Community Project: In progress
COVID relief
, Guatemala
The community of San Raymundo continues to be on red alert as cases of Covid 19 have continued to increase in recent days. There is no freedom to carry out jobs and businesses due to the danger of contagion. Many of the people who lost their jobs at the beginning of the pandemic, did not get it back and are now looking for a job. We thank God that he has not abandoned us and we have seen that some people in San Raymundo have started to undertake home business in order to survive, selling local products in their homes and although there is not much profit, the entrepreneurship is helping provide something to feed the family.
The ministry in San Raymundo is still affected, in the church we are meeting in smaller groups to worship God and pray only on Sundays. The school is especially being affected because parents do not have the ability to pay tuition, which means we do not have the funds to pay the teachers and cover operational costs.
We are so thankful for the food hampers that have been donated over the past months, families have experienced God's love shared through the bags of food, and that has strengthened their faith in God. The support has come at the precise moment where many of the families who received the food needed it, many of them were without work and the families, especially the children, enjoyed the food.
Pastor Victor would like to continue to address the local situation by:
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Food relief is an important blessing to families. Food relief would continue to complement to the few earnings that families generate.
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The School project is a priority in this time of pandemic. We thank God that 95% of students continued the distance education that the teachers implemented. The teachers have been working without a permanent salary since we could only pay them for a few months with the tuition we received and the support we get from Canada and the local church. Education is very important in the lives of children, it is a right, and education in the midst of this pandemic will mark the lives of children, for that reason it cannot be stopped. Distance classes will begin in the first week of February and we trust that God will provide the necessary resources for the Operation of the School. With the teachers we are praying that God provides resources for salaries and expenses that teachers make to teach distance classes and for the school supplies they give to children.
$71 provides food for a family of 5 for 1 month.
$82 will provide a water filter for a family of 5.
$15 provides hygiene supplies for a family of 5.
