Emergency relief for Guatemala after Agatha

Summary

Many lives have been ruined by Tropical Storm Agatha, help Guatemalans pick up the pieces. We will provide emergency food supplies amid rising prices and help rebuild homes and communities. progress report read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of £16 was raised for this project.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Tropical Storm Agatha dropped three feet of rain in less than 24 hours, dis-guarded houses and belongings with winds of up to 45mph. It devastated Guatemala and has left it picking up the pieces. It has so far killed 146 people, left 52 people missing, 54 people injured and 94,000 evacuated from their homes. And the death toll is rising. Guatemala is in a state of emergency. The most effected regions are Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, and Chimaltenango.

Activities

The situation is very sad but we have been been here before and helped after Hurricane Stan and Hurricane Mitch, and will help after Agatha. We will use donations to provide food and support to communities and help rebuild their lives.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £16

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled £16. The original project funding goal was £13,660.

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

With long standing relationships in the indigenous communities we will continue to provide support particularly focusing on helping indigenous children realize their right to an education.

Project Message

With the aid of the GVI Charitable Trust we have been able to improve the lives of hundreds of families through schooling, training, nutrition programs and disaster relief all over Latin America.
- Doreen Cabrera, GVI Project Director Guatemala

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Ross Deans,

1st Floor
3 High Street
St Albans, Herts AL3 4ED
United Kingdom
0044 1727 250250
Email:

Project Sponsor

Global Vision International Charitable Trust--Sponsor

Organisation

Global Vision International Charitable Trust
Third Floor
The Senate
Exeter, Devon EX1 1UG
United Kingdom
+44 1727 250 250
http://www.gvi.org

Learn more about Global Vision International Charitable Trust and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Guatemala and can also be found under Disaster Recovery.

For more information about Guatemala, read the Human Development Report on Guatemala or the Wikipedia entry for Guatemala.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 19, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 04, 2010.

Latest Update from the Field

Rain coats for the children.

By Dom Williams - GVI Latin America Project Director, September 27, 2010 09:27 AM

Thanks to donations after Agatha we have already provided much needed food and seeds, and recently we also provided raincoats for over 500 children in both of schools in which we work.

Due to the abnormal rains that are currently hitting Guatemala, raincoats for all the children mean that they can still come to school each day, many walking for up to an hour to get there, and it staves off potential illness. Thanks so much to everyone who donated.

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