Boing Boing pal Dave Pentecost points to puebloapueblo.org for news on the devastation recently caused by Hurricane Stan in Guatemala, Southern Mexico, and elsewhere in Central America. Dave says:
The scale of disaster in Guatemala from the recent hurricane is greater than previously thought. In this dispatch from Hospitalito Atitlan, there are personal reports from the village of Panabaj, where 1,400 villagers were killed in one mudslide.
This is the heart of the ancestral Maya homeland. These people are now isolated, homeless and hungry.
Please spread the word and a plea for help. There is information on this site about donations, and a call for medical supplies and materials that can be hand-carried by travelers to the region. Let me know what you can do and I will help to coordinate getting aid there.
Dave is a videographer and documentarian, and travels regularly to the area. He can be reached via email (dave.pentecost at gmail.com) , and more on his work at this website.
Previously:
Hurricane Stan hits Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua — hard
