PHILADELPHIA (November 11, 2020) Last week, thousands of people in Northeast Guatemala lost their houses and crops to catastrophic flooding when Hurricane Eta devastated the area. The hurricane...
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Quaker organization leads COVID-19 relief work in communities worldwide
PHILADELPHIA (May 11, 2020) The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) – an international Quaker organization devoted to peace and justice – has launched a major fundraising effort to support...
In the face of violence, young women in Guatemala build peaceful alternatives
PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 Ericka Chutan, 17, is a member of the local peace network in Ciudad Real, a Guatemala City community with high levels of violence. Ericka cites a culture of violence as a...
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Guatemala: Hurricane Stan Update
"I'm actually buying some medicines now," said Juan Luis Vásquez, the Administrative Coordinator of the Association for Education and Development (ASEDE), as AFSC reached him by cell phone in...
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AFSC responde a la sequía en Centro America
Tres meses sin lluvias generan hambre en Nicaragua, Honduras y Guatemala FILADELFIA--El Comité de Servicio de los Amigos (American Friends Service Committee) está haciendo un llamado para recoger...
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AFSC responds to drought in Central America
Three months without rain brings hunger to Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala PHILADELPHIA--The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is issuing an appeal for contributions to help alleviate...