Chajulense Mayan Association (AMACHAJUL) AMACHAJUL is a Guatemalan Mayan Ixil non-profit organization located in Chajul, Guatemala. The Ixil region is a post-conflict community that suffered an ethical cleansing during the 36-year internal armed conflict. Schools were closed for 36 years. Today there is deep poverty and few opportunities for women and girls to break out of the cycle.
Tierra Nueva is a non-governmental organization that operates in the Western Highlands area of Guatemala; it develops programs and projects focused on providing support to children, adolescents, youth and women, seeking that these age groups have the opportunities and resources necessary to achieve a comprehensive development. Tierra Nueva is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-partisan, non-religious, non-religious, development and service organization, with gender equity and multicultural approach.
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.
FUNDAECO is a Guatemalan organization established in 1990 and dedicated to nature conservation and the promotion of sustainable community development. In a context of high vulnerability to climate change, we seek to protect natural ecosystems and the environmental services they provide, as well as to promote the sustainable development of poor and vulnerable communities in regions of high biodiversity.
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.
Odres Nuevos GT is a non-governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to support children, adolescents and their families living in poverty and extreme poverty with education, health, entrepreneurship and social assistance programs. The beneficiaries: children and adolescents work in the streets, selling products or shining shoes and by incorporating them into the different programs provided, it is possible to initiate a process of personal, family and community change, aiming to transform their future.
School the World is a community-driven nonprofit committed to solving extreme poverty through the power of education by working in Guatemala, Honduras and Panama.
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.
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.
The Children's Hope Foundation - CHILDHOPE - promotes, proposes, and advises policies and strategies.
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.
Worthy Village is a nonprofit organization that supports vulnerable communities in rural Guatemala.
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 non-profit hiking outfitter whose profits go entirely to support EDELAC - a school and home for street children in Xela.
We implement holistic development programs through sustainable management of sustainable projects.
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.
With community partners in Guatemala, we plan, fund and implement projects that improve health and provide educational opportunities that help sustain and grow the community.
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.