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Category: Santa Elena

2024 Building Repairs at the Clinic in Santa Elena, Guatemala
Medical CenterOrphanageSanta Elena

2024 Building Repairs at the Clinic in Santa Elena, Guatemala

December 8, 2024December 23, 2024

The funds allocated to the Sisters in Santa Elena (Clinic and Orphanage) were almost completely used to pay for a new roof on the Clinic. 

Donut Day!
OrphanageSanta Elena

Donut Day!

December 8, 2024December 23, 2024

It was a delicious day when two sisters from the Orphanage made donuts. They shared the goodies with Sisters there, along with the man who drives them school, as a thank-you.

Santa Elena Food Program
Food ProgramSanta Elena

Santa Elena Food Program

April 1, 2023August 15, 2024

In 2004, OCIMA began another important project – to help feed the hungry in the rural areas surrounding Morales and Santa Elena in Guatemala, where malnutrition continues to be a reality of life. According to data published by The World…

Santa Elena Orphanage
OrphanageSanta Elena

Santa Elena Orphanage

April 1, 2023January 19, 2024

OCIMA supports an all-girl orphanage in Santa Elena, a village in north central Guatemala. At any given time, there can be as many as 30 girls, primarily of Mayan descent, who live at the orphanage. Most of these children cannot…

Santa Elena Medical Center
Medical CenterSanta Elena

Santa Elena Medical Center

April 1, 2023January 19, 2024

OCIMA provides the primary support for a small health clinic in Santa Elena in the department of Peten.  Santa Elena is a poor city, just a short walk across a causeway to its sister city of Flores — a popular…

OCIMA is a 100% volunteer organization. As a result, about 99 cents of every dollar you donate goes directly to help those in need in Guatemala and Ecuador.

​At OCIMA, we focus on five core areas - education, nutrition, medical care, healthy child development and community initiatives. Your donation makes our work possible!

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