Project Warm, meet Plan Frío

This morning, as I laboriously worked out a 300 word newspaper entry in el Nacion, I found out that Project Warm in Bridgeton, Maine, would be pleased to know that in Guatemala, Plan Frío is entirely the same. Handing out blankets to those in need, the plan extends until March, helping poor people and older people through the winter here. And you may laugh, as this is Guatemala, and the temperature only goes to just below freezing at night in the Xela mountains, BUT. Project Warm didn´t actually have deaths on their hands. Here, where murders grace the front page every day, there have already been two deaths from cold in the new year.
Prensa Libre
Indeed, this morning was frigid. Maria and Maia and I sat in a cold kitchen with salvia leaf tea. It´s every morning that Maria says ¨Que Frío!¨and wraps her shawl tighter around her while heating up water. The day time was probably in the high sixties under the sun

Meanwhile, as I sit here in my jacket in the internet cafe most close to mi casa (half a block) that most resembles a garage with the pull down door, about 8 middle school students are playing World of War Craft around me. Maria comes her to instant message her son in Norway, and I use it almost every day. Otherwise it´s primarily the nerdstar computer game corner.