GB-CHC-285776-GUA135CAFODThe history of violence in this region, coupled with its extreme poverty and the cultural marginalisation of its Mayan peoples, has contributed to deeply rooted problems of social disintegration and under-development. Youth constitute the majority of the population in Guatemala and Central America as a whole, whilst half of the Guatemalan population are Indigenous Mayans. They live in circumstances of severe socio-economic and cultural vulnerability, yet are decisive for the future of the Guatemalan and Central American peoples. As a Church organisation, the Spirituality Institute of Central America (ICE) provides training and accompaniment every year to young people and indigenous social activists. The ICE is dedicated to the formation of leaders from religious and lay organisations. As well as the training supported by CAFOD, other courses are run, with participants coming from across Central and South America, as well as Europe and Japan. ICE’s approach seeks to integrate three facets of human formation: social justice, personal development and inter-faith spirituality, which also encompasses indigenous spiritual traditions. This present project aims to consolidate ICE’s work with indigenous community leaders, teenagers from urban shanty towns and young women and men under 30.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de EspiritualidadCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk7232.704410067.114017730.496415625.000013966.480416759.776516949.152515306.122422727.272731468.531428571.000028571.000029971.621128000.000021373.493926250.000027272.72727232.7044CAFOD General Funds10067.1140CAFOD General Funds17730.4964CAFOD General Funds15625.0000CAFOD General Funds13966.4804CAFOD General Funds16759.7765CAFOD General Funds16949.1525CAFOD General Funds15306.1224CAFOD General Funds22727.2727CAFOD General Funds31468.5314CAFOD General Funds28571.0000CAFOD General Funds28571.0000CAFOD General Funds29971.6211CAFOD General Funds28000.0000CAFOD General Funds21373.4939CAFOD General Funds26250.0000CAFOD General Funds27272.7272CAFOD General Funds7232.7000Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad10067.1100Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad17730.5000Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad15625.0000Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad13966.4800Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad16759.7800Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad16949.1500Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad15306.1200Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad22727.2700Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad31468.5300Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad28571.0000Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad28571.0000Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad-28571.0000Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad28571.0000Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad29971.6200Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad28000.0000Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad21373.4900Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad26250.0000Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de Espiritualidad27272.7300Asociación Educativa Instituto Centroamericano de EspiritualidadGB-CHC-285776-GUA136CAFODThe Department of El Quiché, situated in the western highlands of Guatemala, is one of the poorest regions of the country. The population of 861,089 is mainly indigenous Mayan, and the predominant language is Maya Quiché. The majority of the population still lacks basic services and struggles to make a living through subsistence farming. The health statistics of El Quiché are poor. According to the National Statistics Institute (NSI) at least 233,906 citizens have never gone to a Health Centre. In these communities there is a high rate of disease, with the most frequent illnesses being malnutrition, gastro-intestinal ailments, respiratory problems and skin diseases. 40% of households do not have access to piped water, 20% of households do not have latrines, and 80% don’t have sewage service. These rural communities have not had training by local or central government, or Health and Environment Ministries. Nevertheless, one positive development over the last few years is the introduction of a legal mechanism for community representation and participation in the form of Local Development Committees (COCODE). The diocesan pastoral plan “Quiche to have Life in CHRIST” 2009-2016 has four specific areas: 1) Evangelization, 2) Family, 3) Enhance Human Life & Dignity, 4) Ecclesial Communion. This project will work to strengthen the COCODE and ensure that they function in service of the development needs and priorities of the local community and duly represent their demands to the relevant structures at municipal level. Concretely, this project will improve the health and living conditions of families in 3 rural communities, 3060 heads of household (1438 men and 1622 women, for a total of 14,310 citizens including family members) by supporting COCODE and the Municipal Development Council (COMUDE) and to access government and other resources to implement water projects. Also it will work with the community members to improve environmental and health practices – including management of waste water, construction of dry waste latrines, improved stoves, water filters, and awareness raising in preventative health, water and soil conservation. This proposal will contribute to the diocesan pastoral plan 2009-2016, that also will be supported by MISEREOR and Global Partners Running Waters Inc. The overall diocesan pastoral plan is focused on three goals: better life, just and human expression of love for God and others; and meeting the real needs of communities. The pastoral plan is coherent with CAFOD’s strategic plan “Just One World” as well as its vision and mission.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk10666.66667042.25356451.612917628.548915957.446816949.152522474.562319512.195126143.790825000.000025000.000045000.000045000.000041329.000046273.709610666.6666CAFOD General Funds7042.2535CAFOD General Funds6451.6129CAFOD General Funds6329.1139CAFOD General Funds11299.4350CAFOD General Funds15957.4468CAFOD General Funds16949.1525CAFOD General Funds7089.9470CAFOD General Funds15384.6153CAFOD General Funds19512.1951CAFOD General Funds26143.7908CAFOD General Funds25000.0000CAFOD General Funds25000.0000CAFOD General Funds30000.0000CAFOD General Funds15000.0000CAFOD General Funds30000.0000CAFOD General Funds15000.0000CAFOD General Funds19329.0000CAFOD General Funds22000.0000CAFOD General Funds9979.3548CAFOD General Funds14375.0000CAFOD General Funds21919.3548CAFOD General Funds10666.6700Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese7042.2500Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese6451.6100Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese6329.1100Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese11299.4400Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese15957.4500Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese16949.1500Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese7089.9500Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese15384.6200Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese19512.2000Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese26143.7900Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese25000.0000Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese25000.0000Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese45000.0000Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese45000.0000Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese41329.0000Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese46273.7100Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseGB-CHC-285776-GUA138CAFODThe Archdiocese of Los Altos, covering the departments of Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán, is situated in the western highlands of Guatemala and populated mainly by Mayan communities. With nearly 98% of the population living under the poverty line, Santa Maria Chiquimula is one of the poorest municipalities in the entire country. The area is primarily rural with just 7% of the population living in urbanised settings. People suffer from lack of access to basic health and education services and adequate access to food and housing. The social, political and cultural exclusion still experienced by indigenous groups is felt most keenly by indigenous women who also suffer discrimination and neglect from within their own culture. Within the indigenous population, about 65% are Catholic, but in a form which includes many elements of Mayan spirituality. In addition, a sector of the population practices Mayan religion, while at the same time participating in the Catholic Church within a context of dialogue, reflection and shared learning. The parish of Santa Maria Chiquimula has worked to recover and disseminate knowledge of Mayan spirituality, traditions and values as a means towards building a more integrated and inclusive church. Its integrated programme is strengthening levels of community organisation, providing increased opportunities for education, employment and income-generation and improving the quality of preventive and primary health care – with a particular focus on women and young people. