Agroamerica Contributes To The Reconstruction Of Two Schools In San Marcos, After Last Week Earthquake

Agroamerica Contributes To The Reconstruction Of Two Schools In San Marcos, After Last Week Earthquake

Guatemala, November 2012. On November 7, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala, killing 52 people, 40 in the department of San Marcos and 11 in the department of Quetzaltenango, region where a large part of the operations of Agroamerica are located and a large number of its employees live. Also one million and a half people were affected, more than 12,000 houses damaged, schools and buildings destroyed and more than eight thousand people are in shelters.

Agroamerica donated 20,000 blocks to help rebuilt the Institute of Commercial Science in San Pedro Sacatepéquez and Central de Párvulos School in San Marcos. Agroamerica also donated bananas for the people in the shelters in several municipalities of San Marcos.

Jose Galvez, president of Agroamerica, stated: “We regret this tragedy that has affected our country and the families of our employees. We sympathize with the victims, mainly with the inhabitants of San Marcos and Quetzaltenango and hope that with our grain of sand we can alleviate some of the pain of thousands of Guatemalans.”

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