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With Deepest Sadness 
Jeri Pearson, our beloved friend and KGAP accompanier, passed away on Friday, June 19th, 2015, in Brooklyn, New York, where she was visiting her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter. Jeri went out to shop for groceries and was tragically and fatally hit by a car. There are no word to describe the shock, grief, and sadness we feel.  Jeri lived in the country, near Danbury, Wisconsin. She was a KGAP-sponsored accompanier in Chaculá in1998. She returned many times with KGAP delegations. With her husband Marty, she spent an extended period in the village at a time when the KGAP scholarship project really began to take form. Jeri was an integral part in the creation and coordination of this project. She was a true compañera, solidaria, and gran amiga to many of us in the Guatemala solidarity network. And she was beloved by so many people in the village of Chaculá. She was truly one of the most generous, sincere, and openhearted individuals that one could hope to know. We will miss Jeri deeply and wish to extend our heart-felt sympathy to all her family members and dear friends 
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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.  

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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.