Eruption of the Volcan de Fuego
Three volunteers in an EPIC/FUNDAMARCOS vehicle left at 4:30 AM on June 5 to go to the make-shift morgue set up in a school for victims of Sunday’s pyroclastic flow which swept through the village of Los Lotes, Esquintla.
La Semilla del Progreso: 2018 Summer Visit
La Semilla del Progreso: 2018 Summer Project Visit, Honduras, May 20th-27th, 2018, Field dispatches from Tony Brun and Barry Bartel
Creating Opportunities for Youth
EPIC continues to address this problem: Youth in Guatemala and Honduras are growing up with few opportunities and little hope in societies saturated with drugs.
Food Security In Times of Changing Weather Patterns
This year EPIC supported 7 programs in Guatemala and Honduras that promoted “Resilient Agriculture”. This involves teaching a variety of agricultural practices
Learning To Care For The Environment
EPIC is launching a campaign to raise $10,000 to help the Arceo Foundation recover its losses and to assist them as they help families in the heavily damaged communities where they work.
Fall Planning & Site Visits in Guatemala
Paul Mary, Barry and Denise have had many visits with friends and EPIC partners in their visit in Guatemala.
Mexico Earthquake Update
EPIC is launching a campaign to raise $10,000 to help the Arceo Foundation recover its losses and to assist them as they help families in the heavily damaged communities where they work.
2017 AGM Meeting Highlights
EPIC's first Board of Directors meeting with Barry Bartel as the new Associate Executive Director. We passed an ambitious budget for our 2017-18 fiscal year with exciting growth in our program work.
2015 – 2016 Annual Report
Highlights from the 2015 – 2016 Annual Report includes: Heirloom Seeds and Maintaining Biodiversity, Maintaining Soil Fertility with Organic Fertilizer, Updates on Promoting Organic Ecological Agriculture and much more.
FUNDAMARCOS meets in Antigua
On March 7, 2017 29 of us had a FUNDAMARCOS team meeting in Antigua. We covered program reports, planning, and a consultation with our phenomenal CPA on how to avoid the pitfalls of the Guatemalan tax system.