Stove
Efficient, vented Chapina stoves transform the way women cook in rural Guatemala. The stove vents 99.9% of toxic smoke outside and uses 70% less wood. Cooking time is reduced because tortillas can be made while pots are cooking on the same surface. Burns are eliminated and the health of the entire family improves. (Left photo) […]
Sponsor a Child / Food Initiative
Schooling The Guatemalan public schools are poorly managed and largely unsupported by the national government. While public school is theoretically free the cost of registration fees, uniforms, books, supplies, and transportation makes them less accessible to the poorer segments of society. To attend middle school, none of which are public, the cost is roughly $40 […]
Home Building Initiative
50% of Guatemalans, mostly rural indigenous, live in inadequate housing (Center on Housing Rights and Equality). Between a million and a million and a half live in homes of cornstalks or scavenged materials. Replacing dirt floors with cement results in – according to the Center of Evaluation for Global Action (CEGA) – 13% less diarrhea, […]
Education
The Mission has proudly contributed to the families of rural Guatemala by providing continued education to the children.
Safe Cooking
Lung Function in Rural Guatemalan Women Before and After a Chimney Stove Intervention to Reduce Wood Smoke Exposure Results From the Randomized Exposure Study of Pollution Indoors and Respiratory Effects and Chronic Respiratory Effects of Early Childhood Exposure to Respirable Particulate Matter Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4631036/ Household air pollution from cooking with solid fuels is the […]
Safe and Clean Water
Another discovery that usually follows soon after arrival is that the tap water in Guatemala is not safe to drink; not for foreigners nor for locals. It’s not recommended for short-term visitors to use water from the tap for drinking, brushing teeth, or even to cook with. Long-time residents and Guatemala natives are also unable to safely drink water from […]
Change a Child’s Life
According to the World Food Program, 47 % of the children in Guatemala suffer from nutritional deficiency. This ranks the highest in Latin America/Caribbean and among the highest rates in the world. Project Guatemala- through its sponsorship program- has diligently worked to combat this nutritional issue with the missionary leaders on the ground in Parramos […]
