Location El Llano, Patzun, Chimaltenango, Guatemala Community Description El Llano is a small village with a population of around 600 people located 2.5 km from the town of Patzún. The population is 99% indigenous and people primarily speak the Mayan language of Kaqchikel. Almost all of the community members are farmers and rely on selling […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Samantha Boss. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to do several small upgrades to accommodate the water needs of the school. Samantha reports: Work on the project began March 31 2012. Collaborating with the morning and afternoon […]
Location Almolonga, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Community Description Almolonga is a mid-sized community nestled in a valley just outside of the second-largest city in Guatemala (Quetzaltenango). Known throughout Guatemala as the ‘Hortaliza de America’, the people of Almolonga live off of the land. They produce, ship, and sell vegetables of all sorts (mostly carrots, radishes, beets, and […]
Location Canton Xeta Cabaj, department of Totonicapan, Guatemala Community Description Canton Xeta Cabaj is a small rural community of approximately 500 inhabitants of Mayan descent, located outside the municipality of San Cristobal Totonicapan, 185 kilometers from Guatemala City by way of the Inter-American Highway. Most community members are either farmers or business owners. All of […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Lauren Browne. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to install a water tank, connect it to 5 faucets inside the bathrooms, and renovate an outside handwashing station. Lauren reports: Scope of the Project Financial help from Appropriate […]
Location San Cristóbal Totonicapán, Totonicapán, Guatemala Community Description San Cristóbal Totonicapán is a municipality of the department of Totonicapán, located 185 kilometers from Guatemala City by way of the Inter-American Highway. The town is located near Cuatro Caminos, the main intersection where the roads to Guatemala City, Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán and Huehuetenango meet. Canton Coxliquel is […]
Location Caserio Los Perez, Aldea Patzac, Santa Apolonia, Chimaltenango, Guatemala Community Description The high rural Guatemalan community of Los Perez only recently acquired the formal status of caserio (village). The community is located at 2,500 meters of elevation (approx. 8,100 feet), and is home to 20 families, who are all mostly interrelated. Most adults have […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Dercum Over. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a bathroom with 3 flush toilets. Dercum reports: The community of Los Perez has successfully completed the project of replacing the dangerous latrines in their elementary school […]
Workers at Central America’s largest landfill, Guatemala City’s Garbage Dump live and work in some of the most wretched conditions one could imagine. They clamber all day long over mountains of teetering trash, fighting with wild dogs and buzzards for scraps to sell. It is dangerous work. Methane fires, medical waste, rusty metal and even worse things […]
In December, Water Charity began a program to provide water filters to the families that work in the Guatemala City Garbage Dump. We will be working in conjunction with Safe Passage (Camino Seguro), a nonprofit organization that does extensive work with this population. Safe Passage works with the poorest at-risk children of families working in the garbage […]