New Hospital Covenant and Two Partner Visits - March 19-26, 2025
Water System Covenant Signed for Hospital
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Four members of the Guatemala Mission Partnership recently (GMP) visited the 250-bed national hospital in Chiquimula. We are delighted that the hospital leaders signed a covenant for us to install a water purification system early this June!
Patients, visitors, and staff will use the clean water for drinking at no charge. Currently they bring their own drinking water at great personal expense. The hospital's Water Committee will provide four water stations to accommodate the different shifts. The water source will be from the hospital's well.
This location be our 9th water purification system installation! Chiquimula is located in the eastern part of the country.
Hospital and GMP Partners
Reviewing Clean Water Education with Peniel Church Educators
Successful Water Program at Peniel Church
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The team then visited our partners and the system we installed together at their rural church in October 2022. We talked about the water system and their future plans for sustainability. Under the direction of Pastor Christian and the Water Committee, this installation has been very successful.
The church has been using the profits from the water sales for their feeding-program for hungry children. They also have managed to save quite a bit of money for system repairs and for expanding their water-selling operations.
The team reviewed health education lessons and discussed expanding the education and the business, including how to help them to purchase a new vehicle to expand their delivery program. If they can expand, they will be able to offer at least one new job in their community.
Healthier Students = Increased Attendance
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The team's final visit was with our partners at the Chukmuk rural school near Lake Atitlan. We installed the water system in April 2024. Each of the twenty-three classrooms has a gallon jug of clean drinking water for the 500 students and staff. The jugs are refilled during the day as needed.
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Thanks to the clean water, there was only one case of diarrhea since February. Therefore, children are able to attend classes at school instead of being ill at home. Usually there are several cases of diarrhea from unclean water every month.
The dream of the principal and Water Committee is to expand by providing water not only for the town where the school resides, but also to the neighboring villages. These villages sometimes find fish in the water that the municipality supplies, so clean water would be needed for healthier communities.
Chukmuk School and GMP Partners
Well Done, Good, and Faithful Servants!
GMP team members: Christi, Cory, Beth, and Ben
In-country Living Waters staff: Pablo and Luis
