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As a quick tour of our history, Xela-Aid was founded in 1992 by Leslie C. Baer with Fr. Peter Hickman and Robert Rook of St. Matthew Old Catholic Community, in Orange, California. Baer was then a journalist and coordinator for a Southern California-based group of Mother Teresa's Co-Workers of Charity. Peter Hickman is Founder of the thriving St. Matthew Community in Orange, California, and is now a bishop in the Old Catholic Church; and Bob Rook, a technology specialist and long-time humanitarian activist continues as a member of the St. Matthew community.

Joyce Fournier, president of Xela Aid 2002-2005, a health services professional with a distinguished career in nursing and design and implementation of companion medicine programs, founded with Amalia Garcia the Nueva Alianza Weaving and Midwives' Cooperative [August, 1996]. Garcia, and Luis Enrique de Leon, both of Guatemala, joined the organization in 1994 and 1993, respectively, as the organization's founding directors in Guatemala. They continue to facilitate Xela Aid's activities in Guatemala as active directors with Xela Aid and as president (de Leon) and vice president (Garcia) of Association Xela Aid, a sister organization legally incorporated Guatemala.

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