The following excerpt is from the July newsletter from Common Hope. In it, they detail the lingering emotional and psychological impacts of Tropical Storm Agatha. To read the newsletter in its entirety, please click here.
The main streets in the village of San Miguel Escobar are cleared, community members have started work again, and school is back in session. Anyone passing through town would be surprised to learn that just six weeks ago the streets were covered in several feet of mud, rocks, and other debris and all activity in the community was focused on trying to dig out and provide food, water, and medical care to those whose homes had been destroyed.
But inside the homes and within the local public school, many San Miguel residents are still suffering from the aftermath of the storm…read more.
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