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Please send donations to:
KGAP 
c/o Connie Vanderhyden
E9048 PIERCE HILL RD
VIROQUA, WI  54665

ALL DONATIONS TO KGAP ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE 
AND WILL HELP FUND OUR ACCOMPANIMENT, 
HEALTHCARE AND 
EDUCATION INITIATIVES 
IN GUATEMALA.


Connie Vanderhyden
KGAP Coordinator

Connie is from Viroqua, Wisconsin, a small town in the Kickapoo River region of Southwestern Wisconsin. She became involved in Guatemala in January, 1994 on a delegation accompanying the return refugee community of Nueva Esperanza-Chaculá to their home in the department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala. When the Guatemala Accompaniment Project (GAP) was created in 1995, Connie initiated KGAP (Kickapoo-Guatemala Accompaniment Project) and served as the 1st KGAP sponsored accompanier in Nueva Esperanza-Chaculá in 1996. She continues to coordinate fundraising efforts and yearly delegations to Guatemala and collaborates with other sponsoring communities in the NISGUA/GAP network.
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“I want to tell you that every day that passes, we remember you because you have love in your hearts for us and for other communities that suffer poverty, extreme poverty. Thank you for all the affection and the firm commitment that you have made with us from when we were refugees in Mexico, on our return and still here with us, living in this beautiful place.”  
Don Gilberto Gutierrez, Nueva Esperanza –Chacula, Guatemala, 1999

ALL K/GAP FUNDING COMES FROM DONATIONS AND SMALL GRANTS. ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE.  

SEND DONATIONS TO:

KGAP 
​c/o CONNIE VANDERHYDEN
E 9048 PIERCE HILL ROAD
VIROQUA, WI 54665



KGAP (Kickapoo-Guatemala Accompaniment Project) is a project of KCE (Kickapoo Cultural Exchange) a local  501c3 nonprofit organization registered in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and YIHS (Youth Initiative High School), a 501c3 nonprofit organization registered in Wisconsin.  

In addition, K/GAP is affiliated with the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA, www.nisgua.org)  a national non-profit organization that supports many projects and efforts in Guatemala.