Jan. 2 – The emergency project “Response to humanitarian crises caused by drought and earthquake in Guatemala” concluded its activities on time. The project, funded by the Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection of the European Commission (ECHO), is co-financed by Oxfam International and executed by the Oxfam-COOPI consortium (Department of San Marcos) – Mancomunidad Copanch’orti ‘ (Department of Chiquimula) and Asecsa Flor del Durazno (Department of Baja Verapaz). COOPI’s intervention covered the El Quetzal, La Reforma , San Antonio and San Lorenzo Sacatepéquez municipalities of the San Marcos Department. COOPI carried out the construction activities for the Housing Transition Single-Family Unit (ATU) project, thanks to which 420 families, whose homes had been damaged or destroyed by the November 7, 2012 earthquake, were assisted. The psychosocial support activities included support projects in 25 rural primary schools, which helped reach a total of 2,813 boys and girls. With the formation and management of the Emergency Operations Centers (EOC), COOPI transmitted to municipal operators and other key players in the community the basic principles behind the theory and practice of emergency immediate and long-term response.
