Vamos Adelante Foundation

We are raising money to buy food for the people served by Vamos Adelante. Living “day to day” existences in normal conditions, these individuals are particularly hard struck by COVID-19 and the restrictions placed upon us all.

These are the communities who live at the foot of Fuego, the active volcano that erupted and killed 100’s in 2018. Together, with your help, in 2018, we raised over $60,000 to supply humanitarian aid for these people.  I am asking for your help in doing the same thing, again, right now.

Due to COVID-19 the villages are without regular public transportation services, people are unable to travel to agricultural or factory jobs, therefore they are without money to buy food.

Those who find a way to get to their jobs, return home to live with their extended families. People observe quarantine, but it is difficult to quarantine when a family of 5-7 shares a one room home. The infection rate in the villages is climbing fast.

For thirty years, Vamos Adelante has provided education, health and nutrition services to about 6,000 people  living in sixteen villages at the base of Guatemala’s active Volcano “Fuego”. Please visit their web site to learn more: Vamos Adelante   All donations are completely tax deductible.

We cannot solve all of the problems presented this year, but by joining together, we can provide sufficient food for the elderly, women, men and children of these villages. 

Thank you.

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Estamos recaudando dinero para comprar comida para las personas que Vamos Adelante ayuda, para quienes la normalidad es vivir día a día.  Estas personas se han visto bastante afectadas por COVID-19 y las restricciones que han sido impuestas.

Estas comunidades quienes viven al pie del Volcán de Fuego, el volcán activo que hizo erupción y mató a 100´s en el 2018.  Juntos, con tu ayuda, en el 2018 recaudamos mas de $60,000.00 para proveer de ayuda humanitaria a todas estas personas.  Estamos de nuevo pidiendo tu apoyo para seguir ayudando este año.

Debido a COVID-19 las aldeas están sin servicio de transporte público regular, las personas se han visto imposibilitadas de movilizarse a sus trabajos de agricultura y fábricas, por lo que no tienen ingresos para comprar alimentos.

Las personas que logran encontrar una forma de llegar a sus trabajos, regresan a casa a vivir con sus familias. Las personas guardan la cuarentena, pero es complicado estar en una habitación cuando la familia es de 5-7 integrantes.  El porcentaje de contagio en estas aldeas esta subiendo bastante rápido.

Durante 30 años , Vamos Adelante ha proporcionando educación, salud y nutrición a aproximadamente 6,000 personas, quienes viven en 16 aldeas en la base del Volcán de Fuego ubicado en Guatemala.

Para conocer mas acerca de la organización puedes visitar el siguiente link Vamos Adelante todas las donaciones son completamente deducibles de impuestos.

No podemos solucionar todos los problemas que se presentan, pero juntos podemos proveer de comida a los ancianos, mujeres, hombres y niños de estas aldeas. 

Gracias por tu ayuda!

The people of Guatemala have been devastated by a violent eruption of Volcán de Fuego on Sunday, June 3rd, 2018.

Vamos Adelante is a non-profit that my family, friends and I have worked with for many years. Two of the 24 villages helped by Vamos Adelante, El Rodeo and San Miguel Los Lotes, were covered in fast moving pyroclastic flow (a combination of lava, ash, fumes  & rocks) that killed many and largely ruined the villages. Entire families have perished, and many people are still searching for loved ones. People have been evacuated and emergency personnel are searching for survivors, and unfortunately also retrieving bodies of those who did not survive. Homes, roads and infrastructure have been destroyed. When the villagers are allowed to return, Vamos Adelante will help them rebuild, restore and replenish. 

These people are indigenous, poor and their lives were a struggle prior to this disaster. Vamos Adelante has helped them for over 20 years by building schools; helping to feed the elderly; providing medical services, check-ups and vaccinations at a clinic staffed by volunteer doctors & dentists; providing water filters, woodstoves, solar lamps and piglets; finding sponsors for families so that children can attend school and not work in the fields at a young age; providing scholarships so that children can attend middle school and high school in larger villages; and much more. Local women have been trained as teachers and medical assistants. Please visit the website for more information about their ongoing work at www.vamosadelante.org. 

Please consider donating so that Vamos Adelante can provide much needed emergency assistance when families are allowed to return home.