Early Detection Saves Lives

Since our founding in 2007, SewHope has screened more than 25,600 women for cervical cancer. In 2024 alone, we performed 7,472 Pap smears and procedures, helping to detect and prevent this life-threatening disease. Last year, we diagnosed 70 women with cervical cancer. To put that into perspective, since she began practicing medicine, Dr. Anne Ruch has seen 2 cases of full-blown cervical cancer in the United States. In their own words, listen to how SewHope saved one family🙏

What's New: SewHope School is Growing!

        5th Grade Added for 2025 School Year!
SewHope's new classroom was completed in early January 2025, giving 20 additional the students the chance to receive a quality education! What began as an after-school reinforcement program on a front porch in 2007 is now an accredited, independent Guatemalan primary school. 140 students, in grades K-5, are being taught a full Guatemalan curriculum by some of the most qualified teachers in Peten. Our students' learning is enhanced with access to personalized, online programs such as Khan Academy and Raz Kids, small group lessons, hands-on agriculture projects on SewHope's property and the opportunity to learn from local professionals about career paths. 

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Learn How SewHope is Changing Lives in Northern Guatemala

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
John 15:12