FOR A LIFE WITHOUT CONTAMINATION
Alternative Trash Management
Lago Atitlan, Guatemala
puravidaatitlan@hotmail.com
Natural disaster relief for children:
After Hurricane Stan devastated communities around Lake Atitlán in 2005,
Pura Vida worked with groups of victims (particularly children) in San
Marcos la Laguna and Santiago Atitlán to recuperate their lives and their
homes by reconstructing with recycled materials. We helped families living
in temporary shelters convert them into permanent homes.
We helped create solidarity programs where community members recycled plastic trash to produce building blocks for the new homes.
