Gorham High School students Kristen and James Bensen, along with Darren Bantz from Stroudwater Christian Church, fresh off a mission trip to Guatemala, were are guests and speakers on May 5.  Fourteen teens, along with six chaperones representing five local high schools visited eight different villages to deliver baby chicks and feed directly to villagers. The students who went on the trip helped raise the funds used to purchase the chicks and feed in-country.

 

Each family received 3 chicks and a bag of feed to raise them until they are large enough to eat. With the shortage of food in general and abundance of predators, raising chicks for egg laying is not feasible without a larger investment. The cost was about $12 per family, and about 100 families were given chicks during this most recent trip.