Centro Gumilla

Founded in 1968, Centro Gumilla is a think tank based in Caracas, Venezuela working on community development, poverty & hunger, democracy & civil society +2 more.

Fundación Centro Gumilla is a Venezuelan non-profit foundation founded in 1968 and inspired by the Society of Jesus. It is a centre for social research and action that analyses Venezuelan social reality, publishes the journal SIC and the magazine Comunicación, and runs training and community programmes aimed at women, low-income communities and social leaders. The foundation has offices in Caracas and Barquisimeto and works in ten states of Venezuela through training coordinators. It takes its name from the Jesuit missionary José Gumilla (1686-1750).