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Parroquia La NatividadCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk34246.575335211.267642945.906441208.791231413.612534285.714230769.230725125.628126143.790825000.000025000.000025000.000022687.000022687.000022500.000034246.5753CAFOD General Funds35211.2676CAFOD General Funds31250.0000CAFOD General Funds11695.9064CAFOD General Funds41208.7912CAFOD General Funds31413.6125CAFOD General Funds34285.7142CAFOD General Funds30769.2307CAFOD General Funds25125.6281CAFOD General Funds26143.7908CAFOD General Funds25000.0000CAFOD General Funds25000.0000CAFOD General Funds25000.0000CAFOD General Funds22687.0000CAFOD General Funds22687.0000CAFOD General Funds22500.0000CAFOD General Funds34246.5800Parroquia La Natividad35211.2700Parroquia La Natividad31250.0000Parroquia La Natividad11695.9100Parroquia La Natividad10989.0100Parroquia La Natividad30219.7800Parroquia La Natividad15706.8100Parroquia La Natividad15706.8100Parroquia La Natividad17142.8600Parroquia La Natividad17142.8600Parroquia La Natividad15384.6200Parroquia La Natividad15384.6200Parroquia La Natividad12562.8100Parroquia La Natividad12562.8100Parroquia La Natividad26143.7900Parroquia La Natividad25000.0000Parroquia La Natividad25000.0000Parroquia La Natividad25000.0000Parroquia La Natividad22687.0000Parroquia La Natividad22687.0000Parroquia La Natividad22500.0000Parroquia La NatividadGB-CHC-285776-GUA151CAFODThe Department of Alta Verapaz has a total population of nearly 1 million, of whom 93% are indigenous. 79% live in rural areas and 60% failed to finish primary school. The Department has the second lowest human development index in the country and 8 in 10 people are living in conditions of poverty – 4 of these in extreme poverty. Whilst registered cases of HIV are relatively low, poor levels of education, a widespread stigma about HIV infection affecting only minority sectors of the population, such as homosexuals or prostitutes and minimal interventions and awareness raising in indigenous communities are just some of the prevailing social conditions that make the department conducive to continued growth in the HIV infection rate. This project aims to contribute to the prevention of the spread of HIV and AIDS in Alta Verapaz through education, advice and information on sex education with 11 men and 12 women from the technical diocesan team, 40 religious leaders (priests, catequists or religious personnel), 60 youth leaders from 20 parishes and 10 health promoters. It will also build broader awareness through the transmission of radio programmes in Mayan Indigenous languages to the overall population of Verapaz. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk10101.010110101.0101CAFOD General Funds10101.0100Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA152CAFODThis project, part of CAFOD’s Central American Human Rights and Governance Programme, aims to promote and follow up on actions to ensure the fulfilment of the Guatemalan Peace Agreements, particularly on the identity of indigenous peoples, through the development of alternative and competent media (radio) that can influence the national agenda on citizen and community participation, gender equity and cultural identity, in alliance and in coordination with other social sectors. CAFOD’s partner the Guatemalan Federation of Radio Education (FGER) believes that media should work to ensure the free flow of information and to tackle discrimination. Radio is the best form of communication to reach the majority of the Guatemalan population, breaking economic, linguistic and geographical barriers. FGER is a federation of indigenous community radio stations, located mainly in the south, west and east of Guatemala, with a potential audience of five million, representing about half the population of Guatemala. Audience participation is encouraged by broadcasting programmes directly from outlying villages, generating public debate and allowing local people to voice their opinions.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas RadiofónicasCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk67605.633850000.000050000.000050000.000048000.000047000.000044904.458545779.220067605.6338CAFOD General Funds50000.0000CAFOD General Funds50000.0000CAFOD General Funds50000.0000CAFOD General Funds48000.0000CAFOD General Funds32200.0000CAFOD General Funds14800.0000CAFOD General Funds30104.4585CAFOD General Funds14800.0000CAFOD General Funds30979.2200CAFOD General Funds14800.0000CAFOD General Funds67605.6300Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas50000.0000Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas50000.0000Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas50000.0000Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas48000.0000Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas47000.0000Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas44904.4600Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas45779.2200Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas RadiofónicasGB-CHC-285776-GUA153CAFODThe Department of Alta Verapaz has a total population of nearly 1 million, of whom 93% are indigenous. 79% live in rural areas and 60% failed to finish primary school. The Department has the second lowest human development index in the country and 8 in 10 people are living in conditions of poverty – 4 of these in extreme poverty. Whilst registered cases of HIV are relatively low, poor levels of education, a widespread stigma about HIV infection affecting only minority sectors of the population, such as homosexuals or prostitutes and minimal interventions and awareness raising in indigenous communities are just some of the prevailing social conditions that make the department conducive to continued growth in the HIV infection rate. This project aims to contribute to the prevention of the spread of HIV and AIDS in Alta Verapaz through education, advice and information based on human rights, interfaith dialogue and cultural appropriateness with 15 men and 17 women from the technical diocesan team, 60 religious leaders (priests, catequists or religious personnel - 40 women and 20 men), 60 youth leaders (35 women and 25 men) and 200 young students from public and private (catholic) high schools from different communities where the Pastoral develops actions with other projects. It will also promote a better quality of life (especially for people living with HIV) with all their activities, including their advocacy work and the direct accompaniment to people living with HIV and the use of tools in the Mayan Indigenous languages spoken in Verapaz.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk21126.760518517.486817857.000032264.433923488.403922000.000021126.7605CAFOD General Funds18517.4868CAFOD General Funds17857.0000CAFOD General Funds32264.4339CAFOD General Funds23488.4039CAFOD General Funds22000.0000CAFOD General Funds21126.7600Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz18517.4900Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz17857.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz32264.4300Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz23488.4000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz22000.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA154CAFODThe project is an initial response to the current food crisis in Guatemala, providing a monthly ration of basic food items such as maize, beans, rice, sugar, oil and a protein supplement (Incaparina), to 450 school children, for a period of 3 months. Each child will receive an initial medical check-up to determine their malnutrition status. A medical team will subsequently weigh and measure the children each month to monitor progress. The most severe cases will receive medical treatment. Mothers will receive training on how to hygienically prepare nutritious meals. A committee, comprising the parents of those children affected, will be formed to monitor correct implementation of the project, including procurement and distribution of food items. The beneficiaries form part of the parish of Cristo Negro’s ‘Comunidad Esperanza’ project, an education project for under-privileged primary and secondary school children who live in a marginalised peri-urban area in Coban, and who do not have physical, economical or social access to a healthy, nutritious diet. The Pastoral de Salud de Caritas Verapaz will therefore work in close coordination with the Cristo Negro parish in the implementation of the project.