5. ALAS
Guate-a-la-Gourmet
Fair Trade Gourmet Food Line
Helping small producers.
Adding value to
Guatemalan agriculture.
Offering quality gourmet,
organic, and functional
foods.
Generating holistic
development in rural
areas of Guatemala.
Supporting education.
Lessen malnutrition,
unemployment,
migration, delinquency.
6. ALAS
Education Project San Antonio
Displaced Refugee School
Elementary School
High School
Satellite University Campus
7. DIGA
What: Engineering projects in water, sanitation, hygiene,
education and healthcare
Why: Support rural Guatemala and promote education, health
and economic growth
Who: Rural neglected areas and people groups of Guatemala
Where: Guatemala, primarily Quiche department
How: Facilitating relationships and partnerships between
international and national funders with on the ground
needs in Guatemala
Desarrollo de Infraestructura en GuatemalA =
Infrastructure Development in Guatemala
10. DIGA Current Projects
San Antonio Roof Project:
Replacement of 14 year old roof
12 buildings in total
New roof material to withstand weather
700 Sheets needed
Budget: ~ $17,000
Group of volunteers that serve as a national and international organizational bridge for the neglected people groups of Guatemala
Group of volunteers that serve as a national and international organizational bridge for the neglected people groups of Guatemala
Over 120 students
Decendents of 410 families dropped off by helicopter after the 36 year civil war
What: We aim to create, facilitate, and develop sustainable engineering solutions to provide access to the basic human needs of water, sanitation, hygiene, education and healthcare.
Why: The goal of these projects is to develop, assist, and support rural areas of Guatemala. These projects aim to use engineering principles to promote education, health, and economic growth.
Who: These projects aim to serve the rural and neglected communities of Guatemala. These communities are the heart of our projects, which seek to empower and lift up these people groups.
Where: We are working in the Quiché department of Guatemala with projects in the Municipality of Canillá and the Municipality of Uspantan. Currently we are requesting projects in all departments of Guatemala.
How: We are facilitating relationships and connections and bridging intellectual and financial funding between national organizations, community leaders, local governments, and international NGO’s.
What: provide new potable water system
Why: currently does not have a year round source of clean water that is easily accessible, walking 1.5 hours several times a day carrying water
Who: 330 indigenous Mayan men, women, children relocated after the civil war, speak Quiche and some speak Spanish
Where: in quiche department in the mountains in the middle of Guatemala
How: developing a distribution and disinfection system with EWB-RTP, assisting in community visits and check-ins with the community easily facilitated by being in country
Houses 6 classrooms, library, art room, computer room, teachers housing, adminitstrative office, and teachers work room
Old roof is very old and leaking
New roof to be made out of AXIS acoustic thermofoil to withstand heavy rains and temps abouve 90ºF
12 different Aldeas in need of cookstoves
~$100 per stove?
12 different Aldeas in need of cookstoves
~$100 per stove?
12 different Aldeas in need of cookstoves
~$100 per stove?
12 different Aldeas in need of cookstoves
~$100 per stove?