ESAP is an organization that promotes the well-being of vulnerable families, their animals and the environment through the establishment of sustainable, community-driven ecosystems.
The Coffee Trust was established in 2008 by Bill Fishbein. With 20 years of non-profit experience in international development with coffee-growing communities all around Central America, Bill wanted to take what he had learned and apply it to a single community. The hope was that by working on a small scale, with one community, real change could be evoked. San Gaspar Chajul, El Quiché was the first community chosen as it is one of the most impoverished coffee-growing communities in the world.
A non-profit, non-religious and apolitical organization. It is integrated by people with experience, capacity, mystique and vocation of service in the performance of their functions. Committed to promote the development of capacities and empowerment in integral projects that allow the socio-economic development of rural communities in the country.
650 million people live in extreme poverty. We cannot solve this challenge alone. We work with incredible partners at different levels to help women lift themselves out of poverty. Our programs aim to reach the most marginalized communities, such as women, indigenous peoples, people with disabilities and internally displaced people. Our participants are the ones with the ideas and determination to end extreme poverty. Our approach allows us to partner with women starting their own microenterprises and improve financial inclusion.
FUNDAECO is a Guatemalan organization established in 1990 and dedicated to nature conservation and the promotion of sustainable community development. In a context of high vulnerability to climate change, we seek to protect natural ecosystems and the environmental services they provide, as well as to promote the sustainable development of poor and vulnerable communities in regions of high biodiversity.
We are a non-governmental organization that mobilizes youth and communities to address the root causes and consequences of poverty, violence and forced migration. We build partnerships with government, the private sector, and civil society to act in support of the community. We build on existing strengths and provide high-impact resources and sustainable solutions through:
We are a social, dynamic, participatory and non-profit organization committed to contribute to the integral development of the population through sustainable actions to generate social change, both locally and nationally.
The Manos Unidas Cooperative was organized as a result of a diploma course on youth entrepreneurship given by the Bárbara Ford Peace Center during 2013 - 2014. After the diploma course, the cooperative was founded and legalized on April 29, 2015. It has 61 members who have 11 apiaries (33 hives) which are located in the municipalities of Cotzal, Nebaj, Cunen, Santa Cruz del Quiché, Chinique and Canilla, mainly engaged in the production of honey, pollen and propolis eminently (organic / natural).
Semilla Nueva fights malnutrition with better corn. We produce and sell high-yielding, climate resilient, biofortified corn to farmers at an affordable cost. Our corn improves farmers’ incomes and the nutrition of their families and corn consumers. The seed contains higher zinc, iron, and protein quality compared to traditional corn and closes dietary gaps for women and children who consume the corn.
WIND is a Christian, non-profit organization which was established in 2007 to look beyond the confines of typical solutions and address issues associated with poverty in the Highlands of Guatemala.
Paz Joven Guatemala is an organization focused on promoting the abilities and potential of young leaders and the local, regional and national level in Guatemala.
Salud y Paz promotes integrated health, healing, and education in Guatemala by enabling access to health care services and early childhood education with local and global partnerships.
The Children's Hope Foundation - CHILDHOPE - promotes, proposes, and advises policies and strategies.
We are a civil, non-profit organization made up of multidisciplinary professionals and merchants that works together with the rural population in search of comprehensive human development through comprehensive development and social assistance projects.
We are a non-profit association that helps after-school education in Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala.
Asociacion de grupos de mujeres tejedoras Ixiles Q'imb'al supports women weavers towards self-sustainability.
DiverArte Guatemala is a private, non-profit, apolitical, social-type Civil Association that promotes processes of artistic awareness, from the opening of spaces for the defense and promotion of human rights, with the purpose of contributing to the eradication of contexts of stigma and discrimination that are derived from behaviors of violence directed towards Guatemalan children, adolescents and youth.
With community partners in Guatemala, we plan, fund and implement projects that improve health and provide educational opportunities that help sustain and grow the community.
The Riecken Foundation promotes a network of innovative community libraries in Honduras and Guatemala that awaken the spirit of discovery and social participation through activities in the libraries. We have shown that community libraries are essential to a democratic society. Libraries are institutions that citizens use to make informed decisions and reach their full potential. They provide essential knowledge, encourage critical thinking, and encourage self-education and lifelong learning.
We support teachers for 2 preschool programs in Guatemala:Pequeños Pero Listos and Aula Magica.
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