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk12083.802412083.8024CAFOD General Funds12083.8000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA155CAFODTropical Storm Agatha, the first storm of the hurricane season in the Pacific, formed on 29 May, affecting Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Guatemala has been the worst affected country in Central America. A State of Calamity remains throughout the country, as well as the institutional red alert and yellow alert for the population. The government has officially requested International assistance. According to the latest OCHA Sit Rep (3rd June) the emergency has resulted in 54 deaths and 95 people missing in Guatemala. Approximately 85,000 people have sought refuge in 420 emergency shelters throughout 206 municipalities (representing 62% of the country’s municipalities). The overall death toll in Central America has been confirmed as 179. The department of Quiche is one of worst affected areas in Guatemala. Our long standing partner Caritas Quiche has been working alongside local government and non government actors to provide immediate food and non food relief to people who have been forced to evacuate from their homes. This grant is a contribution to Caritas Quiche’s wider relief efforts alongside local government and non government actors to support 700 disaster affected families (4,245 people) in 4 parishes in Quiche. The grant will be used to buy essential food items and drinking water. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk3448.27583448.2758CAFOD General Funds3448.2800Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseGB-CHC-285776-GUA156CAFODTropical Storm Agatha, the first storm of the hurricane season in the Pacific, formed on 29 May, affecting Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Guatemala was the worst affected country in Central America. A state of calamity declared at the end of May by the government was extended for another 30 days due to the grave damages caused by the storm and by the eruption of the Pacaya Volcano that left 166 dead and displaced thousands. The department of Quiche was one of worst affected areas in Guatemala with widespread damage to infrastructure and basic services. CAFOD gave an initial grant of £3,448 to our long standing partner Caritas Quiche for the provision of food and non food relief to people forced to evacuate from their homes. An identified need is the provision of clean drinking water for communities whose water systems were damaged or destroyed by the floods. Caritas Quiche estimates that 30-50% of water systems in department of Quiche were damaged. If these essential water supplies are not repaired there is a risk of outbreak of diseases in the communities. This project aims to rehabilitate water systems in 8 communities in the parishes of Chichicastenango and San Andres Sajcabaja, reaching a total population of 1,168 households. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk24583.359924583.3599CAFOD General Funds24583.3599Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseGB-CHC-285776-GUA159CAFODThis proposal is aimed at rehabilitating the Popol Ja Educational Centre in the Parish of Santa Maria de Chiquimula, where 95% of the population are Mayan. This project will strengthen its vision of a comprehensive, open and critical education offering a wide range of possibilities for the development of both intellectual and practical skills. Specifically the Centre will improve the quality and breadth of vocational technical training, strengthen the farm school, expand the infant and maternal health program, and improve emergency preparedness. Improving the vocational technical training: The Centre’s mission is to ensure access for traditionally excluded communities to comprehensive education from primary through secondary school. This project will provide children with the skills needed for a better future, providing them with the means and resources necessary to be an agent of change and to contribute to social transformation in their communities. The farm school: The farm school was initiated to promote hands-on learning of sustainable agricultural practices as well as to make the Centre more self-sufficient and economically sustainable. With the proposed investments the farm school will be a reference for appropriate production practices and technical innovation in the region, as well as increasing production. Maternal and infant health programme: The expansion of this programme ensures access to key nutrition and health services for these communities and households. This programme will promote preventive medicine and exclusive breastfeeding to reduce malnutrition levels and gastrointestinal diseases recurrent in children in these communities. In coordination with the teachers, staff, and students of the farm school, this programme will promote and support the establishment of community and school gardens that supplement the nutritional needs of mothers and infants in this programme. Emergency preparedness: This project will strengthen the capacity of the Popol Ja Educational Centre and local organizations to prepare for and face natural disasters and emergency situations in a region where these are recurrent. This project will help the Centre to meet the minimum standards in terms of training, infrastructure, equipment and organization to provide emergency response and shelter services to the community which meet established standards.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Parroquia La NatividadCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk100000.0000100621.1180143268.8800100000.0000CAFOD General Funds100621.1180CAFOD General Funds100000.0000CAFOD General Funds43268.8800CAFOD General Funds100000.0000Parroquia La Natividad100621.1200Parroquia La Natividad100000.0000Parroquia La Natividad43268.8800Parroquia La NatividadGB-CHC-285776-GUA160CAFODThe Department of El Quiché, situated in the western highlands of Guatemala, is one of the poorest regions of the country. The tropical storm 12 E affected most all the pacific coast of Central-America countries and Quiche was not the exception. The storm 12 caused lot of damage in the country especially in rural areas where the farmers had a lot of lost of their livelihoods. The losses were countless but Quiche is prioritizing works in two themes; Roofing and water project with communities that had severe damage. This decision was agreed with the municipality parish and the Quiche technician team. This project will be implemented in three parish member of the Quiche diocese such; Santo Domingo of Sacapulas, Santa Cruz and Chichicastenango in the department of the same name. This project will be implement with 95 families had a lot of damage in their infrastructure especially in their houses which one right now are living in shelter and the rehabilitation of a drinkable water system in a community that will benefic to 80 families. The total of population that will be benefic is around 570 people. The families were selected according the representative leaders who knew and record a list of the worse affected by parishes after that the technician team verify in situ this situation. