Go to the Lake Atitlan Wellness Clinic website (CLICK ABOVE BUTTON) and find out how you can save lives! Buying my books contributes to the clinic.
In addition to authoring and publishing books, Linda DeBlanco is the administrator of the Lake Atitlan Wellness Clinic. This clinic was opened on March 6, 2014 for the purpose of providing free medical services to the impoverished Mayas whose families have lived for hundreds of years in the highlands of Guatemala. These people, through no fault of their own, suffered oppression brought on hundreds of years ago by opportunistic colonization and more recently they experienced 36 terrible years of a pointless civil war, that truly had NOTHING to do with the struggling indigenous people living in the highlands.
Our clinic is located in Panajachel, a relatively small lakeside village on the shores of Lake Atitlan. Since the day we opened, Dr. Louis De Pena (currently our one and only doctor) has addressed around 4000 office visits. That is as of this writing, April, 2015 - just over one year from opening day! Most of those patients received free medications. Their medications being provided entirely free was the result of contributions made by individuals who understand and support our life saving cause. There is no other source of income for our clinic at this time.
Approximately 25% of patients who come to the clinic suffer from life-threatening conditions. Had 25% of those 4000 infants, children, adults and senior citizens not been able to receive medications, there would surely have been some loss of life. Money for medications to treat the most common maladies goes an incredibly long way in our community. For example, just $25 will allow the doctor to purchase enough medications to treat 10 children with pneumonia. Since pneumonia is most certainly a life threatening condition, and since it is the number one cause of death in Guatemala, being able to treat 10 children is very significant!!!
Just buying one of my books will further the clinic's cause, as we say in Guatemala, poco a poco (little by little). And if you wish to make a direct donation you can do so at the website www.lakeatitlanwellnessclinic.org.
Our clinic is located in Panajachel, a relatively small lakeside village on the shores of Lake Atitlan. Since the day we opened, Dr. Louis De Pena (currently our one and only doctor) has addressed around 4000 office visits. That is as of this writing, April, 2015 - just over one year from opening day! Most of those patients received free medications. Their medications being provided entirely free was the result of contributions made by individuals who understand and support our life saving cause. There is no other source of income for our clinic at this time.
Approximately 25% of patients who come to the clinic suffer from life-threatening conditions. Had 25% of those 4000 infants, children, adults and senior citizens not been able to receive medications, there would surely have been some loss of life. Money for medications to treat the most common maladies goes an incredibly long way in our community. For example, just $25 will allow the doctor to purchase enough medications to treat 10 children with pneumonia. Since pneumonia is most certainly a life threatening condition, and since it is the number one cause of death in Guatemala, being able to treat 10 children is very significant!!!
Just buying one of my books will further the clinic's cause, as we say in Guatemala, poco a poco (little by little). And if you wish to make a direct donation you can do so at the website www.lakeatitlanwellnessclinic.org.
