The following excerpt is from a November 26, 2009 article from the Miami Herald. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. The U.S. has begun delivering food to Guatemalans suffering through a long drought. By EZRA FIESER Special to The Miami Herald EL MOJON CHIQUIMULA, Guatemala — Nine-year-old Lide Ramirez and her [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Article: U.S. Tries to Ease `State of Calamity’
Posted by Laura on November 29, 2009
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The following excerpt is from a November 26, 2009 article from the Miami Herald. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. The U.S. has begun delivering food to Guatemalans suffering through a long drought. By EZRA FIESER Special to The Miami Herald EL MOJON CHIQUIMULA, Guatemala — Nine-year-old Lide Ramirez and her [...]
Article: How Guatemala's Most Beautiful Lake Turned Ugly
Posted by Laura on November 29, 2009
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The following excerpt is from a November 29, 2009 article published by Time.com. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. By Ezra Fieser In his 1934 travel book Beyond the Mexique Bay, Aldous Huxley compared Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan to Italy’s Lake Como. The Italian body of water, he wrote, “touches the limit [...]
Article: How Guatemala’s Most Beautiful Lake Turned Ugly
Posted by Laura on November 29, 2009
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The following excerpt is from a November 29, 2009 article published by Time.com. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. By Ezra Fieser In his 1934 travel book Beyond the Mexique Bay, Aldous Huxley compared Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan to Italy’s Lake Como. The Italian body of water, he wrote, “touches the limit [...]
Profile: Synergo Arts
Posted by Laura on November 12, 2009
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Synergo Arts is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3), tax exempt organization based in Arizona. Its purpose is to help artists and artisans around the world use ergonomics to maximize health, income, performance, productivity, creativity, and art or craft quality. They do this through a grassroots approach to innovating and delivering ergonomics resources, with a special focus on [...]
Profile: Orphan Resources International
Posted by Laura on November 12, 2009
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Orphan Resources International (ORI) believes that every child is special and that God has a plan for each of their lives. Their mission and goal is to aid the children of this world, who through no fault of their own, have found themselves orphaned and alone. They wish to show them that God and many [...]
Article: GUATEMALA – (Barely) Surviving on Beans and Tortillas
Posted by Laura on November 4, 2009
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By: Danilo Valladares The following excerpt is from an article published on November 4, 2009 by Inter Press Service. To view the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 4 (IPS) – Juan Manuel Ardón’s bones jut out and his hair is dull and thin: signs of severe malnutrition. He is so [...]
Article: Guatemala – Decline in Remittances Forces Children to Leave School
Posted by Laura on November 3, 2009
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The following excerpt is from a November 3, 2009 article published in The Guatemala News. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. In a new Survey on Remittances 2009, Children and Adolescents, the eighth in this IOM-Guatemala series and jointly produced with UNICEF, confirms the negative impact of the financial crisis on [...]
Profile: WINGS
Posted by Laura on November 3, 2009
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Strengthening Guatemalan families through reproductive health. WINGS’ Mission is to create opportunities for Guatemalan families to improve their lives by providing them with family planning education and access to reproductive health services. WINGS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible in the United States. WINGS’ Programs: To address this need, WINGS [...]