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk9554.14019554.1401CAFOD General Funds9554.1400Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseGB-CHC-285776-GUA161CAFODThis proposal will strengthen the current Caritas Quiche (CQ) projects funded by CAFOD and Misereor, scaling up our partner’s capacity and coverage in response to the huge deficit in provision of safe water services, sanitation infrastructure and adequate hygiene practices. To illustrate this deficit, the data from El Quiché Department shows an average of 54% of dwellings are without a safe water supply, 47% without latrines and 62% of the population do not practise good hygiene. This proposal builds on significant partner experience and capacity, working in one of the most remote and isolated regions in Guatemala. Caritas Quiché is a pioneer in the field of water provision and sanitation / hygiene and has an impressive track record of enabling local communities to improve their living conditions. The objective of serving women’s needs as a priority will be strengthened by the programme’s participation in the wider programme. The project will target: improved water and sanitation services, better practices and use of water management, storing and protection of water sources within the communities and their surroundings, elimination of pollution at drinking water sources, and promote equity between men and women. Concretely, this project will improve the health and living conditions of 2,635 households, around 15,810 people (7,481 men, 8,379 women) in 12 rural communities: 100% of whom lack safe drinking water services and sanitation facilities. The project will give special attention to women-headed households to provide greater quality of life and to promote and enhance women’s participation during project implementation and improve its sustainability. Also it will work with the community members to improve environmental and health practices – including management of waste waters, construction of dry composting latrines, awareness raising of preventative health practices, water and soil conservation. The key grassroots organization ; the Local Development Committees (COCODE) will be strengthened so as to ensure that they serve the development needs and priorities of the local community and duly represent their demands so as to influence relevant structures at municipal level. This project has clear outputs about gender issues. First to be addressed will be at the CQ institutional team level to improve their knowledge about gender topics and raise awareness about women’s participation in the water projects. At the CAFOD gender mainstreaming level, 18 participants from 6 Guatemalan partners, including from Caritas Quiché will participate in an annual workshop at the decision-making level. Caritas Quiché is one of six Guatemalan partners working together to monitor the implementation of the gender mainstreaming process. Caritas Quiché has built up great capacity and experience as a result of nineteen years of working in this field. CAFOD’s first support was via the Maryknoll sisters who worked in health programmes throughout Guatemala and then for this specific programme, directly with Caritas Quiché for the provision of safe water, a project first funded in 1995. During these past nineteen years Caritas Quiché has succeeded in many achievements: 202 piped water systems built, 1,528 latrines constructed benefiting 13,884 people, around 83,304 people (39,153 men and 44,151 women), The principal funding agencies have been: CAFOD, Misereor, Global Partners Running Waters Inc, and Hope International Canada. Currently the project (GUA136) jointly funded by CAFOD and Misereor is targeting 2,385 households. The current funding cycle started in 2011 and is due to end in 2013. The partner has great capacity and significant experience, including in-house topographical mapping, in the planning and design of water systems without the need to bring in external engineers, as well as in cost calculation and management and finally, in implementation and construction of piped water systems. Most of these systems use appropriate gravity-based technologies, taking water from natural sources and springs. Thus the systems have important advantages: protecting natural resources, using simple technology which is easy to maintain and reduced operating costs. This is reflected in U$ 135 per beneficiary against U$ 500 per beneficiary spend by other International NGOs. The programme has featured prominently in CAFOD’s “World Gifts” fundraising efforts. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk44000.000087667.000085612.000044000.0000CAFOD General Funds87667.0000CAFOD General Funds76439.2800CAFOD General Funds9172.7200CAFOD General Funds44000.0000Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese87667.0000Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese76439.2800Caritas Guatemala El Quiché Diocese9172.7200Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseGB-CHC-285776-GUA162CAFODThe project is seeking to improve the ability of CAFOD partners in Guatemala (mainly Church or Church-related partners) to understand and develop good practices related to gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment through making the connections between Human Rights, HIV and Violence against Women (VAW). Social Pastoral – Caritas Verapaz will interlink the issues of Human Rights, HIV and Violence Against Women (VAW) for victims of the armed conflict in Guatemala, women in situations of violence and people with HIV to fully exercise their human rights through education, guidance, information and accompaniment based on Human Rights, Interreligious dialogue, cultural appropriateness and gender awareness. The project outcomes are the following ones: 1. Indigenous women in the communities of Verapaz, Guatemala, increase their ability to prevent and deal with VAW and what this implies for human development 2. Indigenous women and men in rural and urban areas of Verapaz, Guatemala, female and male victims of the armed conflict, people living with HIV and community human rights defenders, have improved their ability to defend their human rights 3. Women and men living with HIV access improved health care services in Verapaz (stigma and discrimination reduced) 4. Young women and men in parishes and in schools, church personnel and religious leaders become promoters of improved cultural and spiritually appropriate human rights based HIV and GBV prevention services in Verapaz. 5. The Catholic Church in Verapaz understands and develops good practices related to gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment through making connections between Human Rights, HIV and Violence against Women.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk100080.000084630.000019290.0000100080.0000CAFOD General Funds84630.0000CAFOD General Funds19290.0000CAFOD General Funds100080.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz-100080.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz100080.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz84630.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz19290.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA164CAFODThis project is an internal grant to support programme workshops to improve gender perspective and related issues on Guatemalan and Chiapas partners.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)CAFOD Managua CAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk600.00003812.0700600.0000CAFOD General Funds7600.0000CAFOD General Funds-3787.9300CAFOD General Funds600.0000CAFOD Managua 3812.0700CAFOD Managua GB-CHC-285776-GUA166CAFODThis project is an internal grant to support programme workshops to improve gender perspective and related issues on Guatemalan and Chiapas partners.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)CAFODCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk10000.000010000.0000CAFOD General FundsGB-CHC-285776-GUA168CAFODThis proposal will be implemented with Caritas Quiche partners (CQ) who have reported thousands of people affected. The target group for this proposal is: 160 families who are living in the municipality of San Andrés Sajcabajá. The main problems prioritized are: severe food insecurity between Sept-Nov, lack of employment opportunities, lack of income activities, early atypical migration, lack of seed to plant in second season, low level of water resources and lack of food for the livestock. The project does not have the capacity to support all the affected people, so partners have selected the most affected. The project will provide support through cash for work [CFW]. The beneficiaries will contribute with labour force to carry out community projects [road, school, church reparation, etc.] and implement agro-ecological farming practices [soil conservation, reforestation]. This proposal builds on the significant experience and capacity of the partner working in some of the most isolated poor communities located in the dry corridor of Guatemala. Also, Caritas Quiche bring considerable experience in the field of DRR and emergency response.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk15060.240015060.2400CAFOD General Funds15060.2400Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseGB-CHC-285776-GUA169CAFODCAFOD's strategic partner in Guatemala, Pastoral Social Caritas Verapaz, aims to strengthen the empowerment of "population in vulnerability" (especially women, indigenous peoples and people with HIV) in the department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, for them to be able to advocate and have access to decision-making processes at the local and national level, as a mechanism for improving their living conditions. This project is merging the previous three projects CAFOD has had with Pastoral Social Caritas Verapaz (GUA153, GUA157 and GUA162) and building on their experience. