PaP OPENS ATITLÁN OFFICE!The Board of Directors of Pueblo a Pueblo is pleased to announce that it has voted to open a field office in Santiago Atitlán in February 2007. Our D.C. office will be staffed by the volunteer Board of Directors with many business functions moved to the field office. This decision has been made for three reasons:
- It is the board’s desire to keep Pueblo a Pueblo’s administrative expenses as low as possible. The cost of operations will be significantly reduced by moving a majority of our fundraising and administrative functions to Guatemala.
- As activity increases with the Hospitalito and other projects, we can better fulfill our stewardship responsibilities with on-site staff that can closely monitor expenditures to ensure appropriate and efficient uses of all donated funds.
- The field office will provide local employment opportunities in Santiago Atitlán.
Additional benefits include an ability to broaden the community of concerned citizens for the Hospitalito by solicitation of visitors to Santiago Atitlán, as well as cultivating European donors who wish to contribute directly to Guatemala. A local presence in Santiago Atitlán will also allow the Board to strengthen its capacity to develop new funding strategies with physicians and the governing board of the Hospitalito for specific health care initiatives.
We remain committed to working closely with our current donors and to expanding the community of concerned citizens in the U.S. Let me take this opportunity to thank each of you. Your continuing support of our mission, your volunteer labor and your financial support makes this work a true labor of joy.
We have secured office space donated by the Municipalidad de Santiago. If you are visiting Santiago and/or would like to volunteer at the Pueblo a Pueblo Field Office please email us at: pap@puebloapueblo.org
Kristen VanZandt
President
U.S. Office:
Pueblo a Pueblo Inc.
P.O. Box 11486
Washington, DC 20008
Tel: 202-302-0622
Guatemala Field Office:
Pueblo a Pueblo Inc.
APDO 13
Santiago Atitlán, Sololá
Guatemala
Tel: (to be announced)
