June 25, 2006
Hospitalito - Please Help

I'm in Santiago Atitlan, on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Last October, a newly opened hospital in the town was destroyed by a mudslide due to Hurricane Stan. In addition, 800 people in the village were killed by the mudslide, and most of them remain there in a mass grave.

Tomorrow I will visit the disaster site. Today I saw the land that was bought last Friday for a new hospital. Hospitalito needs your help to build this new facility.

Here's Lyn Dickey, on the past and future of Hospitalito:

The Hospitalito Story (4 minutes, 25 mb, MPEG4 video)

(You may need an updated free Quicktime player, for Mac or Windows)

For more information, to order a complete video on the project (not produced by me) and to help rebuild:

Pueblo a Pueblo

Posted by Dave at June 25, 2006 06:16 PM