The Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund
Jupiter, FL, United States
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Founded in 1993, The Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund is a charity based in Jupiter, United States working on education, health, community development +5 more.
The Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund is a US 501 nonprofit established in 1993 to raise funds for Asociación Ak Tenamit, a Guatemalan organisation founded in 1992 by Steve Dudenhoefer with Qeqchi Maya leaders. It supports Indigenous communities in Guatemala, mainly in the Río Dulce area of Izabal and in Petén, through vocational boarding schools, health programmes, sustainable agriculture, income generation and youth leadership. Ak Tenamit's students come from 11 departments and 10 Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean groups. The Fund's office is in Florida, with an administrative office in Guatemala City.
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Ak Tenamit vocational boarding high schools
Education · Guatemala
Rural vocational boarding high schools and dormitories in Izabal and Petén that remove economic and geographic barriers to secondary education for Indigenous youth, with a Sustainable Tourism and Rural Development curriculum and job training.
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Health · Guatemala
Health services and clinic care for villages in the Río Dulce area, expanded to 125 villages by 2008.
We Must Educate the Girls
Gender equality · Guatemala
Campaign launched in 1994 and 1996 to counter cultural pressure against girls' education, spreading to 70 village schools by 1996.
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Selected as one of the 10 best NGOs in Guatemala
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Rotary, Engineers Without Borders, Ríos Guatemala
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