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SEPA
Accommodations in Oberlin homes to benefit Oberlin Santa Elena Project of Accompaniment. All proceeds are used to support a Guatemalan village of returned refugees. Please
include the phrase "SEPA B&B" in the subject line when writing us an email.
Judy Kruger, B&B coordinator
440-775-2330
sepabandb@yahoo.com |
For questions or comments concerning the website please contact the Webmaster at mbuck@oberlin.net
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| Santa Elena Project of Accompaniment (SEPA) is a coalition of churches, organizations, and individuals in Oberlin and Northeastern Ohio who wish to build a committed relationship with the community of Santa Elena, 20 de Octubre in Northwestern Guatemala. |
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Oberlin College Winter Term group of 2009 and the director of the Chico Mendes reforestation project, Armando Lopez, his wife Claudia and their five children. |
Santa Elena, 20 de Octubre
Santa Elena is a newly formed community of 34 Kekchi Mayan Indian families who recently returned to Guatemala from refugee camps in Mexico. |
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| SEPA is committed to sponsoring an accompanier to live in Santa Elena for a period of several months to respond to alerts about human rights violations, to do education, outreach and advocacy about conditions in Guatemala, and to develop a deep and lasting relationship with the people of Santa Elena. Accompaniers provide a measure of security against potential human rights vioaltions and also serve as a liaison between SEPA and Santa Elena. SEPA organizes delegations to Santa Elena and raises money for projects initiated by the community of Santa Elena. In Northeast Ohio, SEPA does education, outreach, and advocacy about conditions in Santa Elena and Guatemala. |
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Guatemalan Civil War
In 1981- 82, at the height of the Guatemalan Army's genocidal "scorched Earth campaign," these families were forced to flee their lands and take refuge in Mexico. Now they have returned to create a new life in their homeland. In a time of fragile and uncertain peace, these people of Santa Elena are requesting accompaniment and solidarity with the international community. |
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