Don Segundo Chiluisa is a widow who has 4 young children in Chontal. His wooden house burned down in 2014, and the people of were able to give him a part of the donations we put together for those most affected by the landslides of Mother's Day 2014. As there is no insurance or government assistance, he was able to buy the cinder blocks he needed to start to rebuild a home, with the help of his young daughters. The house remains unfinished. He continues to plant a number of different things in the small property he has, including beans and cocoa and aloe, hoping to make some income. But being older, he can't work like he used to.
In January 2016, I was able to give him some more donated money to help him pay off some debt that he has. There are a number of families who are just eking out an existence, and facing tragedies along the way ...
