Mayan Hope is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing educational, nutritional, medical, ecological, and other needed services to indigenous families, villages, and abandoned or abused children of Guatemala and other Latin American nations. They are a direct and hands-on charitable organization meaning that, as such, they work in close cooperation and side-by-side with the people [...]
Tag Archives: Environment
Profile: Farming First
Posted by Laura on April 24, 2010
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Farming First is a global coalition of multi-stakeholder organizations representing the world’s farmers, scientists, engineers, and business. It is not an organization itself but rather exists to articulate, endorse and promote practical, actionable programs and activities to further sustainable agricultural development worldwide. The coalition exists to strengthen the voice of groups with shared views on [...]
Profile: The Borlaug Institute / Texas A&M
Posted by Laura on April 14, 2010
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The Borlaug Institute provides the global outreach of Texas A&M Agriculture. Their faculty, scientists, and students are involved in over 100 countries around the world to better international agriculture. Funded by the USDA, the Borlaug has implemented a three-year agricultural extension program to benefit the indigenous Mayan communities in Guatemala. Agriculture in Guatemala: Technology, Education, and Commercialization [...]
Profile: The Borlaug Institute / Texas A&M
Posted by Laura on April 14, 2010
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The Borlaug Institute provides the global outreach of Texas A&M Agriculture. Their faculty, scientists, and students are involved in over 100 countries around the world to better international agriculture. Funded by the USDA, the Borlaug has implemented a three-year agricultural extension program to benefit the indigenous Mayan communities in Guatemala. Agriculture in Guatemala: Technology, Education, and Commercialization [...]
Profile: Comunidad Nueva Alianza
Posted by Laura on March 15, 2010
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Comunidad Nueva Alianza is an organic coffee and macadamia plantation owned and operated by a cooperative of forty Guatemalan families, located in a sub-tropical area 1000 meters above sea level 45 minutes north of the coastal town of Retalhuleu. The community is nestled amongst a 300 acre plantation of organic coffee and macadamia trees where [...]
Profile: The MAR Fund
Posted by Laura on March 15, 2010
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The Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MAR Fund) is a non-profit corporation created by four environmental funds from México, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, as a financial mechanism for conservation and adequate resource use in the Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion. This new conservation finance mechanism is unique in that it is the first environmental fund in the Western Hemisphere [...]
Profile: Long Way Home
Posted by Laura on March 15, 2010
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Long Way Home’s (LWH) mission as a 501(c)(3) is to break the cycle of poverty among youth in developing communities by creating educational opportunities, cultivating civic interaction, and encouraging healthy lifestyles. Education, Employment, and Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: The intergenerational benefits of the opportunities provided by education have broken the cycle of dependency and [...]
Blog: Think Green, Live Clean
Posted by Laura on March 11, 2010
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I would like to introduce you to a blog that my twelve year old daughter discovered and recommended, Think Green, Live Clean. TGLC provides people with the simplest, easiest, and smartest solutions for living a ‘greener’ lifestyle. One of TGLC’s contributing writers is Trent Hodges, a Peace Corps volunteer currently residing in Santa Catarina [...]
Profile: Adopt-a-Village in Guatemala
Posted by Laura on February 26, 2010
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Adopt-a-Village (AAV) in Guatemala is a small, grassroots non-profit that works with remote villages in the rugged Northwestern Highlands region. This is an area of extreme poverty with few public services or other forms of assistance. AAV partners with leaders of these Mayan villages to build a more promising and sustainable future for their children [...]
Profile: Faith In Action Ministries
Posted by Laura on February 26, 2010
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Faith In Action (FIA) is a 501(c)(3) Christian organization designed to target isolated, remote people who have become lost and stagnant within their developing country. They primarily focus on mountainous highlands and the swampy waterways of Rio Dulce in Guatemala, Central America. Faith in Action takes the Good News into communities that have no church [...]
