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Living to Serve

San Cristóbal Verapaz, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

HealthPoverty & HungerEducationWater & Sanitation
NGORegional reach
Profile last updated: August 21, 2026

About

Living to Serve is a non-governmental organisation based in San Cristóbal Verapaz, Guatemala working on health, poverty & hunger, education +4 more.

Living to Serve (also known as Living to Serve / AVIS) is a Christian non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in San Cristóbal Verapaz, Guatemala. It works with low-income families in rural and remote communities of Alta Verapaz, running health and education programmes, coordinating medical and dental clinics with visiting volunteer teams, providing food for families and elderly people, and installing improved stoves and water filters. It also runs a feeding programme and works with more than 20 churches and mission teams.

Location

San Cristóbal Verapaz, Guatemala

Organisation type

NGO

Focus areas

Christianhumanitarianmedical clinicsdental clinicseducationnutritionAlta VerapazGuatemala

Languages

ENES

Causes & programmes

Causes

HealthPoverty & HungerEducationWater & SanitationElderly careCommunity developmentChildren & Youth

Works for

ChildrenFamiliesElderly peoplePeople in povertyPatientsCommunities

How they work

Direct servicesCommunity programmesVolunteer programmes

Programmes

Preventative Health

Health · Guatemala

Health programme that includes nutrition work to prevent conditions such as cleft lip or palate and remedial care for affected children.

Elderly Care

Elderly care · Guatemala

Visits to the homes of elderly people in remote areas to provide food and company.

Education program

Education · Guatemala

Education for students from remote communities in Alta Verapaz.

Countries of operation

Guatemala

Funding & support

Ways to support

VolunteerSponsorship

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