Our History

The founding of FUNDACIÓN EQUITY (FUNDEQ) in 2011 was the formalization of a charitable work that had been ongoing since Lynn and Bonita's arrival in Guatemala in 1985.

In addition to helping finance the school service projects, the Justices began selecting and funding underprivileged students to schools in poor areas surrounding Guatemala City and some rural areas in the interior of the country. Up until 2011, it was just Bonita and Lynn.

Then some friends and family members became aware of the scholarship program for needy children and asked to participate. Some helped by mentoring a group of students, others by sponsoring one or more students. As word has spread about the success of the program more have joined us in this work of love.

Each year since 2015, FUNDEQ has scholarshipped over 100 underprivileged students in Guatemala. In 2020 the foundation will scholarship 114 students.

In January 2019 the Justices began setting the groundwork for operating the FUNDEQ Scholarship program in Honduras. They chose Yuscaran, El Paraiso, Honduras as the beginning for FUNDEQ de Honduras. In the latter part of May Lynn Justice began interviewing potential volunteers to shepherd the first group of students. At the end of July and the beginning of August 2019 the Rebecca and Christopher Talbot's family travelled to Yuscaran to interview potential scholarship candidates. They gathered the supporting documents and completed applications for 24 candidates, of which 21 were selected from four rural communities near the town of Yuscaran.

In January 2020, the 21 students, their parents and the volunteers held their first meeting in a congregational meeting room provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days of Yuscaran. There the families heard motivational talks, were instructed on how the program works, and given their first monthly Scholarship stipend for each family.