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk53067.038635978.571448742.448036938.0000CAFOD General Funds10231.3548CAFOD General Funds1226.2129CAFOD General Funds1480.9290CAFOD General Funds3190.5419CAFOD General Funds35978.5714CAFOD General Funds48742.4480CAFOD General Funds36938.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz10231.3500Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz5897.6800Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz35978.5700Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz48742.4500Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA171CAFODThis project will contribute to capacity strengthening, as well as economic, political and environmental empowerment of women members of the municipal networks for prevention of violence against women in communities in the municipalities of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. The focus is on nutritional food security and family income, by improving the value of agricultural production, strengthening economic opportunities, local leadership, better services and social benefits for women leaders in gender, services and decent benefits. The proposal aims to focus on the following aspects: a) Productivity b) Organization, Community Leadership and Advocacy of women c) Women’s Health and Nutrition d) Marketing: e) Organisational strengthening and technical capabilities of the Social Pastoral team in aspects of human rights, food security, climate change, risk management and gender. A second phase of this project started in January 2018. A third phase of this project will start in October 2019 for three years (under a new project ID, GUA183).Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk25000.000025093.180025000.0000CAFOD General Funds25093.1800CAFOD General Funds25000.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz25093.1800Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA172CAFODThis project aims to improve the health and living conditions of households in rural communities, 100% of whom lack safe drinking water services and sanitation facilities. This project builds on significant partner experience and capacity, working in one of the most remote and isolated regions in Guatemala. Caritas Quiché is a pioneer in the field of water provision and sanitation / hygiene and has an impressive track record of enabling local communities to improve their living conditions. The project will target improved water and sanitation services, better water management, storage, and protection of water sources within the communities and their surroundings, and eliminate the pollution of drinking water sources. The project will also promote equity between men and women, better health practices through the use of eco-filters and hand washing, improved nutrition with promotion of family gardens, and will implement a pilot drinking water project with renewable energy. The project will give special attention to women-headed households to provide greater quality of life and to promote and enhance women’s participation during project implementation and improve its sustainability. The project will work with community members to improve environmental and health practices. The key grassroots organization, the Local Development Committees (COCODE) will be strengthened so as to ensure that they serve the development needs and priorities of the local community and duly represent their demands so as to influence relevant structures at municipal level. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk75000.000075000.0000CAFOD General Funds75000.0000Caritas Guatemala El Quiché DioceseGB-CHC-285776-GUA174CAFODThe project will be implemented by CAFOD partner, the Caritas Social Pastoral Outreach Team, Diocese of Verapaz. It will contribute to capacity strengthening, as well as economic, political and environmental empowerment of women members of the municipal networks for prevention of violence against women in 20 communities in the municipalities of La Tinta and Senahu, Alta Verapaz. The focus is on nutritional food security and family income by improving the value of agricultural production, strengthening economic opportunities, local leadership, better services and social benefits for women leaders. The proposal aims to focus on the following aspects: a) Productivity: improving agricultural inputs and promoting skills and practices to increase production, quality and value added to products based on the model of teaching and learning in the community and management of plots with diversified crops. b) Organization, Community Leadership and Advocacy of women through participation in decision-making spaces c) Women’s Health and Nutrition: the family health care (especially boys and girls) through promoting consumption of nutritious foods, healthy practices and hygiene d) Marketing, intending that the women market their products properly in an organized manner and manage quality products, both raw and processed: packaged, etc. e) Organizational strengthening and technical capabilities of the Social Pastoral team in aspects of human rights, food security, climate change, risk management and gender.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk21428.571421428.5714CAFOD General Funds21428.5700Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA175CAFODThe project is implemented by CAFOD partner, the Caritas Social Pastoral Outreach Team, Diocese of Verapaz. It contributes to capacity strengthening, as well as economic, political and environmental empowerment of women members of the municipal networks for prevention of violence against women in 22 communities in the municipalities of Chisec and Raxruhá, Alta Verapaz. The focus is on nutritional food security and family income by improving the value of agricultural production, strengthening economic opportunities, local leadership, better services and social benefits for women leaders. The proposal aims to focus on the following aspects: a) Productivity: improving agricultural inputs and promoting skills and practices to increase production, quality and value added to products based on the model of teaching and learning in the community and management of plots with diversified crops, as well as good care of small animals. b) Organization, Community Leadership and Advocacy of women through participation in decision-making spaces c) Women’s Health and Nutrition: the family health care (especially boys and girls) through promoting consumption of nutritious foods, healthy practices and hygiene d) Marketing, intending that the women market their products properly in an organized manner and manage quality products, both raw and processed: packaged, etc. e) Organizational strengthening and technical capabilities of the Social Pastoral team in aspects of human rights, food security, climate change, risk management and gender. A second phase of this project was implemented between September 2018 until August 2019, with and additional emphasys on savings and credit training. A third phase of this project is planned for October 2019 until September 2022. Under this approval we can only process the first year of this 3 year project due to the changes in WP system. For 2nd. and 3rd. years we will need to raise a new project ID under the new WP platform.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk25000.000025000.000025000.000025000.0000CAFOD General Funds25000.0000CAFOD General Funds25000.0000CAFOD General Funds25000.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz25000.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz25000.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA190CAFODThe lockdown, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has aggravated the economic condition of families who depend largely on the mobility of people (transport of goods to San Francisco el Alto, street traders, jobs outside Santa Maria, etc.). The lockdown, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has aggravated the economic condition of families who depend largely on the mobility of people (transport of goods to San Francisco el Alto, street traders, jobs outside Santa Maria, etc.). For this reason, it is necessary to think through and implement a different strategy of locally based production. This strategy focuses first on food security and in a second phase on an agroecological production system that should lead to income generation in the long-term. As a part of this production strategy, local farmers will form an agroecology commercialisation network commercialisation that will give them a collective backbone to expand and strengthen in the coming years.