{"id":18302,"date":"2026-10-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/?p=18302"},"modified":"2026-10-26T10:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:33:33","slug":"mission-accomplished-panama-teleton-raises-1-4m-to-rebuild-68-homes-after-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/events-culture\/mission-accomplished-panama-teleton-raises-1-4m-to-rebuild-68-homes-after-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission accomplished, Panama! Teleton Raises $1.4M to Rebuild 68 Homes After Earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2026 Telet\u00f3n 20-30 closed its fundraising drive with $1,457,028 collected to finance the reconstruction of 68 permanent homes for <a href=\"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/crime-safety\/housing-assessment-earthquake-response-tops-10000-homes-in-panama\/\" rel=\"internal\">families displaced<\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/travel-transportation-tourism\/earthquake-damage-assessment-reveals-1200-affected-sites-across-panama\/\" rel=\"internal\">October 9 earthquake<\/a> that struck central Panama. The event, held Saturday at the Azuero Convention Center, drew citizens, corporations, artists and media outlets under the banner &#8220;Un pa\u00eds, una meta&#8221; (One country, one goal).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Teleton Panama donations<\/strong> will flow into Proyecto Meta, an initiative managed by the Club Activo 20-30 de Panam\u00e1 to build <a href=\"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/business-economy\/they-are-earthquake-resistant-assures-the-vice-minister-regarding-housing-for-victims-of-the-october-9-quake\/\" rel=\"internal\">dignified housing<\/a> across the affected provinces of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provinces_of_Panama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Herrera, Los Santos<\/a>, Veraguas and Cocl\u00e9. Organizers confirmed the Comptroller General of the Republic monitored the collection process throughout the broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">#NacionalCri Giacomo Tamburelli, presidente de la Telet\u00f3n 20-30, anunci\u00f3 que el evento que recauda fondos para las v\u00edctimas del terremoto del pasado 9 de octubre ya super\u00f3 el mill\u00f3n de d\u00f3lares tras una importante donaci\u00f3n. https:\/\/t.co\/pexaQrFqKf<\/p>&mdash; Diario Critica.Pa (@criticaenlinea) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/criticaenlinea\/status\/2114181564707852700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teleton Panama Donations Target Vulnerable Households<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Priority for the new housing units goes to families that include at least one person with a disability, according to the organization. The designs will incorporate safety standards, habitability requirements and accessibility features adapted to each region&#8217;s conditions and applicable regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The earthquake, which struck in early October, damaged hundreds of structures across the Azuero Peninsula and surrounding areas. The Ministry of Housing and Territorial Development (Miviot) has already delivered the first reconstructed home in Veraguas province, a 46-square-meter dwelling that serves as a model for the broader rebuilding effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/teleton2030-jpg-14828628-14828628-181-14828628-20261025053238-1200x800-1.webp\" alt=\"Teleton 2030 Azuero 2026. By 2030 Panama.\" class=\"wp-image-18303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/teleton2030-jpg-14828628-14828628-181-14828628-20261025053238-1200x800-1.webp 1200w, https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/teleton2030-jpg-14828628-14828628-181-14828628-20261025053238-1200x800-1-150x100.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Teleton 2030 Azuero 2026. By 2030 Panama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accountability and Independent Audits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fabi\u00e1n Madrid, president of the Club Activo 20-30 de Panam\u00e1, emphasized that the fundraising total carries a commitment to responsible resource management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The trust of Panama commits us to continue working with responsibility and transparency. Our duty is to convert that solidarity into results for families and account for the use of resources&#8221; [Translated from Spanish]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organization invited citizens and journalists to review its official financial reports, which are independently audited and voluntarily submitted to the Transparency Node of the Ombudsman&#8217;s Office. 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The earthquake recovery effort remains one of the largest humanitarian housing initiatives in Panama&#8217;s central provinces this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uXc4LIGrQSA?cc_lang_pref=en&#038;hl=en&#038;cc_load_policy=1\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Telet\u00f3n 20-30 closed its fundraising drive with $1,457,028 collected to finance the reconstruction of 68 permanent homes for families displaced by the October 9 earthquake that struck central Panama. The event, held Saturday at the Azuero Convention Center, drew citizens, corporations, artists and media outlets under the banner &#8220;Un pa\u00eds, una meta&#8221; (One<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,34,38],"tags":[7648,7434,7493,50,7649],"class_list":["post-18302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events-culture","category-living","category-people-opinions-language","tag-earthquake-housing-reconstruction","tag-earthquake-relief","tag-housing","tag-panama","tag-panama-telethon-fundraiser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18305,"href":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18302\/revisions\/18305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}