El total de contagiados hasta el 2 de junio era de 5,586 casos en Guatemala, once días después, los datos casi duplican, el 13 del mismo mes asciende a 9,491 casos. El promedio de contagio en los últimos cinco días es alrededor de 350 casos, en total han fallecidos 367 personas en su mayoría adultos
CORONAVIRUS EN GUATEMALA ACTUALIDAD Desde que apareció el primer caso de coronavirus en Guatemala la población se alarmó generalizando el temor, zozobra, estrés e incertidumbre, aún más cuando el gobierno tomó medidas de toque de queda y medidas de prevención como el uso de mascarillas, gel para el lavado de manos en todas partes, distanciamiento
HOGAR HOVDE mayo 2020 Los niños del Hogar Hovde han permanecido en resguardo con sus familias, familiares y/o encargados, el personal le ha dado seguimiento a cada uno para garantizar su seguridad física y emocional, apoyo en la educación a distancia y otros se ha logrado hacer visitas domiciliares. Las familias han sido beneficiadas con
Thanks to Michaela, Charlie, Damien, Jenny, Julian, Montana and Andie for helping re-paint EDELAC’s hogar abierto (safe home) last week! Despite not being able to run treks, these QT volunteers + friends are helping support EDELAC in other ways, as the organization prepares to welcome a few kids back into the safe-home as of next
Have you joined us on our trek from Xela – Lake Atitlan? If you have, you may recall that we start our hike in the village of Xecam where, after a long uphill hike, we arrive in the area known locally as Alaska. It is here where the village of Xetinamit is located, which is
We hope you all are staying healthy! Here’s an extended update about how EDELAC/QT are supporting the residents of Hogar Abierto and la Escuela de la Calle students as the quarantine continues into May for Guatemala: Firstly, we are relieved to state that none of our students nor their families are showing symptoms of Covid-19. We hope this
Pictured here are children and families of EDELAC beneficiaries receiving more food and other provisions both in front of Escuela de la Calle (EDELAC), which is currently closed due to covid-19, and in the small town of Nuevo Xetinamit. Nuevo Xetinamit is one of the small towns we pass through on our treks – in
The hardy few QT guides still remaining in Xela helped prepare food baskets for the children & families of EDELAC’s safe home and school. They prepared bags for 19 families, which each contained eight pounds of rice, 4 bags of the high-nutrient “Incaparina”, 12 pounds of pasta, 8 pounds of oats, 2 laters of oil,
A rough breakdown of EDELAC’s primary costs in April 2020
Recibimos las siguientes noticias de EDELAC, el 20 de abril 2020: We received the following update from EDELAC on April 20th, 2020: .