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Showing 18 organizations in all target populations, all focus areas, 1 department.

Girl Rising

Non profit organization

Girl Rising works with local partners by providing customized tools and curricula to build confidence and agency in girls and to change attitudes and social norms so that entire communities stand up for girls and against gender discrimination.

Our story-based tools and curricula engage, energize and motivate young people to see beyond their borders, value their education, understand their rights and believe in their capacity to change their lives, communities, and even the world.

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Guatemala (San Juan Sacatepéquez), Quetzaltenango (Quetzaltenango), Sololá (Nahualá ), Totonicapán (Totonicapán), Jalapa (San Luis Jilotepeque)

Child Aid

Non profit organization

Child Aid invests in literacy and education programs because we believe curious kids can change the world. For more than two decades, Child Aid has worked to improve the quality of education in Guatemala’s indigenous communities. From the start, we recognized the link between illiteracy and systemic poverty, and saw the possibility to make a lasting impact in children’s lives through education.

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Chimaltenango, Sololá, Totonicapán

Maya Health Alliance | Wuqu' Kawoq

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Wuqu ’Kawoq is innovating a healthcare model focused on providing high quality services with linguistic and cultural competence for indigenous, poor and marginalized communities in Guatemala.

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Chimaltenango (Tecpán), Suchitepéquez, Sacatepéquez, Quiché, Quetzaltenango, and 2 more

Casa del Alfarero Asociación (Potter's House)

Non profit organization

For over 36 years, Potter's House has walked alongside individuals, families and communities living in poverty and extreme poverty to develop long-term relationships and provide opportunities for holistic development through our 5 programs: Family Development, Education, Health and Nutrition, Microenterprise and Community Development.

From physical and mental transformation to spiritual transformation, we want to empower people in poverty throughout Guatemala and make significant changes in their lives and communities.

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Guatemala (Guatemala City ), Chiquimula (Chiquimula), Totonicapán (Momostenango), San Marcos (San Lorenzo)

ADISA

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We aim to contribute to the construction of a just and inclusive society by facilitating processes that enable and promote the empowerment of people with disabilities, their families, and their community to advocate for, demand, and fully exercise their rights.

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Sololá, Petén, Chiquimula, Jutiapa, Escuintla, and 4 more

Asociación Academia de Salud Integral

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Academia de Salud Integral is a non-profit scientific association that brings together professionals from different areas and disciplines with the aim of promoting mental and integral health through various teaching, research and assistance programs.

One of our fundamental objectives is the promotion of personal, family and social mental health based on an absolute respect for the life and dignity of the person.

We carry out all our academic work based on a defined and solid anthropological criterion with a personalist foundation.

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Guatemala (San José Pinula), Totonicapán, Chimaltenango, Sacatepéquez (Sumpango)

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

Partner for Surgery

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Partner for Surgery serves with the goal to improve health, empower communities, and overcome barriers. We are on the front lines of medical and surgical care in rural Guatemala focusing on bringing quality health care and surgical solutions to where most impoverished Guatemalans live. Our service model allows us to bridge language, distance, and cultural barriers. And our health promoters, staff, volunteers, and donors all partner to ensure our programs secure the solution each patient needs, from the time we meet them in their communities until we return home with them after surgery.

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Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Quiché, Jutiapa, Sacatepéquez, and 7 more

Fundación Educación y Cooperación -Educo-

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Educo is a global development cooperation NGO that has been working for more than 25 years in favor of children and in defense of their rights. We work through social projects in which more than 550,000 children and 150,000 adults participate. In Guatemala, we are present in the departments of Quiché, Huehuetenango and Totonicapán. The projection of our coverage area includes the western highlands of Guatemala, in the departments of San Marcos, Quetzaltenango and Sololá.

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Totonicapán (Momostenango), Quiché (Santa Cruz del Quiché), Huehuetenango (Santa Bárbara)

CARE Guatemala

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CARE works around the world to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice. It is a leading global organization with more than 75 years of experience that puts women and girls at the center because it recognizes that poverty cannot be overcome until all people have equal rights and opportunities.

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Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Sacatepéquez, Escuintla, Suchitepéquez, and 10 more

Poder y Luz Maya

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PODER Y LUZ MAYA ONG, was formally constituted in 2020 and is defined as a non-profit NGO that works for the protection of the environment, public health and economic development in communities, through education and distribution of appropriate and renewable technologies throughout Guatemala.

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Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, Sololá, Totonicapán, and 1 more

Health & Help

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Health & Help helps people in places where basic medical care is difficult or impossible to access.

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Totonicapán (Momostenango)

Cooperative for Education

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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.

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Izabal, Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, El Progreso, and 8 more

Mercado Global Guatemala

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Mercado Global is a Brooklyn-based accessories brand and non-profit organization that empowers rural women in Latin America to become entrepreneurs. Through donor-funded business education and leadership programs, we help women create community businesses to support themselves and their families.

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Sololá (San Jorge la Laguna, Caserío La Fé, Pujujil, Chuacruz, San Andres Semetabaj, San Pedro La Laguna, San Juan La Laguna, Santiago Atitlán, Santa Maria Visitación, San Antonio Palopó, Patanatic, Panajachel. Nahualá, Santa Cruz la Laguna), Totonicapán (San Cristóbal Totonicapán), Chimaltenango (San José Poaquil, Chimaltenango)

Fundación Oxlajuj N'oj

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We are a foundation whose nature is private, non-partisan, non-profit, with social projection and humanitarian assistance.

Our vision is to educate the population through training and research on gender, ethics and human rights issues, promoting sustainable empowerment for the youth and women of the Central American region, shortening gender gaps and reducing violence based on in gender.

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Guatemala, Jutiapa, Sololá, Quetzaltenango, Chimaltenango, and 6 more

Bibliotecas comunitarias Riecken (Fundación Riecken)

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The Riecken Foundation promotes a network of innovative community libraries in Honduras and Guatemala that awaken the spirit of discovery and social participation through activities in the libraries. We have shown that community libraries are essential to a democratic society. Libraries are institutions that citizens use to make informed decisions and reach their full potential. They provide essential knowledge, encourage critical thinking, and encourage self-education and lifelong learning.

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Izabal (Morales), San Marcos (Tajumulco), Alta Verapaz (San Juan Chamelco), Quiché (Chiché), Quetzaltenango (Huitán), and 3 more

Asociación Civil Paz Joven Guatemala

Paz Joven Guatemala is an organization focused on promoting the abilities and potential of young leaders and the local, regional and national level in Guatemala.

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Huehuetenango, Quiché, San Marcos, Sololá, Chimaltenango, and 7 more

WINGS/Asociación Alas de Guatemala, ONG

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Asociación Alas de Guatemala (WINGS Guatemala) is a non-profit organization that provides quality reproductive health education and services to underserved, primarily rural Guatemalan youth, women, and men. 

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Sacatepéquez, Chimaltenango, Sololá, Totonicapán, Quiché, and 11 more
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