Techo en Guatemala

Non profit organization

TECHO is an organization present in 19 Latin American countries, which seeks to overcome the situation of poverty that millions of people live in overcrowded and under resourced settlements, through the joint action of its inhabitants and volunteers.

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Target populations:

Women

Men

Girls

Boys

Indigenous peoples

Youth

Focus areas:

Youth

Family

Human Rights

Justice

Immigration

Water and sanitation

Construction

Art and culture

Development/Community infrastructure

Agriculture

Housing

Volunteer/Sustainable travel

Civil participitation and policy

Key service areas:

Guatemala, Santa Rosa, El Progreso, Quetzaltenango, Sololá, San Marcos, Huehuetenango, Quiché, Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Jutiapa, Chiquimula, Zacapa

Organizational contacts & locations

Contacts

Diego Aguilar

General Director

(+502) 4128-1775

diego.aguilar@techo.org

Pablo Alonzo

Director of Guatemala Headquarters

pablo.alonzo@techo.org

Oscar Cifuentes

Director of Quetzaltenango Headquarters

oscar.cifuentes@techo.org

Jennifer Kress

Sub-director of Communication

jennifer.kress@techo.org

Oscar Maldonado

Territory Operations Director

Oscar.maldonado@techo.org

Locations

5a. Calle 17-31 zona 15, Colonia el Maestro II

Vista Hermosa

Guatemala City

Guatemala

01058

Mission, vision & values

Mission

Our mission is to work with determination in informal settlements to overcome poverty through the training and joint action of their men and women, young volunteers, and other actors.

Vision

Our vision is a just, egalitarian, integrated and poverty-free society in which all people can fully exercise their rights and duties, and have opportunities to develop their capacities.

Values

We value solidarity

conviction

diversity

optimism

and excellence.

Products, services, and programs

Products

We offer:

Housing
Community Infrastructure (community centers, libraries, play centers, playgrounds, etc., routes)

Services

We provide:

Temporary shelters
Emergency housing
Social housing
Citizen training for youth
Community capacity building
Information surveys
Settlement census
Awareness and education activities
Collections
Food assistance

Programs

We offer the following programs:

Emergency Housing Program
Home Water Kits Program
Organic Agriculture Program
Volunteer School
National Meeting of Community Leaders

Organizational detail

Founded

2008

Number of employees

11-25

Funding

Private donations

Corporate donations

Public grants

Sale of products and/or services

Fundraising

Primary issue(s) / need(s) addressed

We focus on the issues of housing deficit, community development, inequality, and promoting citizenship through volunteering.

Guatemala is the 9th most unequal nation in the world (World Bank 2015), 6 out of 10 Guatemalans live in poverty (ENCOVI 2014, ECLAC estimates an increase of 2 percent due to the impact of COVID-19). The new urban agenda HABITAT III.

Impact, adaptations & objectives

Impact to date

TECHO has been present in Guatemala since 2008 and so far more than 5,357 emergency homes, 17 permanent homes, and 20 community infrastructure projects have been built and more than 25,000 volunteers have been mobilized in more than 200 communities. Currently, we are working permanently with more than 170 community leaders from 26 communities in the country both in the central, western, eastern and Verapaces areas.

Impact measuring

We measure our impact through tracking the housing deficit in the communities where we work, testimonies, information gathering processes before and after the intervention or moving from the organization to the community.

In addition, we measure the strengthening of capacities in community leadership, promotion of awareness and social action and young volunteers.

Organizational adaptations

Size and/or structure

Key offerings

Mission

vision and/or values

Financing model

Organizational adaptation details

Size and/or structure

Since 2008 we have gone through both growth and diminished in the team at different times. Mainly we go from 1 office to 2, then to 6 and currently 3.

Key offers

Initially we only built emergency housing, now community infrastructure projects are being carried out (Libraries, community centers, etc.), WASH projects (Rainwater harvesting), food security (food kits and Organic Gardens Program) are being addressed. citizen education.

Mission, vision and/or values

Before "Just and without Poverty in which all people ...", Now "just, egalitarian, integrated and without poverty in which all people ...."

Financing model

Implementation of partners and more focus on international cooperation.

Short term objectives

Growth

Maintenance and efficiency evaluation of the current structure at the country level. actively work with 28 communities.

Quality

Improve the processes in investment in the territory as well as the community work model, as in the volunteer plan.

Impact

Construction of 200 houses (emergency and definitive) 20 community projects, 1 presentation of social research in urban settlements in Guatemala City.

Long term objectives

Growth

Structure that responds to the needs of the organization in the contact communities.

Quality

Work model in the territory updated to post-COVID needs, updated volunteer model.

Impact

40 communities with active projects.

Profile updated: 01/05/23

Techo en Guatemala