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Throughout SGP Guatemala?s 10 year experience.

Throughout SPG Guatemala?s 10 year experience, (with assistance from national and international partners) it has provided Rural indigenous organizations in the southwestern regions of Guatemala, based on their needs and priorities in the following categories: biodiversity; climate change; soil degradation; and international water, to escape extreme poverty.
The Rural community organizations have been taught through workshops on how to use the ¨Community diagnostic¨ and ¨Almanario¨ as an essential tool for community sustainability, self-esteem, teamwork, and project techniques to improve or gradually change their poor environmental practices and gender equity.
Due to SPG Guatemala?s objectives, indigenous community groups have proven that they may take ownership of their improved environmentally and sustainability
executed projects.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Asociación de Mujeres Ixchel

Country:

Guatemala

Area Of Work:

Multifocal Area

Operational Phase:

Phase 3

Grant Amount:

US$ 47,464.05

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 43,614.11

Project Number:

GUA/OP3/02/07/05

Start Date:

7/2007

End Date:

9/2008

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Notable Community Participation

Due to SPG Guatemala?s ¨Community Diagnostic¨ and ¨Almanario¨, all community participants must assist in completing the project in order to successfully complete their solicited project. As a result, successful projects have shown that when both men and women participate in all workshops and manual labor, administration of funds, their ability to positively complete and take ownership of their projects has increased, as well as their self-esteem and commitment to their future generations.

Gender Focus

SPG Guatemala focuses on improving the well-being of indigenous women, self-esteem, project involvement and leadership. In order to solicit funds through SPG, the indigenous community group?s executive board must consist of at least 3 women, and complete women?s participation is encouraged. However, men are not excluded from project participation.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project will explain the manner in which the indigenous community groups work together to improve the global environmental impact by improving their own standard of living.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

There are four different ethnic groups that fall under SPG Guatemala?s realm: Maya-Quiche; Maya-Mam; Maya-Sipacapenses; Maya-Kaqchikel

Project Results

Through execution of the project?s activities, the following results are expected:

1. The documentation and reproduction systematization of:
a. Experience from the projects and GEF´s areas of focus that include the number of projects, beneficiaries, amount of land used during the project, problems faced during the project execution, and number of field technical visits.
b. Number of projects analyzed for its excellence, lessons learned, achievements, level of community and program impact.
c. Experience and results of assistance received by advisors, associates, assistants, type of project and the timeframe.
d. Experience of CWI and ACCC projects executed
e. Documented experience applied by age-generation within the program
f. Documented experience obtained focused on projects in areas of extreme poverty.
g. Documented experience obtained through indigenous and distinct ethnic groups
h. Lessons learned from the program and projects
i. Documentation of SPG-Guatemala?s and CDN´s decision-making process and direction towards the program
j. To note SPG-Guatemala?s computerized information regarding work experience and achievements within the past 10 years

2. Has achieved locally and institutionally, to coordinate with potential co-financial contributors´, lessons learned, achievements, and project impacts
3. Has performed all activities concerning SPG´s decennial anniversary
4. Has informed the advances of activities contained in the proposal efficiently and effectively.

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