Peronia Adolescente is an association legally constituted in 2004, working for a fairer reality for Guatemala. It facilitates spaces of integral formation, using games, art and alternative sports, promoting leadership and volunteering of adolescents and young people of scarce resources who are vulnerable in Ciudad Peronia.
Natün Guatemala works in the Lake Atitlán region of Guatemala to implement community-led programs that address systemic barriers and build cultural strength and resilience. Our work is driven by the expertise of Mayan staff and community leaders towards long-term, meaningful change in the areas of education, nutrition & health, and economic development.
Natün Guatemala, a registered US 501(c)3 organization in the US, works in partnership with our legally-registered Guatemalan partner association (Asociación Natün) to implement our programs on the ground.
ADUS is a non-profit, humanitarian-minded, altruistic, and mostly youth organization.
An internationally supported organization, we work under the umbrella of Youth For Human Rights International providing human rights education and human rights education materials for violence prevention.
We create artistic works that generate reflection based on the need to address social issues that are little discussed, in alternative spaces, bringing them to audiences with little access to a theatrical experience.
Since its creation, Artistas Trabajando has been clear in working under the following strategic objectives:
Founded by Guatemalan film director Jayro Bustamante, Fundación Ixcanul was born in 2018 with the mission of activating social transformation and the defense of human rights through bold, plural and committed cinema and the strengthening of the film industry in Guatemala and the region.
Our cinema and our actions and programs are based on a clear vision: cinema, in addition to being a space for enjoyment and creation, is a powerful means to transform the lives of people and societies.
CEIPA, the Ecumenical Center for Pastoral Integration, is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 as an extension of the San Marcos Episcopal Church. Directed by Reverend Ricardo García, it focuses on improving the conditions of working children and adolescents in Quetzaltenango. Initially, it guaranteed education, health and nutrition through programs such as street education and medical care. Beginning in 1991, it expanded its work with technical training and promotion of rights through media and public activities. Since 1996, it expanded to additional municipalities.
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).
Since 2002, Asociación TAN UX'IL has worked for the well-being of adolescents and youth through sexual and reproductive health projects and programs that promote youth leadership and the defense of sexual and reproductive rights.
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:
At the Connected Cities Foundation, we promote projects, initiatives and communication campaigns through mass, outdoor and digital media that promote, through the generation of multi-sector alliances, a transformation that promotes the construction of a better Guatemala. We do this through the generation of multisectoral alliances and communication campaigns in mass, outdoor and digital media.
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.
Puerta de Esperanza was born in the heart of a Guatemalan woman who saw the need to accompany the lives of working children in a somewhat forgotten sector of the city, the terminal market, where food is plentiful, but not exactly for them.
Puerta de Esperanza is a space of opportunities that makes children and adolescents know new horizons, expanding their ability to dream and fight for their dreams.
We have two programs:
Women's Leadership Program: which seeks to offer companies the possibility of improving their performance and reputation by generating greater access of women to leadership and management positions, contribute to gender equity and inclusion of indigenous populations.
Youth Leadership and Employability Program: Seeks to facilitate more young indigenous women's access to formal job opportunities.
Tikal Canal facilitates volunteer led workshops in San Felipe de Jesus, Tzununa La Laguna, and Nebaj, Quiché.
Asociación Pop No'j is a non-profit, non-partisan civil organization that works with a focus on Indigenous Peoples. We promote reflection, analysis, research, exchange and learning. We facilitate and accompany processes of organization, training, promotion and participation of the Mayan People for the construction of "good living" in Guatemala. We were founded in June 2005. We have the following programs: Women, Youth and Migration. The work is supported by the Communication Unit and the Administration Department.
Pionero Philanthropy is bridging the gap between Guatemalan nonprofits, donors, and information seekers around the globe.
Acción Humana NGO was born from the commitment of a group of young entrepreneurs who believe that human beings, through their will, can be responsible and participate in achieving their own goals and objectives, but that in most cases they do not have the economic tools or the opportunities to access educational programs that facilitate the processes of starting ideas, developing skills, acquiring knowledge and much less creating the necessary networking to make their own dreams come true.
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.
We are a community of missionaries serving and living in low-income communities.
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