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Support the economic reactivation of 310 HHs through implementingagroecological production 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.).  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.
Scaling up the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene in 12 Guatemalan Highland communities This 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.
ACCH - Strengthening the capacities for biocentric restoration in Zona Reina, Quiché This 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.
The Guatemalan Church working on Indigenous People's Human Rights, HIV and Violence Against Women The 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.
Networking - Working on Indigenous People's Human Rights, HIV and Violence Against Women This project is an internal grant to support programme workshops to improve gender perspective and related issues on Guatemalan and Chiapas partners.
Promoting resilient economic initiatives with gender-based focus, in indigenous communities, Quiche Given 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.
Anticipatory actions to address malnutrition as hydrometeorology effect in 14 communities in Panzós The 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.
HIV prevention in Verapaz based on human rights, interfaith dialogue and cultural appropriateness The 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.
Strengthening the leadership of networks of women & people with HIV for peace & security in Verapaz This 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.
Emergency response to food crisis in Guatemala The 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.
Formation of indigenous community leaders in Central America The 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.
Contributing to Democracy, Social Justice and Peace through Community Radio This 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.
Improving living conditions in the exercise of human rights of people in Alta Verapaz CAFOD'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.
Tropical Storm Agatha Water System Rehabilitation Project Tropical 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.
Integrated rural development with indigenous communities in the Guatemalan highlands The 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.
Mayan Integral Development for a Shared Prosperous Future This 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.
Emergency response to Tropical Storm Agatha Tropical 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.