A life of work and struggle
MICROCREDIT
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A challenging road to success
HEALTHCARE
The crossing of the desert of Juanita Floridalma was literal, a trip for thousands of kilometers in order to change her life to settle as a nurse in the prestigious hospital center 'La Paz' of Quetzaltenango.
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Achieving a vital dream
EDUCATION
The story of Beverly Monteros was always linked to FUNDAP. Originally from Villa Flores Village, Tejutla municipality, this young woman pushed forward with great effort. At age 19, she is currently studying 'Fashion design', but previously culminated courses in 'tailoring' and ‘bespoke design’, all were done in the Technical Center of the Foundation.
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God will provide
MICROCREDIT
The relationship of Mrs. Idalia del Carmen Mayorga Ruiz with the Foundation has become a story that transcends, a mutual support that has made her grow with her family. At age 40 she is married and has four children, being able to combine all her daily tasks with the study and consolidation of her famous restaurant "El Shadday".
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Overcoming
HANDICRAFT
La asociación de artesanos ADISA es una organización muy particular, diferente a las que solemos ver normalmente. Su funcionamiento es de lo más inspirador que se puede encontrar, como ese libro de motivación que cae en manos de aquel que recién regresa derrotado de su guerra interior, o simplemente derrotado de su más preciada empresa. La sinergia tan positiva que logra crear esta asociación a cualquier persona que la visita se debe a sus integrantes, personas con capacidades diferentes que para su movilización utilizan sillas de ruedas o andadores.
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Learning and sharing are keys to development
AGRICULTURAL
Doña Odilia is 28 years old, married, has three children, and lives in the village of Chacaj, Nentón (Huehuetenango). During 2018 she participated in the training course for 'Voluntary Agricultural Promoters'.
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There is always room to learn
HANDICRAFT
Berta Elisa Hernández Batz is 40 years old, a mother of three children, and resides in los Pocitos Village, Sibilia (Quetzaltenango). This community belongs to the ATEDI Association and is dedicated to pedal woven fabric
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A unique team
EDUCATION
Teachers Lissa de León, Lesbi Vicente, Anali Castillo, Lendra Aguilar, Esly Rodas, and Federico Rucún, who work at the ¨Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta¨ of the San José Las Delicias community, have assumed the role of 'Trainer of Trainers' in their region.
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Care and protection of nature
ENVIRONMENTAL
Dario's case is that of environmental teaching that is passed on to the next generations.
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A journey with FUNDAP
MICROCREDIT
Virginia Magdalena had skills for embroidering ¨güipiles¨ and aprons, and so she started her own business using a FUNDAP credit.
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Learning helped me be able to lead
HANDICRAFT
The ambition of Reyna Reyes Castro knows no limits and it is all because of her passion for crafts. She is 33 years old, married and has 5 children, with whom she lives with her husband in Canton Aguilix II in the municipality of Santa Cruz del Quiché.
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Thanks to FUNDAP we now think differently in our community
ENVIRONMENTAL
Gustavo Ajanel Ixcoy has always lived surrounded by forests, since he started cutting trees with his parents for the sale of firewood and ocote, key elements of family economic sustenance.
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I knew this decision would change my life
EDUCATION
Carmen Nohemí Orozco Fuentes is 39 years old and lives in the San José Caben Village of San Pedro Sacatepéquez (San Marcos), where she took her first steps with FUNDAP. From a small dream she had of designing, sewing and reinventing clothes, so her approach to the Technical Center of this town was key to developing her professional career.
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Now I motivate other artisans
HANDICRAFT
Sandra Leticia Gabriel y Gabriel had always wondered how she could learn and improve the production of typical outfits to market them. At the age of 27, she is married, has 4 sons and has continued her craft work, dedicating herself to making typical cloth on a foot loom.
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Training is key to generating opportunities
AGRICULTURAL
Eliam Betuel Vicente, seventeen, spent a lot of time looking for temporary work among the nine coffee estates surrounding his home. Originally from the Palmira agrarian community in Colomba Costa Cuca (Quetzaltenango), his needs and those of his family were greater than the offer obtained, besides the difficuly and the risk that this work demanded.
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Patients need more than medicines
HEALTHCARE
Jorge Ovidio Calel Tecún studied in 2013 in the School of Nursing Assistants, an apprenticeship that helped him to find work in May 2014.
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Saving a life
Program: Healthcare
Lesbia Argueta is a healthcare volunteer with a very clear work approach, the prevention of cervical cancer in women. After receiving training in 2016, she became involved in training, counseling, and health promotion in her community. READ THE STORY
Vocation is a vital undertaking
EDUCATION
Irma Eugenia Mateo González de Calderón is 43 years old and has had an important history with FUNDAP. She has an exciting story that deserves to be told.
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Now my son is heathy and I have grown as a mother
HEALTHCARE
The story of Magdalena López Sánchez and her son Abraham Sánchez López is strongly linked to the Nutritional Recovery Program of FUNDAP.
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We managed to prevent more emigration and child malnutrition
AGRICULTURAL
Jorge Obispo Morales Pérez is a farmer who perfectly knows the problems of frosts, droughts, and hailstorms that contributed to phenomena such as emigration in his community.
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A flourishing enterprise
MICROCREDIT
Edye Cifuentes, married and with three children, lives in Quetzaltenango and until 1992 had a humble business selling street clothes. Always very hardworking and consistent, he went all over the city offering his clothes.
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Training is fundamental for business and personal growth
MICROCREDIT
Petrona López Gómez is the Secretary of the Communal Bank Impacto, a group of which she has been a member of since 2012.
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Learning to conserve the forest has been beneficial to us
ENVIRONMENTAL
Imelda Cruz is 33 years old, married, has 3 children and is currently a member of the ASOEDIC Association that supports ICEFAT (Institute for Cooperative Family Teaching by Alternation) in Canoj, Sipacapa and San Marcos.
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A whole life
ENVIRONMENTAL
At the age of seventy-three, José is married and father of four children, three women and one man (from paraje San José, aldea Chimente, Totonicapán). José explained how hard it is for him to find a formal job at his age, and how his three daughters depend on him since they are all single mothers.
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My long awaited dream
EDUCATION
Nancy is twenty-six years old and she is mother of a child (from cantón Xecaracoj, Quetzaltenango). She told us about how training helped her reach her dreams, making improvements on the economic status of her family, and mainly her son’s.
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Community development
HANDICRAFT
Ovidia is forty years old and single mom of two children. She told us about how she and ten other weavers that compose the CEDEC group (from aldea Chamaque, Comitancillo, San Marcos), learned new thread-dyeing techniques, which allowed her to improve the quality of her children’s education.
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A new system
AGRICULTURAL
At the age of seventy-three, Ms. Susana (from cantón San Juan del Pozo, aldea Piedra Grande, San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos) told us about how she turned tomato production into her main source of income, by using a greenhouse production system connected to a drip irrigation system.
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My daughter my biggest motivation
HEALTHCARE
Ms. Vivian (from cantón Pajosón, San Sebastián, Retalhuleu) is thirty-three years old mother, she is married and mom of two children. She is a dynamic and active person. Despite the fact that her daughter is in frail health, she is always looking after her community in order to safeguard their good health.
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Open education
EDUCATION
Ms. Vivian is thirty-three years old and mother (from aldea Cheguez, San Antonio, Suchitepéquez). She told us about how she and other fellow teachers have upgraded their knowledge in order to achieve a quality education, which has improved the communication and relationships between the students.
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