Our Local Partners

Pueblo a Pueblo operates on the belief that positive change occurs only through grassroots participation and partnership. We form two types of partnerships in the areas where we work: community partnerships and organizational partnerships.

Community Partnerships

We believe that the most sensible approach to improving health and education in a community is through a long-term, multi-faceted program which involves the women and children, the schools, the teachers and the community itself.

In addition to the five communities with which we currently work, Pueblo a Pueblo also partners with in-country nonprofits to broaden our impact.

Asociación Rxiin Tnamet
Asociación Rxiin Tnamet is a Guatemalan non-governmental organization that runs a medical clinic and outreach programs serving the indigenous community of Santiago Atitlán. The clinic emphasizes maternal and infant health. The goal of Rxiin Tnamet is to provide medical care, education and community outreach to the communities of Santiago Atitlán and San Juan in a manner that takes into account the Tz’utujil Maya culture. Their community outreach efforts include a network of 100 female volunteers who are educated by the clinic and work in the communities in which they live. Rxiin Tnamet is the implementing partner of PaP’s Maternal Infant Health Program and the health component of our Child Health and Education Program.

Escuela Rural Mixta Panabaj
The Escuela Rural Mixta Panabaj is the public primary school in Panabaj, Santiago Atitlán. This school, which is the original site for the Child Education Sponsorship Program, currently has 359 students enrolled in kindergarten to sixth grade. This school was greatly affected by the mudslides caused by Hurricane Stan and is currently operating in a provisional building in Panabaj. Escuela Rural Mixta Panabaj is one of the implementing partners in our Child Health and Education Program as well as our School Health and Nutrition Programs.

Escuela Rural Mixta ChukMuk
The Escuela Rural Mixta ChukMuk is the public primary school in ChukMuk, Santiago Atitlán. When hundreds of families lost their homes after Hurricane Stan many of the students from Panabaj, including many children sponsored by Pueblo a Pueblo, were relocated to the newly formed community of ChukMuk and began attending this new provisional school. The school is in its third year and currently has 340 students enrolled in kindergarten to sixth grade. They are one of our implementing partners in the Child Health and Education Program as well as the Library Program in ChukMuk.

Escuela Rural Mixta Chacaya #1
The Escuela Rural Mixta Chacaya #1 is one of two public primary schools in the Aldea (village) of San Antonio Chacayá, a small coffee growing community located 10 minutes by car from Santiago Atitlán. The school was created in 1970 and currently has 138 students enrolled. We partner with the school for our School Health and Nutrition Programs which includes an organic school garden.

Esucela Official Rural Mixta Canton la Cumbre
The Escuela Ofical Rural Mixta Canton la Cumbre is a public elementary school of 160 T’zutujil children located near the top of Cerro de Oro. Cerro de Oro is hill along Lake Atitlan that the author of “The Little Prince,” Antoine de Saint-Exupery, said looked like a sleeping elephant. This school opened in 2004 and Pueblo a Pueblo will be implementing a new organic school garden program here in 2011.

Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta Caerio Tzanguacal
The Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta Caerio Tzanguacal, located at the foothills of Cerro de Oro on Lake Atitlan, serves 163 T’zutujil elementary school children. In 2011, the children in Tzanguacal will have their own organic school garden where they can experience growing their own healthy food.

International Cooperation Agency for Development, Government of Andalucía, Spain (AECID)
Donations from the local government of Andalucia, Spain greatly contributed in building the new community of ChukMuk, which is populated by affected families from Panabaj village, buried by a mudslide during Hurricane Stan in 2005. AACID oversaw the construction of several thousand homes in addition to a local health post and a community center. Currently, the government of Andalucia is working closely with the municipality to establish and implement community services programming focused on education and health for local residents. Pueblo a Pueblo partners with Andalucia on our Library Program in ChukMuk.