The Obsessed Programmer

We have a final word on how to send donations to the project to rebuild the Puma family home in Chincha Alta, Peru.  Checks should be made out to “Amigos of Honduras” and sent to me at the following address:

Ben Dilts–Amigos of Honduras
PO Box 1854
Park City, UT 84060

Please consider making a contribution.  As we’ve come closer to the actual event, new estimates show the total cost, including locally-hired skilled labor, to be around $15,000.  We need to have most of the funds in hand by about October 27th to have time to send it to Peru before we arrive there on November 3rd.

You can download a PDF of a flier (which looks best in color, but OK in black and white) requesting contributions here: http://www.bendilts.com/Liliana/fundraising.pdf.  Please distribute this widely.

Thank you from myself, Liliana, and her family!

I haven’t written on this blog since almost six weeks ago, when I posted about Liliana Puma’s family being devastated by the record-breaking earthquake that essentially leveled the city they live in.  Many have asked me for updated information on the status of Liliana and her family.

Liliana’s family, along with all other families in their immediate vicinity, has been sustained entirely by help from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  The word from her family is that government aid still has not come to their area, but that the Church has helped by providing food, water, medicine, and minimal temporary shelter from the elements.

Read on for pictures and good news…

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