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Showing 18 organizations in all target populations, 1 focus area, all departments.

little GIANTS Guatemala

Non profit organization

littleGIANTS is a non profit organization, operating in the field of education and community building, that provides the tools to empower children and youth (4-18 years old) from distressed neighborhoods and their communities to unchain their dreams, unleash their potential, thrive and create lasting change in their communities. We achieve this through our integral after school learning experience which explores the uniqueness of each child and develops personal life skills that will lead to social transformation and children will act as agents of change for their communities.  

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Guatemala (Guatemala City), Sololá (Panajachel)

The Kindness Project Guatemala

Our organization educates and supports vulnerable adolescents without family resources, who live in government institutions. We provide academic and occupational opportunities to prevent risk behaviors.

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Guatemala (Guatemala Ciudad)

Asociación Senderos de Maíz Guatemala

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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.

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Sololá, Quiché (Chichicastenango)

Asociación de Desarrollo Integral Tzanjuyub'

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Association dedicated to the welfare of the inhabitants of Tzanjuyub' in the department of Totonicapán, for children, youth and people interested in the improvement of the area, calling it Asociación de Desarrollo Integral Tzanjuyub' (ADIT). On February 8, 2010, ADIT obtained its legal status at the Ministry of the Interior, registering this entity under item number 25852, folio 25852, book 1 of the registry of Legal Entities. It is registered as an Association of civil nature, non-profit, whose purposes are eminently scientific and socio-cultural, consisting of young men and women.

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Totonicapán, Quetzaltenango, Retalhuleu

Asociación Futuro Vivo

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Non-profit association, with more than 20 years of work in Guatemala through the Futuro Vivo project, which seeks to provide tools and opportunities for a better future to families in extreme poverty in zone 16 of Guatemala City and in Samac Cobán, Alta Verapaz. A project strengthened by the spirituality of the Carmelite Sisters of the Teaching Missionaries, which provides quality education, food, health, community development, productive workshops, literacy to the families that are part of the project.

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Guatemala, Alta Verapaz (Samac)

Asociación COINCIDIR

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We are an organization formed by activists for the rights of children, adolescents and youth, with recognized trajectory and experience. We are a multidisciplinary organization with gender equity. We are an association that works with and for children, with a focus on girls and gender equity.

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Chimaltenango, Jalapa, Guatemala

Sololateca por los Derechos de las Mujeres Jóvenes Indígenas

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We are a women's organization that works for the benefit of children, adolescents, youth and women survivors of violence.

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Sololá (Nahuala)

Tikal Canal

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Tikal Canal facilitates volunteer led workshops in San Felipe de Jesus, Tzununa La Laguna, and Nebaj, Quiché.

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Operates nationally,
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Peronia Adolescente

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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.

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Guatemala (Villa Nueva)

Asociación para el Cambio Social JXC

The Asociación para el Cambio Social JXC Guatemala, based in the department of San Marcos, Guatemala, was created on February 15, 2015 and came into legal life on April 29, 2021, calling itself the Association for Social Change JXC.

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San Marcos (San José Ojetenam, Comitancillo, Tajumulco, San Marcos, San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Esquipulas Palo Gordo, San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta), Retalhuleu, Sololá, Suchitepéquez, Huehuetenango, and 4 more

Lan Vwa, Inc

Non profit organization

Lan Vwa began when our founder went to Haiti to help deliver aid after an earthquake and became involved in educational efforts. Our name translates to “the voice” in Haitian Creole, reflecting our efforts to return what poverty has stolen from citizens of developing areas - their voice. As Lan Vwa grew, successful programs have been implemented in Haiti and Guatemala. By connecting communities to educational access and tools, we hope to continue empowering our students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

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Zacapa ( La Unión, Zacapa), Guatemala (Villa Canales)

Asociación Coalición Sembradores de Vida - Siembra Bien

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A non-profit association with a humanistic spirit. Founded in 2013, our work focuses are the prevention of violence, the process of transformation of lives, community development to improve the quality of life, and promoting the defense of equality and human rights.

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Guatemala (Guatemala City)

Tebow Down Guatemala

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Develop social awareness and promote school, work and social inclusion of children, adolescents and seniors with Down Syndrome. Giving them tools that will help them to successfully integrate into Guatemalan society; achieving in the long term a greater social independence.

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Guatemala (Mixco), Quetzaltenango (Quetzaltenango), Chimaltenango (Chimaltenango), Suchitepéquez (Mazatenango)

Dejando Huellas (Inner Change Guatemala)

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We are a community of missionaries serving and living in low-income communities.

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Guatemala (Guatemala Ciudad), Sacatepéquez (Sumpango), Quetzaltenango (Quetzaltenango)

Transformación Ballet

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We are a Christian dance ministry that works with children of all socioeconomic status, including orphanages, providing dance classes, academics support and workshops on health and faith.

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Sololá

Asociación por Una Vida Digna

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Asociación Por una Vida Digna trains marginalized community leaders to promote their own development, actively participate in global networks to strengthen civil society organizations, and address citizen security, education and strengthening civil society.

Founded 2012 in Guatemala, as a private, non-profit, non-religious, non-partisan organization with its own assets. With the sole purpose of being a platform that promotes sustainable human development.

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Guatemala (Villa Canales), Sololá, Izabal, Quetzaltenango, Zacapa, and 1 more

Asociación Vida Guatemala

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Vida is an apolitical and non-profit organization that fights discrimination and defends the fundamental rights of people. We believe that a more inclusive society can be built and to achieve this Vida helps to improve the quality of life of people in our community, facilitating access to services such as education, health and nutrition.

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Sacatepéquez (San Miguel Dueñas)

Planting Seeds International/Asociación Plantando Semillas

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Planting Seeds is a non profit organization that seeks to eradicate the barriers that contribute to poverty by working with communities to provide high-quality comprehensive education for children and families throughout Guatemala.

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Sacatepéquez, Chimaltenango (San Martin Jilotepeque), Guatemala (Guatemala)
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