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Organization	GRACE Cares, Inc.
Region	Guatemala
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ProjectLeader	Cindy Levine

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Community Finance Guatemala is now the GuateBUENA Association! For more than four years, we have helped Indigenous Maya women learn financial literacy skills and form their own savings groups through Community Finance Guatemala. Now, we need your help to build out the pillars of our work so we can provide these 23 savings groups and more than 400 members with integral education, accompaniment, and entrepreneurial opportunities to support holistic well-being and happiness.

Challenge

Kaqchikel Maya families in the region of San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala face high rates of poverty and social exclusion. Among them, women fare the worst: low rates of education, few work opportunities, rampant poverty, and the prevalence of predatory lending practices lock these women into cycles of poverty and financial instability. Many struggle with compounding stressors: health issues, low self-esteem, and abuse can make transforming their lives all the more challenging.

Long-Term Impact

Through this project, 400 women will become more financially stable; through mutually support in their groups, they will grow in their confidence to affect lasting changes in their families and communities. As we grow, we hope to replicate our model in other regions of Guatemala to broaden our impact. Our longterm vision is a Guatemala where communities develop integrally, through mutual support, to reach true happiness in harmony with Mother Earth.