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.
Safe Passage works to bring hope, education, and opportunity to the children and families trying to make a living around the city’s garbage dump - one of the largest landfills in Central America.
We are a company with social and environmental impact, dedicated to the conservation of bees and other pollinators, through education, creation of sanctuaries and rescue of colonies.
We are a community of missionaries serving and living in low-income communities.
We promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing a support network in professional clothing and tools to thrive on the job.
MuJER is a feminist, community-based organization that works with and for women sex workers, migrant women, and survivors of violence against women through its programs that include development and access to classes, workshops, and Education and Training courses; taught with a popular education methodology, as an Empowerment tool for women with a human rights approach.
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.
UPAVIM is a cooperative association of more than 75 members, with more than 70 members working as seamstresses and making handicrafts. UPAVIM also provides employment for women in the community as teachers, administrators, cooks, cleaners, secretaries, accountants, nurses and bakers. Our online store, UPAVIM Crafts is the heart of UPAVIM. UPAVIM Crafts exports beautiful gifts and fair trade crafts around the world and financially supports the Montessori Children's Center and K-6 Montessori School.
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.
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: