Funsepa
Fundación Sergio Paiz Andrade
Mixco, Guatemala, Guatemala
About
Funsepa is a non-governmental organisation based in Mixco, Guatemala working on education, children & youth, employment & skills.
Funsepa, the Fundación Sergio Paiz Andrade, is a Guatemalan foundation that works to improve the quality of education in public schools through the use of technology. Its work includes equipping schools and designating digital municipalities, developing teacher support tools such as the Naat platform and the S.O.S. Docente chatbot, running scholarship and youth employment programmes, and evaluating the impact of its interventions, including studies on Khan Academy. Its activities focus on children, adolescents and teachers in Guatemala. The foundation was created by the Paiz Del Carmen family in honour of Sergio Paiz Andrade, to continue the mission he had started. It also has a US entity, Funsepa US, based in Beverly Hills, California.
Location
Organisation type
Legal name
Charity number
Registration
Focus areas
Languages
Causes & programmes
Causes
Works for
How they work
Programmes
Municipios Digitales
Education · Guatemala
Transforms municipalities into digital municipalities by equipping public schools with technology, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, local authorities and corporate allies.
Abriendo Futuro
Education · Guatemala
Funsepa programme whose interventions are evaluated for their effect on educational outcomes.
Tecnología para Educar
Education · Guatemala
Funsepa programme bringing technology into public education, evaluated for its effect on educational outcomes.
Tecnología en Quiché
Education · Guatemala
Technology initiative in Quiché, run with Educo, which included a quasi-experimental impact study.
Naat
Education · Guatemala
Teacher self-training platform that supports teachers across the country.
S.O.S. Docente
Education · Guatemala
WhatsApp chatbot giving teachers free curated teaching material aligned with the Currículum Nacional Base, without the need for a strong internet connection.
Tu Futuro
Employment & Skills · Guatemala
Scholarship programme offering 50,000 scholarships to young people in Guatemala in entrepreneurship, innovation and technological creativity, with Platzi and Claro.
Emplea-T
Employment & Skills · Guatemala
Youth employment project in Baja Verapaz municipalities, implemented with Plan International and funded by German Cooperation.
Implementación de Khan Academy
Education · Guatemala
Pilot introducing Khan Academy in schools in Sacatepéquez, combining tablets and computers with the platform and assessed for its impact on mathematics results.
Juntos por un regreso a clases seguro
Education · Guatemala
Initiative with the Ministry of Education, USAID and Magia Blanca that equipped schools with tools to meet health protocols for a safe return to classes during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Countries of operation
Funding & support
Funded by
Ways to support
Credentials & affiliations
Awards
Premio Nacional de Innovación Educativa
Partnerships
Coursera, Ministerio de Educación de Guatemala, Plan International, Cooperación Alemana, Educo, USAID, Magia Blanca, Platzi, Claro, Ingenio Magdalena, Interbanco, Khan Academy
Other non-profits in Guatemala
View all
AMA - Asociación de Mujeres del Altiplano
Gender equality, Poverty & Hunger +5 more
Tree 4 Hope
Education, Children & Youth +1 more
FANCAP
Health, Poverty & Hunger
Carmen L. Pettersen Foundation
Arts & Culture, Heritage
Asociación Utz Che'
Environment & Climate, Nature & Wildlife conservation +2 more
Perros Libres
Animal welfare