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Sponsor finds solace from grief through bonding with sponsored friend

Longtime sponsor Jimmy Arreaga took an Unbound Awareness Trip to Guatemala in early 2025 to meet his sponsored friend María Alexandra and her family. The experience helped him cope with the grief he was feeling over the loss of a loved one and gave him renewed purpose in his walk with María Alexandra as she works to overcome poverty.

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Mirza, the mother of a sponsored child, and her husband took a leap of faith after both losing their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and opened a spice shop in Lima, Peru. With the help of an Unbound Small Business Accelerator grant, the family was able to expand their products and increase their sales, encouraging them to make future plans to become wholesale distributors.