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Parroquia La NatividadCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk40697.674440697.6744CAFOD General Funds40697.6700Parroquia La NatividadGB-CHC-285776-GUA195CAFODGiven the situation of poverty and extreme poverty closely related to food insecurity faced by families in the communities of Quiché, processes are required to minimise this problem, and as a response it is necessary to promote and systematically accompany the planting of family kitchen gardens and the diversification of families' crops to reduce malnutrition levels, taking into account that most communities subsist only on basic grains. These have been affected by the prolonged heat wave of 2014 and other adverse events such as storms ETA & IOTA in 2020, unseasonal rains and cold fronts in 2021 and 2022, which means that they will be able to cover 50% of the basic food basket. Urgent work is therefore required to increase families' capacity to diversify their crops by implementing gardens, reusing grey water for irrigation. Furthermore, given the situation of poverty and extreme poverty faced by families, mostly indigenous, in the department of Quiché, it is necessary to continue to strengthen capacities for citizen participation (management, organisation), prevention (in relation to health), monitoring and control of the quality of water intended for human consumption, risk management with emphasis on climate change adaptation, and the environment (proper use, protection and exploitation of water). These actions are intended to be implemented as a contribution to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, especially Goals 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 13 (poverty reduction, good health, gender equality and women's empowerment, drinking water and sanitation, decent work and economic growth, combating climate change). They also aim to contribute to meeting the K'atun National Development Plan, Our Guatemala 2032, especially with regard to peoples' well-being.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Asociacion Unidos por la VidaCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk20661.157019685.039323622.047220661.1570CAFOD General Funds19685.0393CAFOD General Funds23622.0472CAFOD General Funds20661.1600Asociacion Unidos por la Vida9842.5200Asociacion Unidos por la Vida9842.5200Asociacion Unidos por la Vida11811.0200Asociacion Unidos por la Vida11811.0200Asociacion Unidos por la VidaGB-CHC-285776-GUA196CAFODThis initiative will promote processes of environmental education and "Community Light" led by ancestral authorities, communities and local women organisations as part of an environmental and collective rights strategy for the peoples in the region of the Zona Reina, in the department of Quiché. Its design is based in the experience of more than 10 years. During this period the community leaders and the partner have established a working alliance based on the principles of respect and recognition of the rights of the people, as well as support for the defence of natural resources within their territories and the provision of public services such as electricity. As a result, the partner has facilitated trainings inspired in the ecological approach with women, ancestral authorities and community leaders. The wider issues and shared challenges are around care of all natural resources, forests, food agriculture based on an agro-ecological approach, as well as the generation, transport and distribution of household electricity through the construction of micro-hydroelectric plants. The partner organised consultation processes. Targeted communities will be in the center of each activity in order to guarantee an integral and realistic restoration and protection of the gallery forests.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Asociación Colectivo Madre SelvaCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk17073.170717073.1707CAFOD General Funds17073.1700Asociación Colectivo Madre SelvaGB-CHC-285776-GUA197CAFODThis 3 year project "Strengthening the leadership of networks of women and people with HIV, for peace and security in the Diocese of La Verapaz, through alternatives that promote personal, family, economic and social development" aims to contribute to the empowerment of men and women in Alta Verapaz to promote spaces free of violence, stigma and discrimination and access to health and justice services, based on human rights and safeguards. This project is to follow work implemented in previous years under GUA180, GUA183, GUA188 and GUA191 projects with Pastoral Social Caritas Diocese of Verapaz, Guatemala. Outcome 1 6 municipal women's networks for the prevention of violence improve their agricultural production, through crop diversification based on agroecological systems and promotion of community banks, for environmentally friendly food security and skills to adapt to climate change, with active participation of men and women. Outcome 2 Men and women in Verapaz contribute to the prevention of violence against women, HIV and advanced HIV through education, orientation and information based on human rights, interreligious dialogue and cultural relevance in the context of COVID. Outcome 3 Governmental organizations have been approached for holistic and integrated services to victims of gender-based violence and people with HIV.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk68000.000041007.874042358.500068000.0000CAFOD General Funds41007.8740CAFOD General Funds42358.5000CAFOD General Funds68000.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz41007.8700Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz21179.2500Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la Verapaz21179.2500Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA198CAFODThe aim of the project is to contribute to poverty reduction and improve the life of vulnerable people - (single) women, widows and subsistence-level farmers, by improving community self-organisation, with the participation of community authorities and leaders. This will involve planning activities or actions that are more holistic for their development. In addition, the aim is to improve family production and consumption of local food, generating an active local alternative economy, with egalitarian and equitative participation. Agroecological production processes will be promoted, which will enable producers and small-scale farmers to use their own resources to establish relevant producing systems, generating family income by transforming and marketing products with added value. The project will also support community production and marketing networks that have been established with the partner's accompaniment in previous projects, so that these networks can grow and develop. Similarly, in previous projects CAFOD has supported, climate and seasons have been monitored, and the partner will work with other institutions to analyse and interpret the data, to enable climate prediction for the region. Finally, the Parish Social Outreach technical team will be strengthened, consolidating its structure and effective operation.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Parroquia La NatividadCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk28444.140427100.322827100.322825494.377728444.1404CAFOD General Funds27100.3228CAFOD General Funds27100.3228CAFOD General Funds25494.3777CAFOD General Funds28444.1400Parroquia La Natividad13550.1600Parroquia La Natividad13550.1600Parroquia La Natividad13550.2400Parroquia La Natividad13550.0800Parroquia La NatividadGB-CHC-285776-GUA199CAFODThe project aims to accompany migrants and refugees in Guatemala in their search for a dignified life on a personal, family and social level. Progress has been made in not only humanitarian, emotional and legal care, but it is necessary to strengthen the capacities to be protagonists of their own processes. The focus will be given to the urgent need to provide comprehensive wellbeing to Nicaraguan refugee applicants, who are in very unfavourable conditions due to the acts of violence that have occurred as a result of state repression in that country. Accompaniment will be provided in alliance with other social organisations in order to protect human rights and support the inclusion in different systems and social spaces in Guatemala, such as primary care: psychological first aid, emotional support, training in entrepreneurship, among others. The project also includes a multimedia awareness-raising campaign to reduce the rejection of migrants, highlighting the risks that they take on their way to North American territory. The partner and allies will guarantee security conditions for the displaced persons and guarantees to avoid they are deported.