Our Projects:
Home Improvement:
Update: Ana Coche Sac has a home! Thank you for your donations and support!
September 2009: Ana Coche Sac organizes and represents the all-women cooperative named Ajbatz’ Bal’ of the village San Juan La Laguna on the shores of Lake Atitlan, which produces natural died hand-woven goods. In July, we learned Ana and her children would be homeless, after her abusive husband abandoned them. With the help of numerous donors around the world, we were able to raise $1,400 for the purchase of construction materials. Bobby and Freida Cox made a generous contribution to realize the $2,000 budget for the house. In early September, a house was constructed in only four days for Ana and her four kids. A group of wonderful young adults from South Africa, on their mission trip with Global Challenge Expeditions, worked hard with sweat and love to complete the simple building on the 10’ x 30’ piece of land. Ana’s new home has a new tin roof, one large room in the back, a toilet with underground septic tank, a simple shower, space for a washbasin and stove, and a room in the front which may be used for the products from Ajbatz’Bal’ See photos here
March 2009: Porch of Solomon teams from Florida that came in March and we celebrate the completion of Lucia′s homes.
Lucia and her two young children lives in a home of their own. After a generous donation of land from an individual in El Tablón, Lucia finally has a home in which to raise her children.
We want to give a special thanks to Element3 in Tallahassee, Florida. And St. George Island, Florida, that donated the funds and labor to build Lucia′s house.
 Freida in front of Lucia′s finished house |
 Porch de Salomon′s team |
http://www.PorchDeSalomon.com/, Porch de Salomon is a response to God calling a family into a life of love and service in Panajachel, Guatemala. We hope to bring the passion of the first century church to those who live in a 21st century world. In Acts 5, Solomon′s Porch is described as a place for the believers to meet and carry out their healing ministries and a sending point for them to take Christ′s message into the world.
If you would like to donate money towards continuing relief efforts around the lake, please visit our Donations page.
The Community Fund:
One of AUDA′s top priorities is investing in the future of our communities by promoting education. A percentage of the proceeds from every fair trade product sold is put into a School Aid Fund, which supports scholarship programs for children, especially those coming from single parent homes. Without this program these children would otherwise be unable to attend school.
Currently, children in Panajachel, San Juan Laguna and San Antonio, Choa Cruz and El Tablón Solola enjoy actively attending school through the funding of the School Aid Fund.
With the help of World of Good Development Organization, http://www.WorldOfGood.org, AUDA has been working to finish the elementary school in San Antonio Palopó, Guatemala. With its added size, the school will now allow the town′s children to continue their education beyond the 5th grade.
On Going Projects:
As AUDA continues to grow and expand, it hopes to develop new social programs. AUDA believes that direct community involvement in both the conception and implementation of a project is an important part of any successful, sustainable community program. Therefore, our projects will originate from and be assisted by discussions with AUDA group members and community leaders.
Community Pilas:
AUDA hopes to build pilas, a communal clothes washing site, for the women of San Antonio Palopó. A community pila would prevent the women from having to wash their clothes standing in the cold waters of Lake Atitlán, a process which has been known to cause the women extreme pain and arthritis and would help to keep the Lake free from soaps, detergents and other pollutants. Also, a pila is a more environmentally friendly.
Clean Water Project, Choacruz:
There are 10 families that now have fresh spring water running in their homes. A new water deposit tank was constructed. May the Lord God Bless the 24 missionaries from Africa that came and donated their time and energy for two weeks to carry cement and piping 800 feet up the mountain, built a holding tank half way down the mountain, cleaned up the old holding tank and put a new cap to store water for the dry season. Thanks to all that gave towards this project. Many hearts of other who have little more than others to help those who have very little to nothing.. Their donations reached this small community and made a difference.
May God bless all that you do and your desire to help others, Pastor Benjamin Meijer and his wife Liliam from Panajachel, AUDA′s Projects Construction Manager and School Aid Coordinator.
Project Roof
Matea is a single mom with 3 children and a widowed mother who now has a new kitchen. This blessing to her and her children I know will have great reward.
Future Projects of AUDA:
We are also involved in collecting Spanish books to build a library in the school in San Antonio which has NO library. If you would be interested in sending a donation of books or money to purchase books then visit our Donations page.
Project El Tablón
The women of Anelizadores would like to have a salon (meeting room) built so that during the rainy season they would have a place to gather and work. Our goal is to build a two story buildin with a home for one of the widowed ladies and her two children, on the top floor and the salon on the bottom floor.
Project of Farm of Ponedoras Chickens:
Paquiacquix place, Quiacquix Corner, Totonicapán, Guatemala, C.A
The Place Paquiacquix, Totonicapán, is located to the south of the departmental head to 9 km, with way of terracería, approximately 50 families where poverty is still affecting many of the inhabitants, and the cause is the lack of work, the people are working but when they don′t have use in a certain time of the year already undergoes shortage, for that reason with this project which we want to carry out for our people, we want to fight the poverty for at least 8 families to begin and have much vision for this project to purchase 300 chickens, build coops and buy food to begin this work for the ministry of Jesus Christ in this village. In a short time they will be able to generate more work, this will enable them to send their children to school and having wages for these 8 ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ and their families.
Gregoria & Family who would work
in the chicken project
