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 [...]

From Common Hope/Familias de Esperanza:  “This Saturday night (June 5), there will be a meeting at Familias de Esperanza at 6:00 p.m.  1-2 reps per organization should attend; to share and divide up work to support each other’s relief efforts. Please bring lists of needs and lists of resources. We want to help everyone stay [...]

Wuqu Kawoq (www.wuqukawoq.org) is focusing its efforts on the Lake Atitlan/Central Highlands areas.  They anticipate that there will be a critical need for a nutritional supplement called PlumpyNut (www.edesiallc.org) in 2-3 months time, when the crops that have been destroyed would have born fruit.  For those of you who are considering a shipment to Guatemala, this [...]

June 3:  The following update has been posted on the Mayan Families Connections Yahoo group.  Please refer back to that group frequently, as conditions are changing regularly. “MF is giving out food as fast as they can get it in. Unfortunately, Sharon says  that they aren’t coming close to having food for everyone that needs [...]

The following is a June 3 update from ConstruCasa (www.construcasa.org).  Please click here to read their entire update, and to find out how they plan to help. “On Monday, the whole Constru Casa team was helping where we could and getting to know about our families’ situation. We are all well and all families who have [...]

The folks at Wuqu’ Kawoq have found an excellent source for PUR.  If you would like to sponsor their efforts to provide immediate, potable water in the Lake and Central Highlands region, please visit their website (www.wuqukawoq.org).  As a reference point, $100 will provide about 3,000 gallons of drinkable water. If anyone has any leads [...]

The folks at Wuqu’ Kawoq have found an excellent source for PUR.  If you would like to sponsor their efforts to provide immediate, potable water in the Lake and Central Highlands region, please visit their website (www.wuqukawoq.org).  As a reference point, $100 will provide about 3,000 gallons of drinkable water. If anyone has any leads [...]

As the Guatemala City airport begins to resume a normal schedule,  I am beginning to hear of specific volunteer needs.  Please pass this along thru whatever means you have.  Please contact me at Exchange@ClinicLink.org if you:  Are a medically trained individual who is fluent in Spanish.  MDs, PAs and Nurse Practitioners in particular are needed [...]

As the Guatemala City airport begins to resume a normal schedule,  I am beginning to hear of specific volunteer needs.  Please pass this along thru whatever means you have.  Please contact me at Exchange@ClinicLink.org if you:  Are a medically trained individual who is fluent in Spanish.  MDs, PAs and Nurse Practitioners in particular are needed [...]

Authorities in San Miguel and San Pedro, east of Antigua are requesting portable toilets.  If you are in interested in helping with the rental or purchase, please comment here, and we will try to get you details.

The following excerpt is from the blog Expat Mom.  Click here to read the entry in its entirety, along with many, many pictures of the areas surrounding Antigua. When we were in San Miguel yesterday, we went into the church where people were staying after losing their homes. I didn’t take photos because it would [...]

The staff from Mayan Families has posted a series of photos, showing the destruction in and around Panachel.  To view the slideshow, please visit the Mayan Families Connections Blog.