MAYAN FAMILIES - TIERRA LINDA

Mayan Families is an organization of Volunteers living in the highlands of the Lake Atitlan area in the small town of Panajachel, Guatemala in Central America. Their purpose is to make small miracles happen each day in the lives of the very poor people living in the highlands. With your assistance they are making small miracles happen each day one child and one family at a time. Every dollar donated goes to fund their many worth while projects. Please visit www.mayanfamilies.org.

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

MEDICAL AND DENTAL CLINICS

We have organized medical and dental clinics in Tierra Linda. There is one Doctor who comes once a month to Tierra Linda, he is a government Doctor, he has hardly any medicines and he writes prescriptions for people who have no possibility of being able to buy these medicines. There is no clinic there for him and he has to borrow a room in a house to be able to attend the people.

There is no pharmacy in Tierra Linda and it is a two hour round trip walking to Panajachel and at least a two hour round trip to Solola for the closest pharmacies. So if people have babies with a fever, or adults with a toothache, there is no help for them.

We supply the Women’s Committee from Tierra Linda a small amount of over-the-counter medicine, such as Tylenol for infants, children and adults, cough medicines and Ibuprofen for adults for emergency cases.