About Guatemala
Guatemala is located in Central America and represents the geographical center of the American continent. The state borders Mexico to the north, Belize to the east, Honduras to the southeast and El Salvador to the south. 42 percent of the total population are indigenous and mostly members of the Maya.
Our Work
With the help of our partner FUNDAP, we enable particularly vulnerable groups such as the poor, single mothers or young people with disabilities to receive qualified schooling and/or vocational training. We then accompany the participants into professional life and support them in setting up small businesses.
Major Challenges
Besides poverty, corruption and inadequate health care, the population of Guatemala suffers from chronic malnutrition and unequally distributed or lacking educational opportunities. Children and young people in particular feel the effects of this on a daily basis.
Discover our projects in Guatemala
- Current
- Finished
Current
Improving the quality of education for young women through work-related internships
Local partner:
FUNDAP
FUNDAP
Beneficiaries: 290
Duration: 2024 – 2025
Volume/Needed: 13.000 €
Better education as the basis for the future
Local partner:
FUNDAP
FUNDAP
Beneficiaries: 5,100
Duration: 2023-2026
Volume/Needed: 398.325 € (25.000€ needed)
Increasing income and improving health care in poverty-affected municipalities in Ciudad de Guatemala
Local partner:
Cáritas Arquidiocesana
Cáritas Arquidiocesana
Beneficiaries: 470
Duration: 2023-2025
Volume/Needed: 28,870
Reducing chronic malnutrition among children in Guatemala
Local partner:
FUNDAP
FUNDAP
Beneficiaries: 4.500
Duration: 2022-2025
Volume/Needed: 7.500 €
Finished
Agricultural training for 100 indigenous families in Chimaltenango
Local partner:
Fundación para el desarrollo integral (FUDI)
Fundación para el desarrollo integral (FUDI)
Beneficiaries: 512
Duration: 2021-2023
Volume/Needed: 4.000 €
Inclusive vocational training courses for deaf young people
Local partner:
FUNDAP
FUNDAP
Beneficiaries: 3.750
Duration: 2019-2022
Volume/Needed: 334.600 €
Awareness, professional training and entrepreneurship
Local partner:
FUNDAP
FUNDAP
Beneficiaries: 6.600
Duration: 2021-2023
Volume/Needed: 11.000 €
Vocational training as an alternative to migration
Local partner:
FUNDAP
FUNDAP
Beneficiaries: 1.665
Duration: 2021-2023
Volume/Needed: fully funded
Your donation makes a difference!
15
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will let an indigenous woman receive a qualified education
30
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will protect biodiversity in Peru’s rainforest with 300 seedlings
50
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will provide basic health care to children in remote communities
