Protects Guatemalan forests while delivering health and education to rural women and communities.
Guatemala
Americas · Central America
5 projects · 5 organizations
Latest from Guatemala
600khectaresForest hectares preserved nationally
15kpeopleWomen and girls reached with health and education
Asociación Campesina Río Negro Trece de Marzo Maya Achí
Clean EnergyChixoy Dam Survivors Bring Solar Pumps to Guatemala's Dry Corridor Farms
Descendants of families displaced by the Chixoy dam are installing 20 solar water pumps so farmers can irrigate heirloom vegetables, including the revived Maravilla tomato.
20pumpsSolar water-pumping systems planned
50plotsAgroecological plots to be irrigated
HELPS International
Clean AirHELPS International ONIL Stove Program
A Texas-based nonprofit whose Guatemalan-manufactured ONIL stove has cut deadly indoor smoke for hundreds of thousands of Mayan households.
300kcookstovesONIL stoves installed
2MpeoplePeople with smoke-free cooking environments
Asociación Qachuu Aloom "Madre Tierra"
Food & FarmingMaya Achi' Women Keep 50 Seed Varieties in a Rabinal Seed House
After a civil war and a flood of hybrid seed wiped out their own, Maya Achi' women in Baja Verapaz started over with 20 families and now guard heirloom corn, amaranth and beans in earthenware jars.
617familiesMember families in Baja Verapaz
50varieties (more than)Seed varieties managed
Guatemalan Red Cross (Cruz Roja Guatemalteca)
ClimateGuatemalan Red Cross: cash for families before the cyclone floods
A 60 percent chance of a tropical storm in Guatemala's warning zone is enough to release multipurpose cash to flood-exposed families 3 to 5 days early.
14kpeoplePeople targeted for anticipatory action
547.2kCHFEarly Action Protocol budget







