Saint Michael & All Angels and CPR Guatemala Project

Saint Michael & All Angels and CPR Guatemala Project The Guatemala project started in partnership with the CPR- Sierra in Guatemala during the civil war in 1993.

Emphasis is on mutuality, cultural exchange and Indigenous self-determination.

We have resumed our accompaniment in Guatemala with the current visit of Ila Abernathy. Ila departed from Guatemala day ...
05/21/2021

We have resumed our accompaniment in Guatemala with the current visit of Ila Abernathy. Ila departed from Guatemala day before yesterday with two 70 pound suitcases full of supplies requested by the CPR. Stay tuned!

04/25/2021

The team needs some materials for effectiveness

The team needs the following in order to share with the local health promoters. If anyone has access to any of this and can purchase & mail to Dorothy Chao, 3314 W. Morgan Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745 in the next few weeks that would truly be a blessing!

Contributions are also very, very welcome.

Items like hemoglobin meter test cards and swipe thermometers available in the U.S. -- more stethoscopes and other basic supplies if possible.
Medicines and materials, including essential low-cost antibiotics and increasingly-needed treatment for chronic disease, the lead health team will select for purchase with Project funds in Guatemala.
COVID-19 response materials needed in communities and transportation for same, as well as food or other supplements so as not to stress communities we visit.

Thanks to the vaccine, the CPR in Guatemala who is willing to welcome us in these difficult times, and volunteers who ar...
04/24/2021

Thanks to the vaccine, the CPR in Guatemala who is willing to welcome us in these difficult times, and volunteers who are willing to abide by the stringent guidelines of the Advisory Committee, there WILL be a project trip this May/June!!

[Photo – Juan Bop, health volunteer in Cabá, most isolated community, receives his “reconocimiento” (about $27 per month...
01/01/2021

[Photo – Juan Bop, health volunteer in Cabá, most isolated community, receives his “reconocimiento” (about $27 per month) from Equipo de Salud leader Pedro Bernal. Juan has since left Cabá, in part to care for ageing parents in the town of Chajul.]
“A ha’penny will do . . .”

[Photo – Team nurse hands health volunteer “Chico” Chavez, Santa Rosa community, funds for emergency medical travel from this little settlement that still isn’t on roads. Chico is best at getting community and Health Ministry support, has saved lives, including that of a too-young mother with preclampsia (toxemia of pregnancy). He sutures, he innovates, he inspires.]
With gratitude – Thank you to all who have given with exceptional generosity in response to great need in Guatemala, following Covid shutdowns and two fierce hurricanes, complicated by institutional neglect and social inequities considered the greatest in Central America. Your generosity is humbling. We urge health leaders to consider the funds “muy santo” (very holy).

Update – second meeting in Nebaj – We were able to send $5,400 of your donations to Guatemala last week (December 15), in two separate deposits to leading members of the Equipo de Salud who met again in Nebaj, Ixil Area, this past weekend. Because roads are still blocked and bridges out, a third member of the Equipo was unable to attend.

We asked them to prioritize, and respond to emergency needs. Their final reports aren’t in, but it is clear that, for them, incentive payments for community health volunteers remain a priority, especially since the infrastructure collapse has left some communities without other support.

The Equipo identifies medicine shortages as a major problem, especially for treatment of chronic ailments such as diabetes and high blood pressure. They report that even the isolated communities are responding with resilience and have food at present. Diego adds that most are very, very poor, but they are doing well.

December 23, 2 0 2 0
Guatemala Project Updates, with gratitude –

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