The Rotary Club of Edina had ten members taking part in the 2021 International Service trip to Coban, Guatemala. The service trip will ran May 15 through May 22, 2021 and included visits to Guatemala City, Coban, Escuintla and Antigua. Much of this trip was documented through photos and comments on the club's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/EdinaRotary.
The service portion of the trip will took place in Coban, where our team, along with the Rotary Club of Coban, delivered 675 water filtration units to scattered villages in the remote mountainous region surrounding Coban. The filters were funded through a grant of $27,000 our club sponsored and funded in partnership with Rotary District 5950 and the Rotary clubs of Eden Prairie Morning, Edina Morningside, Minneapolis City of Lakes, Minneapolis #9 and Bloomington Noon.
In addition to the Coban water project, they also be visited and celebrated the progress of the water and sanitation projects along with the $36,000 Pedia Pals pediatric hospital beds delivered to Escuintla. All these projects were spearheaded and facilitate by our club.