"Catching the Rain"

A Family-to-Family project

Families living on a mountain, on the South side of Cahabon, 

need a way to capture the rain and store it in a barrel.  They do 

not have access to running water, they are so high on the mountain.

This project will provide a 55 gal storage barrel and the "canal" 

along their roof to capture the rain water, for about 60 families.  

In order to receive the water storage barrel and canal, 

each family will need to pay 50 quetzales (about $7.50). 

For some of them, this will be difficult.  

They will be turning in their money on Monday, October 26th, 

to qualify to receive the rain storage unit.  

The rain catchment system will cost about $48 for each family.

We would like this to be another "family to family" project -

with a family in a developed county to donate $50 to provide

 a simple rain catchment system for a family in the 

La Libertad Community in the Cahabon District of Guatemala.

 

If you are interested in donating to this project, 

please go to  welcomehand.org

The following pictures are homes in the La Libertad area.  

If you look carefully you will see that they are on a steep terrain 

(see the trees on a lower level than the house).

If you are interested in donating to this project, 
please go to welcomehand.org.