VP Silvana Ayuso at Escuela Rural El Chal, Petén, Guatemala
Location of El Chal, Petén, Guatemala
AMEDICAusa Vice President Silvana Ayuso took a school supply mission to the village of El Chal in the Department of Petén, Guatemala. Over two hundred children were provided school supplies and clothing on this mission, in one of the most rural areas of Guatemala.
La Prensa Article 1-8-2016
AMEDICAusa , in partnership with The Cleft Foundation, arranged a tour of several rural villages where over 1000 Maya women received prenatal education, vitamins, food and clothing.
AMEDICAusa at the El Cambray Dos relief center
December’s Disaster Relief Delivery
Last October, the village of El Cambray Dos, near Guatemala City, was buried in a landslide that destroyed the town, killed hundreds of residents, and left may more homeless. Many of the survivors are still without jobs or permanent homes and some children are now without parents to care for them.
They are living in a makeshift shelter, about the size of a elementary school gym, housing some 200 people.
AMEDICAusa personnel have been delivering relief supplies to the shelter since the landslide in coordination with CONRED, Guatemala’s disaster response agency.
Carmen’s Story
Don Julio, Chief of Department, Panajachel
33 Compañía , CVB, Panajachel, is a typical Guatemalan Fire Department. Located across Lake Atitlán from the village of Tzununá, it houses an elderly donated U.S. Engine company, a makeshift taker, ambulance and an old rescue boat. They host a marketplace in their parking lot to try and raise a few funds for operations. As part of our efforts at Tzununá we stopped in to talk with them and see what equipment they had and what they might need. They, like every department in Guatemala, are short of hose, nozzles and personal protective equipment… but in particular, they had no portable lighting system to allow them to operate at night.
33 Compañía CVB – Panajachel Fire Dept.
AMEDICAusa has now acquired a donated portable generator, work lights and electrical cables for Company 33 which are now awaiting shipment to Guatemala.
Medical Clinic at Tzununá
AMEDICAusa President Neale Brown and Vice President Edwardo Castillo of Fundación Castillo Cordova meeting in Tzununá
AMEDICAusa leadership met with the staff and leadership of Fundación Castillo Cordova in Tzununá, Sololá to tour the medical clinic and the Foundation’s projects there. While a tentative agreement has been reached between the two NGO’s regarding a partnership in Tzununá, we are waiting for final approval from the Ministry of Health.