GUATEMALAN FAMILY FUNDRAISER ALMOST UNDERWAY

As you can see in the margin to the left, I have added a Paypal Donate button. We are in the early stages of raising funds for our Guatemalan family, the Rucuch Quila's in Guatemala City (Villa Nueva, actually).

Vivi wrote Jill to say that their ramshackle home is finally about to give out and they desperately need to build a new home. As many of you know, their current home is made up of corrugated metal, cardboard, 2x4s, blue tarps and some cinderblock masonry they've managed to put together over the past few years. We have sent them money occasionally over the years, but its mostly been for other big expenses, including emergency medical care and college tuition for Vivi.

We hope to post more extensively about Vivi and her family, many of whom still work for CONAVIGUA, a human rights organization of Guatemalan civil war widows. In the meantime, we invite anyone and everyone so inclined to help us with our goal of $3,000. That's all that's required to build a home big enough for 5-6 people where they live. Vivi insists on an interest-free loan, but we'd really rather just send them the money as a lump-sum gift.

You can donate by clicking the Paypal button to the left - it's secure.. EBay owns it and uses it - or you can contact me directly with questions and/or further instructions.

Thank you for your time and generosity!