The following is an announcement from Mayan Families (www.mayanfamilies.org).  You can learn more about this group, and their rebuilding and aid efforts in the Lake Atitlan region on their website. “Dear Friends, I have just had a visit from Lic. Juan Carlos who is the head of the Education dept.here in Solola.  He is asking [...]

Wuqu’ Kawoq (www.wuqukawoq.org) will have a medical team in the following areas in the coming week: 6/19/10 – Chirijuyu’; 6/22/10 – Santa Catarina; 6/23/10 – Paya’; 6/25/10 – Paquip/Saquitacaj; 6/26/10 – Caserio Nuevo.  To contact them, please email wuqu.kawoq@gmail.com.

Wuqu’ Kawoq, June 4, 2010: “If you are a community-based organization in the Lake Atitlan or Central Highlands region, we are eager to collaborate and may be able to help you. We can provide assistance with securing water and food supplies and medications. Our health care teams can also provide medical care. We will have [...]

The group, Safe Homes for Children is currently seeking partners to help the homeless in Chutinamit, in the Lake Atitlan region.  In particular, these families are in immediate need of tents for shelter, food, blankets, shoes, diapers, soap, shampoo, and pure water.  Safe Homes operates out of San Andres Semetebaj and the specific group of [...]

The following excerpt is from a June 15, 2010 post on the Common Hope blog.  To read the post in its entirety, please click here. Common Hope returned to regular operations on June 2 after a week of emergency relief mode, but people in the affected communities are still living the aftermath of tropical storm [...]

The following excerpt is from a June 14, 2010 article published by Reuters.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY, June 14 (Reuters) – Rebuilding in Guatemala after a devastating tropical storm last month could cost up to $1 billion and the country must prove to international donors that it [...]

A Seattle event to raise awareness and relief funds to benefit victims of the recent natural disasters is going to be held Thursday June 17th, 6-7:30 pm, at the Seattle International Foundation’s (SIF) offices at 909 NE Boat Street, Third Floor, Seattle, WA 98105.  The event is being co-hosted by Dr. Angelina Snodgrass Godoy, director [...]

The following excerpt is from a June 11, 2010 article published by the UN News Centre.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here. 11 June 2010 – United Nations aid agencies and their partners in Guatemala today appealed for nearly $14.5 million to provide relief to survivors of Agatha, the first tropical [...]

Common Hope’s (www.commonhope.org) social workers continue to meet with individual families in the hardest hit areas to assess specific needs, and over the next two weeks they will meet with all families. Common Hope’s psychologists have also begun work in affected communities, particularly with children, helping them to process the destruction of the storm. From [...]

Current as of June 9 – Wuqu’ Kawoq (www.wuqukawoq.org):  Atencion medica in the coming week: 6/10/10 – Paya’; 6/11/10 – Paquip; 6/12/10 – Santa Apolonia; 6/14/10 – Santa Catarina Palopo.  Please visit their website often for updates on their work in area villages.

The following excerpt is from a June 9, 2010 article published by the BBC.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here. More than 100 emergency aid relief boxes from a Cornwall-based charity are being dispatched to Central America to help victims of a tropical storm. The first consignment of 112 boxes is [...]

June 9, 2010:  An update from As Green As It Gets (www.asgreenasitgets.org):  “Hello All,  We just wanted to drop you a note with a brief update on the Agatha Storm disaster.  The request for help has been very good and the support has been strong, but we still need your help.  The money raised so [...]

As it is the beginning of Tropical Storm/Hurricane season, I thought I would offer up a link to the National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center.  http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml Thankfully, all looks quiet for Central America at the moment….

The following updates were provided by Wuqu’ Kawoq, via their blog.  To read the updates in more detail, please click here. Updates from Tecpan disaster relief meeting: 6/7/10, 10:00 pm, posted by Peter Rohloff This evening we attended the daily meeting of the emergency relief council in the municipality. There was much talk about the [...]

The following updates were provided by Wuqu’ Kawoq, via their blog.  To read the updates in more detail, please click here. Updates from Tecpan disaster relief meeting: 6/7/10, 10:00 pm, posted by Peter Rohloff This evening we attended the daily meeting of the emergency relief council in the municipality. There was much talk about the [...]

The following excerpt is from an update by Dwight Poage, published on the Mayan Families website.(www.mayanfamilies.org).  Dwight co-founded Mayan Families with his wife Sharon, and Patti Mort.  Agatha destroyed part of Dwight and Sharon’s home, and forced them to relocate their offices immediately after the storm.  In the days following Agatha, Sharon injured her ankle.  [...]

(AP) GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemalan officials say the death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha has risen to 172. National disaster agency spokesman David de Leon says 101 people are still missing in the country and 148 were injured. The updated toll released Sunday means at least 205 people in Central America were killed by Agatha, [...]

The following excerpt is from a June 5, 2010 article released by the Associated Press.  Click here to read the article in its entirety. GUATEMALA CITY — Maria del Carmen de Ramirez’s house is just as she left it when she fled into the evening during a torrential downpour, as a cavernous sinkhole opened up [...]

Wuqu’ Kawoq, June 6, 2010:  “Wuqu’ Kawoq is actively responding to this urgent need. After a fact finding phase, in collaboration with other local community organizations, we began providing water, food, and basic medications in several communities. An international support team reaches Guatemala this weekend and will assist with scale-up of activities.  We will keep [...]

Wuqu’ Kawoq, June 6, 2010:  “Wuqu’ Kawoq is actively responding to this urgent need. After a fact finding phase, in collaboration with other local community organizations, we began providing water, food, and basic medications in several communities. An international support team reaches Guatemala this weekend and will assist with scale-up of activities.  We will keep [...]