Since 1996, Cooperative for Education has been committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in Guatemala through education. Our sustainable textbook, computer, reading, and youth development programs have transformed the lives of more than a quarter million students. We empower rural Guatemalan communities to transform their own quality of education, with a focus on evening the playing field for girls, who are typically excluded from education.
Tierra Nueva is a non-governmental organization that operates in the Western Highlands area of Guatemala; it develops programs and projects focused on providing support to children, adolescents, youth and women, seeking that these age groups have the opportunities and resources necessary to achieve a comprehensive development. Tierra Nueva is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-partisan, non-religious, non-religious, development and service organization, with gender equity and multicultural approach. Since 2005 it has developed diverse capacities, based on an intervention model that is base
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.
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.
LuzAgro is a Guatemalan foundation that was created in 2020 in order to improve the quality of life of families and agricultural communities through reliable programs and tools that will promote their development.
We are a non-profit association who work with a human rights based approach facilitating processes for the inclusion of people with disabilities, focusing primarily on women with visual and hearing impairments in the areas of education, health, social, economic empowerment and advocacy. We are using the community-based Inclusive Development strategy. We have been legally constituted in 2017 and our territorial coverage are in the departments of Sololá and Quiche.
ACD Guatemala (Asociación para la creatividad y el desarrollo de Guatemala) is a non-profit organization operating in Western Guatemala. Our mission is to serve children and families exposed to vulnerable conditions, violence and irregular migration in rural and complex areas of Guatemala. Our headquarters are located in Quetzaltenango.
We focus on education, development, medical and spiritual care, helping children and adolescents engage in life purpose, healthy relationships and participation to experience community growth.
Our scholarship program helps communities in the highlands of Guatemala lift vulnerable children (and their communities) out of poverty. By providing educational opportunities to marginalized children in these villages, we help them achieve their God-given abilities. According to USAID, the average schooling in Guatemala is four years and only three out of ten children graduate from the sixth grade. Funds received from donors provide scholarships that include tuition, school uniforms, tutoring, school supplies, nutritious food and transportation.