Thank you all for the support you've offered. You may have heard that earlier this week, on Monday afternoon, mud, rocks and debris (a lahar) came pouring down from San Miguel Los Lotes and toward El Rodeo, entering homes and covering roadways. The Vamos Adelante community education promoter, Maide, lives in El Barrio, between San … Continue reading The Blog: Update 5
The volcano remains very active and the main, dirt road from El Rodeo (which was evacuated following the eruption) to Zapote (where the Vamos Adelante clinic/office is), which crosses four rivers with no bridges, is not passable. It has been raining heavily in the afternoons and nights, and the water mixed with debris from higher … Continue reading The Blog: Update 4
It has been 8 days since Fuego's first and most destructive of several eruptions last week. Relief aid is pouring into the shelters and to cutoff communities directly impacted, but the future is very uncertain for those who call Fuego's shadow home. Thanks to all of you who have given to help support the victims … Continue reading The Blog: Update 3
The path of Fuego's destruction has blocked the primary road to many villages at the southern foot of the volcano. Yesterday, Nina Jorgensen of Vamos Adelante took the backroads into these cutoff communities, including to El Zapote where Vamos Adelante's clinic and home base is located. She was impressed by the amount of help and … Continue reading The Blog: Update 2
Thank you to everyone contributing to this fundraising effort. Nina Jorgensen, the Director of Vamos Adelante ( http://www.vamosadelante.org/the-foundation), who is on the ground in the disaster area, sent along the following update on Wednesday morning, June 6: "Another eruption took place yesterday afternoon, this time towards Escuintla. Many thinking they were safe in shelters were relocated … Continue reading The Blog: Update 1
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