Help fight the spread of Covid-19 in Guatemala

Apart from the challenges of our new lives living with the Covi-19 pandemic, these past few months have been a roller coaster for our organization. On June 2nd we welcomed our 3rd son. And then sadly on July 12th our family and team member Walter took his own life at the age of 18. He was an integral part of this pantry supply effort and accompanied our Director Luis to buy the pantry supplies, helped to organize the bags and then to distribute them to community members in need. Although he leaves a great hole in our family and organization we know we must continue on in his memory delivering supplies as long as there are donations as well as need in the community. Since Walter's death we have delivered pantry supplies to 119 families. But we couldn't do it with out the support of donors like you as well as withou community members who help us to identify people in need. This month through the help of Brandy from Florida and community member Loyda, we were able to bring pantry supply packs to 40 families in need in the rural village of Calderas. Agricultural communities such as Calderas have been really hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic as restrictions on movement and public transportation have prevented vendors from taking their goods to the market to sell as they normally would. These supplies are a life line and provide hope to families who are struggling to put food on the table. We give priority to families headed by the elderly, widows, single mothers, families with people with disabilites and people who have been layed off due to the pandemic, but others facing need are also eligible. Below you will find photos of some of the families who received pantry supply packs this month. You can see more photos of the families who have been blessed with pantry supplies through this link here: shorturl.at/lCLU3. Thank you for being a part of this effort. Your support keeps us moving forward!

We just wanted to take the time to thank you for your donation and to give you an update on how we are putting it to good use. Thursday April 23rd our team members delivered the first selection of emergency pantry supplies to 30 needy families in our area. So far we have funds to provide emergency pantry supplies to a total of 128 families, which is an amazing impact in our community! April 25th we handed out 33 more pantry supply packages to needy families. We are focusing our efforts on households who have placed a white flag at their door to indicate that they no longer have food as well as households with elderly people (who are recommended to avoid leaving their houses) and households with people with disabilities. We have included photos of some of the families who have already received emergency supplies, however a more complete selection of photos appears on our organization facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/compartiendo.nuestras.bendiciones.Guatemala/media_set?set=a.276560683350870&type=3.

We hope you will visit us there and check out the project album to see exactly which family or families your donation helped. We will keep you updated on our project progress.

Thanks again for your donation,

Colleen Supanich