It has been cold in South Florida during these past days and I have been very thankful for my warm bed at night. I started thinking about all the people in Guatemala who suffer from the cold, wind and rain when the weather gets bad because their homes do not offer enough shelter from the elements. I remembered 2 sweet boys that I met last year in San Antonio Palopo, Guatemala. They are the older brothers of one of the Mayan Families sponsored students. The family has one room made of cement blocks and the rest of the house is make of mud, cane, wood and pieces of tin sheeting as walls. The two boys sleep in the kitchen and the walls are crumbling down. Right next to the makeshift bed (without a mattress), there are holes on the wall. The family put thin pieces of plastic to cover the holes but the children still feel the cold and wind when they are sleeping.
I need to start fundraising to build these boys a better room to sleep in. Unfortunately, it is very expensive to build in Guatemala too and I estimate it will cost approximately $4,000 USD to build a room of part cement and part wood with a tin sheeting roof. Thanks to the generosity of a family from Germany and another from South Florida, we have started the fund to build a new kitchen for the family in San Antonio. I have some items to sale and I will be posting them soon.
Josue is the oldest boy in the family. He is a special needs child. Josue and his brother sleep on the piece of wood. They do not have enough blankets to keep them warm.
Carmen with Josue and Oswaldo.
Josue and Oswaldo sleep on a wood board next to this wall full of holes.
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