San Antonio Palopo, Guatemala
After Tropical Storm Agatha

Many of us are acutely aware of the shifting energies of our Mother Earth, and the impact these shifts can have at the level of daily human experience. As you read this page, we invite you to bring your hands to your heart, breathe deeply, and allow your own knowing and guidance to come forward.

On May 29-30, 2010, Tropical Storm Agatha swept through Central America. One of the hardest-hit areas was the traditional Mayan village of San Antonio Palopo on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, home to TOSA La Laguna. Many of us in the TOSA community who have been to TOSA La Laguna have stayed in homes here and developed relationships with the people of the village.

We invite you to open your heart as you read a few facts about the impact of Agatha on San Antonio Palopo.

	An estimated 600 people’s homes have been destroyed or are currently uninhabitable.
	There has been a shortage of food. Volunteers are bringing back a boat full of food every day, and some residents may be getting only one small meal every day.
	As many as 20 people sleeping in one-room houses with dirt floors.
	Most of the 600 people whose homes were lost or damaged have only the clothes they are wearing.
	The water system has been completely destroyed. To keep the people from drinking from the lake shore (heavily polluted from run off) volunteers have run pipe out into deep water and are pumping into a tank with a gas powered pump. They then treat the water with chlorine. Not perfect but it will probably prevent an outbreak of cholera.
	We don’t know the exact number of lives lost. The count was 23, but more bodies were found. Two more are missing and presumed to have been washed into the lake.

Relief workers in San Antonio Palopo are asking those who feel called to send money, not things, as they can get supplies much faster there. There is a tremendous need for financial support to obtain food, medical supplies, blankets, clothing, safe drinking water, and equipment to help in the rebuilding.

Many Miracle Team members and others in the TOSA community have already opened their hearts with contributions, and we express our profound gratitude at your generosity.

If your heart calls you to support the people of San Antonio Palopo in this way, please use the donation links below. All donations go directly to benefit the people of this extraordinary place. Click here to read about the impact donations from the Self-Ascension community have already had.

Your donations are already making a difference!

This young boy is receiving blankets made possible by your donations. As San Antonio Palopo begins to rebuild, your continued generosity will help provide clothing and clean water. The village is well known for it’s beautiful textiles and weaving. Many looms were lost in the mudslides, and donations will also provide looms so the women can resume this traditional art, which brings income to their families.