Sponsors

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  Wuqu’ Kawoq

  Wuqu’ Kawoq cultivates partnerships and funds targeted projects at the intersection of indigenous language rights, literacy, and the provision of medical care. Such projects include: primary care systems development, support for indigenous community health workers, dissemination of written medical resources in indigenous Mayan languages, and literacy and continuing-education training for community health practioners. read more »
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  Center of Latin American Studies - University of Kansas

  The Center of Latin American Studies is home to KU's interdisciplinary academic programs on Latin America, facilitates graduate research at home and abroad, sponsors events related to the region, and develops outreach resources for area educators. More than 100 core, affiliate, and research faculty members associated with the Center teach and research Latin America through a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary prisms, and mentor students interested in the region. read more »
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  Children in Crisis Program, Stanford University

  The Children in Crisis initiative is a Stanford and CHP/PCOR program linking life-saving child health interventions with political reform. It is the first academic initiative to address the needs of children in areas of unstable governance and civil conflict. read more »
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  Cultural Survival

  Cultural Survival is partnering with Guatemalan nongovernmental organizations to strengthen a network of 175 community radio stations across the country, many of which broadcast in one or more of the country’s 23 indigenous languages. The stations provide news, educational programming, health information, and traditional music, all reinforcing pride in Mayan heritage. read more »
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  HablaGuate

  HablaGuate is a pilot project for collaborative citizen journalism, designed for Guatemalans both local and living abroad who can send information to a Web page from their mobile phones. read more »
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  Link for Health

  Link for Health's mission is to improve the long-term health potential of individual Guatemalans by initiating and supporting collaborative efforts among healthcare providers, development organizations and other non-profits. read more »
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  Municipality of Patzún

  Patzún was founded in the twelfth century, long before the Spanish conquest. It is an important town in the Kaqchikel-speaking part of Guatemala. The name of the town derives from two Kaqchikel words, "Pa" and "Su'm", which together mean "Place of the Sunflowers." read more »