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Toybox team meet new Guatemalan Ambassador
Toybox Chair of Trustees, Alastair Welford and Toybox CEO met with the new Guatemalan Ambassador, Mr Alfonso Fahsen, to speak about the work of Toybox in Guatemala.
The topics discussed involved Alastair's hair, (click here for an explanation!) the increasing of partnership between Toybox and the Guatemalan Government and how we can work together. The needs of street children in Guatemala City and the political situation in Guatemala were also discussed, and the team were encouraged by their talks together.
Toybox is delighted to have met Mr Fahsen and look forward to working together with him and his colleagues in the future.
Alastair and Andy also had the opportunity to meet MP Tony Baldry at the Houses of Parliment to talk about how the work of Toybox was developing and the importance of support for work in the poorest communitities in Latin America.
Tony particularly noted that very often Latin America is forgotten and regarded as a 'middle income' country. However the disparity between rich and poor is greater than in ay other part of the world. Overarching statistics hide huge injustice in poverty particularly in urban situations. As a result of his observations, Tony encouraged us to persue a range of options and to look to hold the Government to account in terms of its support of Latin America.
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