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas RadiofónicasCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk25632.520625632.5206CAFOD General Funds25632.5200Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas RadiofónicasGB-CHC-285776-GUA200CAFODThe US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has made official El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) for the Pacific Ocean from 8 Jun'23, which represents prolonged episodes of hydro-meteorological drought and sudden & strong focused precipitation which may generate emergency conditions in the short & long term. According to INSIVUMEH (National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology) a prolonged rainfall is expected to greatly affect small farmers livelihoods in rural areas (rainfall lower than expected). By the end of May, Alta Verapaz (AV) registered a rainfall deficit, with greater influence in lower areas (Polochic zone and "Franja Transversal del Norte"). According to FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation), the El Niño impact will affect agricultural production and will increase food prices and Food and Nutritional Insecurity (INSAN), foreseeing a high probability of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 yrs associated with acute malnutrition and its severe manifestations. Currently, corn production identified a tendency to low production that it will be visible during the August-September harvest season, generating emergency and food crisis scenarios affecting rural population with greater intensity. Malnutrition in AV is not a seasonal condition, it derives from historical inequality and social coercion, generating complicated situations for access to basic and public services for the most vulnerable families. In 2018: 137 children died; 4 out of every 100 children, from complications related to malnutrition. Mostly marked in the municipalities of Panzós & La Tinta, AV. It's necessary to have food available to reduce acute malnutrition cases; on the other hand, also important to provide inputs to prevent diseases transmitted by water & food such as acute diarrhoea. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk30000.000030000.0000CAFOD General Funds30000.0000Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA201CAFODIn the first days of November, a cold front typical of the season, in contrast with the last days of the rainy season for some regions of the country, has caused heavy rains that have affected at least 4 million 368 thousand 452 people in Guatemala, according to a report by the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED). The incidents of the last hours are part of the 1 thousand 467 registered during the 2023 rainy season, which has left 65 people dead. It is estimated that rains and flooding have affected already over 4 million people. According to the INSIVUMEH forecast, for November 2023, three cold fronts with low temperatures, frost, intense winds, strong waves, abundant cloudiness and drizzle could be registered. This could endanger the health and lives of people who have been left homeless, who are in temporary shelters and those housing and road infrastructures that are already affected and at high and moderate risk. The most vulnerable sectors of the population, indigenous people, women, young people, children, the elderly and people with disabilities who already live in conditions of poverty and extreme poverty and depend directly on agricultural production and day labour, are even more affected. Our partner ASUVI in Quiche has reported devastation in several rural communities due to the overflow of rivers. Community leaders have also reported families have been displaced and have sought shelter in public spaces or with relatives. Families have lost many properties and assets. Food insecurity was already a severe issue in Quiche as a result of failed crops due to El Niño. This project will provide emergency food assistance( food baskets, in kind) to 390 vulnerable HHs in 1) Batzchocola, 2)Trapichitos del municipio de Nebaj, 3) Pico de Oro del municipio de Chajul y 4) Nueva Esperanza Sachina, Uspantán. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Asociacion Unidos por la VidaCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk31385.264431385.2644CAFOD General Funds31385.2600Asociacion Unidos por la VidaGB-CHC-285776-GUA204CAFODThis is a consortium project between 2 partners ACCH and Madre Selva. Each partner has designated roles within this consortium project although in WP appears as 2 different projects GUA204 and GUA205 Varied unique ecosystems can be found in Pajuil-Satán micro-watershed in Zona Reina, Quiché. Indigenous people live in poverty as a consequence of climate change, biodiversity loss and harmful food systems which degrade natural resources in the area. This project presents a bottom-up and evidence-based approaches to increase resilience with a focus on strengthening the capacities of indigenous leaders and local organisations to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and become conservation champions will contribute to containing the environmental crisis. This initiative is part of a pilot project scheme that will develop ICD2628 (presented to Darwin Initiative) on a smaller scale, in order to accumulate relevant experience and learning for future experiences. The linked initiative is GUA205. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Anonymous - excluded for security reasonsCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk56692.913356692.9133CAFOD General Funds56692.9100Anonymous - excluded for security reasonsGB-CHC-285776-GUA205CAFODThis is a consortium project between 2 partners ACCH and Madre Selva. Each partner has designated roles within this consortium project although in WP appears as 2 different projects GUA204 and GUA205 Varied unique ecosystems can be found in Pajuil-Satán micro-watershed in Zona Reina, Quiché. Indigenous people live in poverty as a consequence of climate change, biodiversity loss and harmful food systems which degrade natural resources in the area. This project presents a bottom-up and evidence-based approaches to increase resilience with a focus on strengthening the capacities of indigenous leaders and local organisations to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and become conservation champions will contribute to containing the environmental crisis. This initiative is part of a pilot project scheme that will develop ICD2628 (presented to Darwin Initiative) on a smaller scale, in order to accumulate relevant experience and learning for future experiences. The linked initiative is GUA204. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Asociación Colectivo Madre SelvaCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk61417.322861417.3228CAFOD General Funds61417.3200Asociación Colectivo Madre SelvaGB-CHC-285776-GUA206CAFODThe project aims to support radio broadcasting, multimedia content and networking to produce and disseminate alternative news based on research journalism highlighting the situation of indigenous communities that defend their collective and land rights in Guatemala. The skills of community journalists will improve not only in technical terms but also providing a wider approach to protect themselves as human rights defenders and relevant actors for the democratic process in this country covering some of the most sensitive issues related to discrimination and social exclusion. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas RadiofónicasCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk27559.055125362.318825362.318827559.0551CAFOD General Funds25362.3188CAFOD General Funds25362.3188CAFOD General Funds13779.5300Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas13779.5300Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas Radiofónicas12681.1600Federación Guatemalteca de Escuelas RadiofónicasGB-CHC-285776-GUA207CAFODNOAA scientists predict a rapid transition to La Niña conditions, which are conducive to hurricane activity in the Atlantic and will affect Guatemala. As of July 2024, Beryl had strengthened into the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane. 1. Identify/equip shelters with NFI kits: Items: box of detergent powder, two packets of dish soap, basins, buckets, barrel, plastic box, sanitary towels and calcium hypochlorite tablets. 