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Help Guatemalan Women Achieve Self-Sufficiency
Guatemala
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Economic Development
Guatemalan women and their families will receive loans, training, and support necessary to start small businesses and achieve long-term economic stability and self-sufficiency.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- 10 families can receive basic financial management training to run their businesses better
$50
- 10 families will be trained on livestock care and disease preventions
$100
- 10 families can receive 1000 baby chicks and training to start a chicken cooperative
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$18,876
- Will fully fund this project
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Give Ergonomic Benches to 500 Guatemalan Weavers
Guatemala
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Economic Development
This project provides 500 Guatemalan weavers an ergonomic bench and education to increase their income potential, while also preventing serious damage to their bodies and preserving weaving culture.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$20
- Helps educate one backstrap weaver to use the bench safely & to maximum benefit
$50
- Helps bring the ergonomic bench to one backstrap weaver
$3,000
- Supports the translation & dubbing of the educational DVD into an indigenous language
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$6,000
- provides a start-up kit and tech support to make the bench in a local community
$40,000
- Helps produce an educational DVD in Spanish, and makes it ready for dubbing into indigenous languages
$83,355
- Will fully fund this project
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Support Sustainability for Guatemalan Farmers
Guatemala
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Economic Development
Families in the village of Villa Linda will be able to increase their incomes through various economic and agricultural projects and, in turn, buy the land that they are working.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- Provides credit management training for one woman.
$60
- Provides a woman's first loan in a community bank.
$150
- Buys a cow to begin a dairy business.
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$500
- Funds a starting community's general store.
$12,731
- Will fully fund this project
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Help Feed 200 Neglected Elderly in Guatemala
Guatemala
,
Human Rights
This project will provide a regular supply of basic foods and other items to the elderly population in parts of rural Guatemala, whilst educating families on age related issues.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$15
- Will feed 1 old person for a month
$180
- Will feed 1 old person for a year
$200
- Will buy a maize crusher to make tortillas
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$2,000
- Will provide a weaving loom to help make clothing
$5,000
- Will start a farming cooperative to feed the old people of 1 village
$10,000
- Will build an old people's community centre
$31,300
- Will fully fund this project
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Educate 200 Children in Guatemala City
Guatemala
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Education
Children living with foster families in poor neighborhoods of Guatemala City will be provided with funds for their schooling, food, group counseling, vocational training, and medical care.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$50
- 1 child can be fed for a year
$125
- 1 child can go to elementary school for a year
$250
- 2 children can attend junior high school for a year
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$350
- 3 children can complete a year of high school
$8,592
- Will fully fund this project
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Free & Sustainable Secondary Education, Guatemala
Guatemala
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Education
Hundreds of indigenous children in Guatemala near Itzapa will receive free secondary education due to this programme. The majority now work in the fields as their parents cannot afford schooling.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$20
- Education for a month
$240
- Education for a year
$310
- Fund a teacher for a month to benefit the whole community
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$6,875
- Equipment for entire school
$62,400
- Builds a school to benefit children from all the surrounding communities
$93,275
- Will fully fund this project
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Technology Access for Mayan Women in Guatemala
Guatemala
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Women and Girls
This project is creating community technology centers operated by and for Mayan women's groups in the Quiché region for inclusion, empowerment, learning, communication, and economic development.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$30
- Gives a girl introductory computer and Internet skills.
$60
- Lets a woman take a multimedia e-course designed especially for women.
$150
- Trains a woman to administer a technology center.
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$500
- Develops a unit of specialized e-training for Mayan women.
$4,495
- Will fully fund this project
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Provide Scholarships to Mayan High School Students
Guatemala
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Education
A three-year term of academic, vocational, and leadership education will benefit 48 indigenous students. Scholarships will help educate these students.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$500
- Quarterly scholarship
$1,000
- Bi-annual scholarship
$2,000
- Annual scholarship
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$6,000
- Three year full scholarship
$127,350
- Will fully fund this project
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Sustainable Agriculture for Women Farmers
Guatemala
,
Economic Development
MADRE will provide farm animals and sustainable agriculture training to Indigenous Ixil women in El Quiché, Guatemala, helping them generate economic resources and develop sustainable livelihoods.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$17
- Provides one day of project management training for one Indigenous project leader.
$43
- Provides one year of animal management training for one Indigenous woman farmer.
$70
- Purchases one pig for a woman farmer to get started.
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$125
- Buys vaccines and vitamins to ensure healthy livestock.
$500
- Purchases food for pigs in one community for one month.
$3,000
- Purchases and covers transport costs for farm implements for three communities.
$15,000
- Provides 12 days of sustainable agriculture training for all 350 Indigenous women participants.
$61,364
- Will fully fund this project
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Educational Materials for 48 Mayan HS Students
Guatemala
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Education
48 indigenous students each year will benefit from academic, vocational, and leadership education. Upon graduation, students will intern in their home communities, serving in development projects.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$50
- for resource books will aid 10 students
$250
- for dictionaries will aid 25 students
$1,000
- for textbooks will aid 10 students
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$2,000
- will provide a one-year scholarship
$10,000
- for a teachers salary will aid 48 students
$15,983
- Will fully fund this project
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Empowering Fishing Communities in the MAR Reef
Guatemala
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Environment
This project will provide funding to at least 5 fishing communities along the Mesoamerican Reef coast in order to encourage community participation in the management of local fish stocks.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$30
- For the regional fund
$50
- For the regional fund
$100
- For the regional fund
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$5,000
- Allows a community to initiate fisheries co-management
$89,580
- Will fully fund this project
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Technology Training for Rural Indigenous Youth
Guatemala
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Technology
Empowering rural indigenous youth in Guatemala to learn to use computers and the Internet as tools for local development and for strengthening their native language and culture.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$30
- Motivates a child to stay in school after learning about educational computing and Internet.
$60
- Provides a micro-entrepreneur with technology skills to improve his or her business.
$120
- Prepares a youth for success in high school with basic computer and Internet skills.
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$250
- Makes a youth more competitive through extensive academic support and leadership training.
$385
- Will fully fund this project
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End Infant and Child Malnutrition in Guatemala
Guatemala
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Health
The World Food Program (WFP) works alongside the Guatemalan government to provide food to rural areas where almost half of children under five suffer from chronic malnutrition.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$24
- Feed and educate a young girl for six months
$36
- Provide food and healthy conditions to a child for an entire school year
$92
- Provide nutrition for a pregnant or breastfeeding mother
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$150
- Provide health and nutrition education to 15 children
$230
- Provide vitamins and micronutrients for 50 children for 1 year
$500
- Feed a class for an entire year
$28,136
- Will fully fund this project
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Support Sustainability for Latin American Farmers
Guatemala
,
Economic Development
With your support, communities in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua will be able to increase their incomes through various economic and agricultural projects.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- Can provide washing facilities for one family.
$60
- Can provide masonry training for eight people.
$150
- Can provide an efficient stove for one household.
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$500
- Can sponsor improvements to a community's access road.
$9,915
- Will fully fund this project
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