Have you joined us on our trek from Xela – Lake Atitlan? If you have, you may recall that we start our hike in the village of Xecam where, after a long uphill hike, we arrive in the area known locally as Alaska. It is here where the village of Xetinamit is located, which is
We hope you all are staying healthy! Here’s an extended update about how EDELAC/QT are supporting the residents of Hogar Abierto and la Escuela de la Calle students as the quarantine continues into May for Guatemala: Firstly, we are relieved to state that none of our students nor their families are showing symptoms of Covid-19. We hope this
Pictured here are children and families of EDELAC beneficiaries receiving more food and other provisions both in front of Escuela de la Calle (EDELAC), which is currently closed due to covid-19, and in the small town of Nuevo Xetinamit. Nuevo Xetinamit is one of the small towns we pass through on our treks – in
The hardy few QT guides still remaining in Xela helped prepare food baskets for the children & families of EDELAC’s safe home and school. They prepared bags for 19 families, which each contained eight pounds of rice, 4 bags of the high-nutrient “Incaparina”, 12 pounds of pasta, 8 pounds of oats, 2 laters of oil,
A rough breakdown of EDELAC’s primary costs in April 2020
Recibimos las siguientes noticias de EDELAC, el 20 de abril 2020: We received the following update from EDELAC on April 20th, 2020: .
On April 14th, 2020, we successfully reached our goal of raising $25,000 in individual donations for EDELAC! This, along with the Hovde Foundation’s generous $25K matching pledge, means we have raised $54,000. to sustain EDELAC and the Hogar for the next 6 months. This will enable EDELAC to continue paying its teachers, supporting its students,
. . Todos los trabajadores se dividieron para atender a los niños y niñas del hogar por regiones. All of the hogar staff have been divided by region, in order to attend to the hogar children. Hay trabajadores que atienden a los niños que viven en el Llano del Pinal, otro se encarga de los