2. Strengthen community leaders to manage/prep local shelters inc. identif evacuation routes and safe places, provision of items, and WASH awaren. sess. 3. Food distribution x 162 vulner. HHs: 9 bags of incaparina of 400 gr, 2 pounds of salt, 13 bags of rice - 400 gr, 15 bags of black beans- 400 gr, 10 bags of noodles- 200 gr, 1L oil, 1 bundle of brown sugar, 1 bag of powdered milk - 400 gr. Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Asociacion Unidos por la VidaCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk19841.269819841.2698CAFOD General Funds19841.2700Asociacion Unidos por la VidaGB-CHC-285776-GUA208CAFODThe project co-funded with Trocaire will take place in the Polochic, focusing on the Flood Early Warning System already installed, Municipal Strengthening and advocacy, follow-up to local strengthening within the framework of COLREDES, development of high-level training events oriented towards diploma courses, seminars, forums. Strategies: - Develop comprehensive programmes in vulnerable communities. - Promoting economic justice and citizen participation - Respond to humanitarian emergencies in crisis-affected communities. - Advocate for public policies and raise awareness on key development issues, including gender and safeguarding. R1. Women and men from the most vulnerable communities develop disaster and crisis response preparedness actions, considering protection principles and ensuring an inclusive, dignified and safe response. R2. Organisations and local authorities apply principles of protection, safeguarding and prevention of gender-based violence in the implementation of disaster and crisis preparedness and response processes in vulnerable communities. R3. Organised vulnerable communities work in a coordinated framework to respond and recover from disasters and crises, including access to differentiated protection mechanisms. The gender approach is based on the contextual analysis of power relations from an inclusive position, prioritising not only the needs of women but also their dignity through their participation, recognising their talents and leadership without underestimating men, since both should be protagonists of development with equity and justice. Among these work methodologies are "new masculinities and femininities", which are implemented as transversal measures in all the projects promoted by Pastoral Social Caritas.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk14724.409414724.4094CAFOD General Funds14724.4100Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA209CAFODIn the Polochic Valley, particularly in the municipality of Panzós, unstable environmental conditions generate recurrent flooding due to annual overflows of the Polochic River. Since storms Eta and Iota in 2020 through 2025, floods have repeatedly damaged homes, livelihoods, and community safety. The population is highly vulnerable: indigenous women live in poverty and exclusion and face GVB before, during and after emergencies; children, older persons and persons with disabilities are rarely considered in response plans; and communities located in high-risk areas suffer constant impacts on livelihoods and mental health. DRM responses remain insufficiently inclusive. Violence is structural and linked to poverty and limited access to justice—8/10 people in Alta Verapaz live in poverty and many households face food insecurity. Official records show high levels of violence against women across the department. Floods increase women’s risks because they evacuate last while caring for dependents, shelters lack protection protocols and crop losses deepen economic violence and food insecurity. The project aims to transform the critical vulnerability of Indigenous communities where climate crisis and gender inequality intersect. Increasing multi-hazard events exceed local response capacity, while systemic exclusion exposes women to differentiated risks during emergencies. The intervention targets 5 communities in Panzós and focuses on strengthening women’s leadership within CONRED local structures (COLRED). The initiative is based on the principle that DRM without gender inclusion is ineffective. By strengthening local capacities and promoting women’s leadership in preparedness and response, the project seeks to reduce disaster impacts while addressing social conditions that enable GVB. The expected outcome is a comprehensive safety model with stronger response plans, protection networks and institutional coordination ensuring safe, equitable and resilient communities.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk29629.629629629.6296CAFOD General Funds14814.8100Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA210CAFODGuatemalan women, particularly Maya Q’eqchi’ indigenous women in the project’s intervention area, face multiple forms of violence. They have limited opportunities to participate in decision-making processes within their villages, communities, and municipalities, and even fewer at the departmental level. This situation, which has become normalized, represents a serious violation of the human rights of indigenous women, who are routinely exposed to patriarchal and GVB. Despite the existence of legal frameworks and protocols for the prevention and response to violence against women, as well as institutions responsible for their implementation, the State response remains insufficient and inconsistent. As a result, many women are unable to fully exercise their rights or access justice when facing violence. PSCV proposes strengthening 2 municipal women’s networks in Lanquín and Chamil (San Juan Chamelco) to prevent violence against women. These networks will provide safe spaces where women can build empowerment at the individual, family, community, and municipal levels. The project will implement agroecology schools alongside a violence prevention methodology to strengthen leadership, promote collective organization, and enhance women’s economic and productive autonomy. The project will also support the identification, accompaniment, and referral of cases of violence against women and domestic violence in the intervention municipalities. Advocacy will be carried out within the Public Prosecutor’s referral network and with the Municipal Office for Women to promote more effective and humane responses from justice institutions and to improve survivors’ access to justice. Key actors such as religious leaders, community leaders, civil society organizations, foundations working on violence prevention, and the Municipal Office for Women will be engaged through strategic alliances to support the implementation of the project and contribute to achieving its intended results.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk37037.037037037.0370CAFOD General Funds18518.5200Pastoral Social - Caritas, Diocesis de la VerapazGB-CHC-285776-GUA211CAFODThis project addresses the interconnected challenges of poverty, gender inequality, food insecurity and limited access to safe water affecting indigenous families in the communities of Quiacchaj (Joyabaj) and Chunimá sector alto (Chichicastenango), in the department of Quiché, Guatemala. In this region—one of the poorest in the country—many families depend on subsistence agriculture, while limited access to safe drinking water contributes to high rates of gastrointestinal diseases and chronic malnutrition among children. At the same time, deeply rooted patriarchal norms restrict women’s participation in household and community decision-making. The project aims to improve the quality of life, economic resilience and community wellbeing of indigenous women and their families, recognising that women play a central role in family livelihoods but often have limited access to productive resources, economic opportunities and leadership spaces. A distinctive feature of this initiative is its holistic approach to social transformation, working simultaneously at the individual, family and community levels. The project promotes dialogue, reflection and collective learning rooted in the principle of complementarity within the Mayan worldview, strengthening family relationships and shared responsibilities as a foundation for expanding women’s participation and leadership. The project combines three key strategies: improving access to safe drinking water; strengthening women’s economic capacities through agroecological production, small livestock initiatives and savings groups; and promoting social cohesion and community organisation. By linking water access, sustainable livelihoods and culturally grounded social transformation, the project seeks to enable indigenous women and their families to build healthier lives, stronger local economies and more inclusive communities.Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD)Asociacion Unidos por la VidaCAFODcafod@cafod.org.uk22222.222222222.2222CAFOD General Funds