Juana A65 has passed away

Last week, Juana fell ill with pneumonia and died soon after.

Her daughter Rosaria is now living alone in the house she shared with her mother.

The two were lucky to have been recently sponsored, and Juana was glad to have a comfortable bed to sleep in and a guaranteed meal in her last months of life.

She spent the majority of her life washing onions or working in the fields for a bit of income. As she got older and it became difficult to walk, she and her daughter wove bracelets to buy their corn.

Rosaria carried large loads of wood on her back daily, so that the two would have fuel for the fire they cooked over.

A link to Juana and Rosaria's story can be found here.

If you would like to help Juana's surviving family please click here.

Las Fotos!

The Las Fotos wheatpasting project has come to a close in Panajachel. The girls and Anna, the leader of the project, were able to paste black and white photos on an otherwise graffitied wall for a number of weeks, offering a beautiful alternative to spray-painted swear words and other atrocities for passers-by.

To make sure that the photos and stories make it out into the world, I am creating a Kickstarter project to offset the initial costs of book production, so that we can sell the book in our store here and at-large. (It is almost finished!) I will provide a link to the project soon.

Thank you for your continued support of the Elderly Care program, every bit helps us to feed the 72 elderly we serve in San Jorge and Panajachel!

--Megan

Photo by Anna Miller