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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)

Education Assessment Network

Social enterprise

The center of our work is in the improvement of educational institutions. With our #UirtusprogramEAN, we analyzed different points that make up a high-level education. We accredit schools that pass Uirtus program EAN.

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RTI Internacional

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RTI International is both a global research institute and a leading international development organization. We combine these powerful capabilities with those of our partners to co-create smart, shared solutions for a more prosperous, equitable and resilient world.

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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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Iniciativa Guatemala / Guatemala Youth Initiative

Non profit organization

Guatemala Youth Initiative (GYI) serves the youth in the marginalized communities that surround the landfill in Guatemala City, offering education and services so that they can achieve their goals. GYI offers three programs: comprehensive sexual education, free access to modern contraceptive methods, and empowerment for young mothers.

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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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Asociación AMA

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Association AMA is a non-governmental non-profit organization that promotes the integral development of adolescent girls, women and youth, through programs aimed at transferring capacities and strengthening leadership attitudes, democratic participation and sustainable economic development, with emphasis on the promotion and defense of human rights and sexual and reproductive rights of girls, adolescents and young people from the department of Petén, Guatemala.

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Petén

AmorDown Coatepeque

AmorDown Coatepeque offers assistance and inclusion to children, youth and adults with disabilities, especially Down syndrome.

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Quetzaltenango (Coatepeque)

Fundación Hunger Relief International

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Fundación HRI focuses on developing the resilience of families and communities, strengthening the family unit and establishing self-sufficiency in the home with the aim of improving the lives of children and adolescents.

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Guatemala (San Miguel Petapa), Santa Rosa (Cuilapa)

Pionero Philanthropy

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Pionero Philanthropy is bridging the gap between Guatemalan nonprofits, donors, and information seekers around the globe.

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Accion Humana ONG

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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.

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Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Chimaltenango, Escuintla

Asociación SERniña

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We provide transformative workshops dedicated to empowerment and gender equity for youth living in Guatemala. Through our workshops and programs, youth develop the knowledge, skills, and courage they need to make informed life-choices and reach their highest potential. We run all of our programs in partnership with local schools and organizations in some of Guatemala’s most marginalized and at-risk communities.

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Asociación de Mujeres Ixpiyakok ADEMI

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We are a civil organization of indigenous women of the Mayan culture, we support and work in solidarity with rural development, promoting the empowerment and autonomy of women in the various areas of their daily lives.

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Chimaltenango, Quiché, Sololá

Tejiendo Futuros ONG

Tejiendo Futuros is works integrally with the family to develop human beings holistically focusing on the Human Rights for the Child. Starting with the children through a holistic education program that focuses on physical and mental health, while also providing emotional support to the mothers, fathers and siblings of the students through the Strengthened Families program. In addition a third program, provides healthy nutrition and ecological practices through agroecology.

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Techo en Guatemala

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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.

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Guatemala, Santa Rosa, El Progreso, Quetzaltenango, Sololá, and 8 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 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 Civil DiverArte Guatemala

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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.

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Asociación Unidos por la Vida - ASUVI

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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.

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Nelixia

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Central America is home to so much bio-diversity, so much culture, communities and tradition, but despite a huge potential, local natural raw materials haven’t been much developed. The Nelixia dream is to bring back value to this fertile region, by developing amazing natural ingredients for the fragrance, flavors and aromatherapy industry.

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Escuintla (Escuintla), Izabal (Livingston), Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Santa Rosa
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