Projects
Project 2012
Join with us in 2012 so that we can make a difference in the following areas:
Nutrition - Guatemala 2012
Did you know that more than a million children under the age of 5 suffer from malnutrition in Guatemala? We want to see every child in Guatemala have access to a daily nutritious meal, and we have accepted the challenge of providing this meal for 10,000 Guatemalan children.
The chronic malnutrition rate for children under 5 in Guatemala is 49.8 percent, the fourth highest in the world, according to the World Food Program. You can read more about the UN Millenium Development Goals, and find out how together they plan End Poverty by 2015.
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Education - DAR La Trinidad
We see education as the key to breaking the cycle of poverty in Guatemala. We have partnered with DAR La Trinidad and other local schools to encourage them in providing an excellent education for poverty stricken children. Illiteracy is 31.1 percent in women 15 years of age and older and reaches 59 percent among indigenous women.
Social Initiatives
There are two significant actions that dramatically empower an indigenous community and have a terrific ROI(Return on Investment).
Stoves - 85% of the global community still cook on an open flame, 97% do so in Guatemala. The action:
- Replace open flame fires with stoves and drastically reduce ARI** in the home, allowing children to be healthy and aware in the classroom.
Community Revitalization - Schools / Single mothers
- Schools - Schools are the community center of any indigenous population. By painting the school or replacing the desks and blackboards you create a level of trust and influence with local leaders.
- Single mothers - Women are the lifeblood of any home, but a single mother of 4 children in Guatemala has very little chance of providing an education or daily nutritious meal for her children.
**ARI (Acute Respiratory Infection) rates are among the highest in the world and ARI is one of the leading causes of mortality among children in Guatemala
