Hijas™ takes its name from the Spanish word for “daughters,” the demographic they seek to empower through a series of programs designed to provide both immediate and long-term relief. The residents of the Marta and Maria Orphanage in Jalapa, Guatemala come from various family situations, from girls who have lost both of their parents, to [...]
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Profile: Behrhorst Partners for Development & Behrhorst Clinic
Posted by Laura on September 18, 2009
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The mission of the Behrhorst Partners for Development (BPD) is to strengthen and expand processes of community development and participation that enhance people’s lives. It has two major goals: To support sustainable development initiatives that improve the health and well-being of particularly vulnerable sectors of society. To promote through experience-based education an understanding of the [...]
Profile: Safe Passage (Camino Seguro)
Posted by Laura on September 10, 2009
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Safe Passage – Hope, Education, Opportunity At Safe Passage (Camino Seguro), the mission is to create opportunities and foster dignity through the power of education. Safe Passage works with the poorest at-risk children of families living and working in the Guatemala City garbage dump. Within a safe and caring environment, they provide a comprehensive and [...]
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: Asofamilia
Posted by Laura on September 1, 2009
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Asofamilia is a private, independent organization created to establish links between adoptive families worldwide, and their children’s birth families in Guatemala. Founded in February 2006, Asofamilia was created to respond to the desire of adoptive families to help create a brighter future for their children’s families. Most of these families are living in extreme [...]
Profile: Namaste Direct
Posted by Laura on August 24, 2009
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Namaste Direct is committed to alleviating poverty in rural communities of Guatemala by providing impoverished women entrepreneurs with microcredit loans along with a personal business mentor, vocational training workshops and informal business education. Conventional wisdom has it that there are four barriers to escaping poverty (defined as less than $2 a day income per household [...]
Profile: Mayan Families
Posted by Laura on August 18, 2009
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Mayan Families is a small, non-profit group operating in the Highlands of Guatemala. They live and work in the Lake Atitlan region. The group provides assistance and opportunities to the indigenous people of Guatemala, in particular in the Lake Atitlan area, through education, community programs and construction. For more information about Mayan Families, please visit their website, [...]