Profile: The Valhalla Experimental Station
Posted by Laura on February 22, 2010
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The Valhalla Project is a Guatemala based organization that seeks to reverse global warming, assist indigenous people in developing self-sustaining agriculture, and educate the public about the environment. They accomplish this mission by planting trees. The Valhalla project introduces ungrafted Macadamia seedlings to indigenous people as an alternative to slash and burn agriculture, which contributes [...]
Profile: MADRE
Posted by Laura on February 22, 2010
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MADRE is an international women’s human rights organization that works in partnership with community-based women’s organizations worldwide to address issues of health and reproductive rights, economic development, education and other human rights. They provide resources and training to enable their sister organizations to meet these goals by addressing immediate needs in their communities and developing [...]
Profile: Project Seres
Posted by Laura on February 16, 2010
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“THOUGH THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD ARE INCREASINGLY MORE COMPLEX, THE SOLUTIONS REMAIN EMBARRASSINGLY SIMPLE…” – Bill Mollison, co-founder of the world-wide permaculture movement The mission of Project Seres is to help at-risk groups in developing countries build resistance to climate change threats using knowledge, tools and resources that are environmentally ethical, ecologically sustainable, [...]
Volunteer Opportunity: Semilla Nueva
Posted by Laura on February 15, 2010
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Semilla Nueva is a growing organization with many possible avenues for involvement. If you think you have something to offer the team, please contact us and let us know! Given that 2010 is our first full year of operation, we are focusing our volunteer recruitment efforts primarily on long-term volunteers willing to spend extended periods [...]
Profile: Semilla Nueva
Posted by Laura on February 15, 2010
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Semilla Nueva is an organization unified around a shared vision for an equitable and environmentally responsible society where people live in peace with dignity. Their mission is to help empower agricultural communities in Guatemala by jointly developing and implementing strategies that facilitate the achievement of community-defined objectives for natural resource conservation, economic prosperity, and social [...]
Profile: Farmer to Farmer
Posted by Kari on January 29, 2010
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Farmer to Farmer, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, envisions agriculture that is sustainable and respectful of the earth, that remains in the hands of the people who live and work the land. They support grassroots agricultural projects that are democratically initiated and managed. They affirm the sacredness of the earth and work for and respect the rights of [...]
Article: Guatemala Unit for Solar Energy
Posted by Kari on January 4, 2010
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The following is an excerpt from an article published on December 29, 2009 in Brunei FM World News. To read the article in full, please click here. GUATEMALA, Dec 29 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – A unit known as the National Coordinating Cell of the Euro Solar Programme (CNC) was created in Guatemala. Official paper El Diario [...]
Profile: Pava
Posted by Laura on October 29, 2009
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PAVA is a non-profit organization that works closely with rural communities in the Department of Chimaltenango, Guatemala to achieve long-term sustainable development through community-based projects and programs. A full-time staff based in the bustling town of Chimaltenango manages PAVA’s programs, providing technical expertise and coordination for infrastructure projects, environmental programs, and education. PAVA began [...]
Profile: As Green As It Gets
Posted by Laura on September 25, 2009
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As Green As It Gets™ is an incubator for small Guatemalan businesses. They provide training, technical services, marketing and financing to hard-working proprietors who need a push in the right direction to lift themselves out of poverty. They place a strong emphasis on protecting the environment and land restoration as an integral part of business management. They [...]
Profile: The Equilibrium Fund
Posted by Laura on September 2, 2009
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The Equilibrium Fund is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 2001. Their mission is to alleviate poverty, malnutrition and deforestation by teaching rural and indigenous women about the nutrition, uses and processing of Maya Nut (Brosimum alicastrum). Maya Nut is a nutritious, delicious, versatile and easy to harvest rainforest tree which can provide free [...]
Profile: Volunteer Petèn
Posted by Laura on September 2, 2009
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Volunteer Petèn is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in San Andrès, Petèn (with a US office in Mohnton, Pennsylvania) whose mission is to aid development in Guatemala by training international volunteers to participate in, design, and implement sustainable projects. Their main projects focus on environmental education, general education, reforestation, forest management, medicinal plants, and working with [...]