Oklahoma linemen answer the call to serve families in remote Guatemalan villages
GUATEMALA – Oklahoma Rural Electric Cooperative linemen joined crews from Colorado and Iowa to expand electric service to hundreds of people in the mountainous Guatemalan villages of El Estocal and Montenegro who have never had power. For the villagers, the project represents a long-awaited change in their daily lives.
Electricity brings relief to families
Rosa spends part of her day sorting beans to sell or soak before cooking them over a wood-fired stove. She also listens to hymns on a battery-operated radio while keeping up with household chores.
She said she is grateful that workers traveled so far to help her community…