‘In Solidarity With You’: Looking to the Future With Our Worldwide Partners
The Living Water Project is proud of our partnerships that help bring clean water to the rural mountain villages of Guatemala. Though the work in Guatemala is now on hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to be in communication with our local partner, Adicay, a nonprofit engineering organization based in Alta Verapaz in the heart of the Ulpan Valley. We help fund and study projects spearheaded by Adicay along with Lipscomb University’s Peugeot Center for Engineering Service in Developing Communities and KnoxProCorps, a Knoxville, Tennessee-based engineering nonprofit group. “Being able to connect with professionals in the local communities who speak the local language and know the culture helps to open doors and get clean water projects done faster,” says Jon Lee, president of TLWP’s board of directors.
Adicay’s leader, Ana Cal Choc, recently sent the Living Water Project a message about how COVID-19 is affecting the region. She also affirmed her commitment to future projects once the challenges of the pandemic have been overcome. Her letter is a poignant reminder that what we are experiencing in the United States right now is a worldwide event—and that we’re all in this battle together.
Dear Living Water Project friends:
I hope that you and your family will be well, as far as possible, in the midst of so much tragedy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We maintain faith and hope that we will get out of this difficult situation very soon. I appreciate that despite everything, you take the time to support us emotionally and financially. Thank you. God will reward you for the good works you do.
In Alta Verapaz, currently we are still under orders to stay at home, which is why I think that the number of cases has not increased further.
We are confident that after this difficult situation is over, we will be able to cover the days of delay in the field. We are optimistic and are committed to the new projects despite the uncertainty that exists.
Though we believe that we can execute new projects, we are enormously worried about the shortage of future funds. We know that after the pandemic, our communities will have greater need and their health will be at risk if they do not have potable water services. I am sure that together we will be a light at the end of the tunnel for these communities.
We believe that if we are united with our partners on the same objectives, we will be able to achieve these future projects. We are hoping to have your support. We are in solidarity with you, your families and the donors who have subsidized past projects.
Thank you very much for your good wishes to the ADICAY staff. Kind regards, a big hug and many blessings.
-Ana