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Support Sustainability for Guatemalan Farmers

Guatemala

Microfinance

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 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.

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Build a school from recycled materials for Maya

Guatemala

Environment

The Tecnico Maya School is a green construction project being built by Long Way Home (www.longwayhomeinc.org) in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala using recycled tires and litter-packed bottles.

Help Guatemalan Women Achieve Self-Sufficiency

Guatemala

Microfinance

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:

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$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

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

School Meals at Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

Guatemala

Health

Providing a daily balanced diet for 200 children in the Peña Blanca community elementary school. Often, this is the children's only meal of the day.

How You Can Help:

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$12 - School meals for 2 children for 1 month

$30 - School meals for 1 child for half an academic year

$60 - School meals for 1 child for 1 school year

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

A World of Reading for Maya Children in Guatemala

Guatemala

Education

Help build a school library and reading room for indigenous children in Panabaj, Santiago Atitlan to improve literacy, academic skills, and self esteem.

How You Can Help:

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$10 - provides a floor cushion for a child to sit on

$25 - buys three books for the lending library

$50 - builds a set of bookshelves

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Energy Efficient Cooking Stoves in Lake Atitlán

Guatemala

Climate Change (GG Green)

Helping local indigenous communities in Guatemala, especially Peña Blanca, to install carbon efficient stoves which use less firewood and allow the community health, educational and financial benefits

How You Can Help:

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$10 - Cooking pot for the family

$28 - Local mason's salary to build the stove

$50 - Bricks and mortar for 1 stove

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

School for Mayan Children, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

Guatemala

Education

Our program is supplying funding for additional resources for the Peña Blanca primary school, including extra staffing to reduce class sizes and improve levels of education.

How You Can Help:

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$10 - 2 children to receive reduced class sizes for 1 year

$25 - Materials sponsorship for 1 child for 1 year

$50 - Materials sponsorship for 2 children for 1 year

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Free & Sustainable Secondary Education, Guatemala

Guatemala

Children

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:

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$20 - Education for a month

$240 - Education for a year

$310 - Fund a teacher for a month to benefit the whole community

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Technology Access for Mayan Women in Guatemala

Guatemala

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 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.

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Skills Training for Single Moms in Guatemala City

Guatemala

Women and Girls

ISMU will initiate a skills development program and through microcredit create job opportunities for single low-income mothers. ISMU will provide quality educational day care for their children.

How You Can Help:

Make a donation

$25 - Train 1 women in creating handicrafts from recycled materials to sell locally in her community

$35 - Provide quality daycare, including meals, for 10 children of mothers in the job skills program.

$50 - Train 10 women – mentoring, job skills, parenting classes- to break free from a cycle of poverty

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

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