Colorado Co-ops Bring Light to Guatemalan Village

The lights will come on in mid-August in La Montanita de la Virgen, Guatemala, thanks to a team of 16 lineworkers, including four from Colorado electric co-ops.

The team, which leaves the United States August 1, will build a 19.9 kilovolt single-phase distribution line on poles provided and set by the villagers. That line will bring electricity to 72 homes, a school, a church and a health center.

More than 250 people live in this small village about three hours east of Guatemala City. It sits at an elevation of about 4,500 feet with mostly pine trees, banana trees and pineapples growing in the area. About 80 students attend the local elementary school.

This is the third project in Guatemala for Colorado’s electric co-ops. If you want to help the families in this Guatemalan village obtain school supplies, donate today at crea.coop/community-outreach/current-causes.