Projects

There´s always many different ways to help

There´s projects already running because of the emergency and many others that range from very direct actions to complex infrastructure rebuilding, including help and psychosocial projects. Help us with the resources we can do the rest. Check the projects or just contact Us and specify your speciallity if there's one, if not, believe me is even more important your desire to help.

ProLago - Lake Atitlan Environmental Protection Society

Clean Up Lake Atitlan Project

Hospitalito Atitlan / Panabaj

The Guatemala Emergency Relief Fund

ProLago - Lake Atitlan Environmental Protection Society http://prolagoatitlan.org

a local nonprofit legally established in 2002, PROLAGO is most interested in protecting the lake basin environment to sustain the benefits it provides to local indigenous people. PROLAGO’s members are lake neighbors, mostly professionals, with a long term concern for the interrelationship between the health of the lake and the quality of life of the indigenous people. The main purpose of PROLAGO is to sustain the benefits provided by Lake Atitlán to Guatemalan society, especially to the quality of life of indigenous communities in the lake basin.

Donate Now at http://www.worldlakes.org/donate.asp and please specify Lake Atitlan People

Hospitalito Atitlan / Panabaj:

Pueblo a Pueblo: The US-based organization Pueblo a Pueblo runs and supports the newly constructed hospital in Santiago Atitlan (the hospital was only damaged slightly, but may not available for re-use as it is near the mass burial area). There are many updates on their web site at www.puebloapueblo.org about the situation there, and they are soliciting assistance.

Send tax-deductible contributions to Pueblo a Pueblo, Inc., P.O. Box 11486, Washington, DC 20008, or donate online via PayPal at www.puebloapueblo.org/donate.

Guatemala Evangelical Missionary Community

www.guatemalago.org . We are an outreach ministry of Immanuel Baptist Church in Highland, California..

Project GIFT www.projectgift2003.org

provides free medical clinics to the indigenous people in the lake Atitlan region of Guatemala with the help of volunteers from around the world.

The Dr Louis & Victoria de Peña Foundation http://www.doctorlouis.org/

An emergency fund has been established to help build an emergency medical clinic in Santa Catarina Palopo, which will assist with the critical health care needs of the people in the area. Additionally, donations will be utilized to purchase pure water, food and emergency supplies. The water system in the town of Santa Catarina Palopo was partially destroyed, so a source for clean water is a top priority.

The Guatemala Emergency Relief Fund http://rph.chaosnet.org/gfund/

is making an active contribution to ongoing humanitarian efforts addressing the substantial loss of life, property, and livelihood in Guatemala caused by hurricane Stan in early October. * We are implementing modest clean up and reconstruction projects over the short- and medium-term. We are particularly concerned with families who have been bypassed by other aid organizations--so as to make a direct contribution to the livelihood of Catarinecos affected by hurricane Stan.
* We are developing connections between individuals and organizations working to implement aid work so as to make the aid process more efficient.
* We are looking into longer-term possibilities for relocating families who, because they are among the poorest Catarinecos, live dangerous proximity to the rivers.

We`ve lost family and home but with our commitment to work, smiles, weavings and colors, we are going to rebuild you beloved Atitlàn...Miguel Tzul-Panajachel