Category: Guatemala

ECOEDUCACIÓN TRANSFORMS RECYCLING INTO ACCESS TO SAFE WATER Through Comunidad Iniciativa, on June 5th, we joined the Guatemala Oriente team in implementing ECOEDUCACIÓN – Phase I, a project developed during the 2025 National CADENA Initiative. At the INEB Telesecundaria Santa Inés Institute, students and teachers collected, sorted and weighed recyclable cans. These resources will be… Continue reading Guatemala Activities, June 2026

START READY’S RISK POOL 4 ADDRESSES DROUGHT IN SAN MIGUEL CHICAJ, BAJA VERAPAZ During the week of May 18 to 22, we continued striving to strengthen resilience in the communities that are most exposed to drought risk in Baja Verapaz as part of anticipatory actions driven by Start Ready’s Risk Pool 4. This time, we… Continue reading Guatemala Activities, May 2026

FIRST TEACHER TRAINING STRENGTHENS THE LAUNCH OF THE 2026 NATIONAL CADENA INITIATIVE On April 14, we carried out our first virtual Teacher’s Training, which focused on CADENA’s DNA, bringing together educators from across the country with the aim of strengthening collaborative work and joining efforts ahead of the 2026 National CADENA Initiative program. During the… Continue reading Guatemala Activities, April 2026

CADENA YOUTH CLUB RECEIVES FIRST AID TRAINING At CADENA JCG, we continue strengthening the newer generations through the American School’s CADENA Youth Club, which participated in a first aid training session led by Jorge Rodríguez, a Guatemalan Volunteer Firefighter. Throughout the session, students learned the first steps of emergency response, including the Heimlich Maneuver and… Continue reading Guatemala Activities, March 2026

CADENA CLUB SHARES SOLIDARITY AT THE RONALD MCDONALD FOUNDATION On February 2nd, we supported CADENA Club members from the American School of Guatemala in an intervention at the Ronald McDonald House, where we visited families who are living there while their children receive medical treatment. Thanks to the fundraising efforts of our CADENA Club volunteers,… Continue reading Guatemala Activities, February 2026

SAN PEDRO CARCHA COMMUNITIES TAKE A STEP TOWARDS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS In San Pedro Carcha, Alta Verapaz, we joined the accreditation and swearing-in ceremony of the COLREDES in the communities of Tonzul Chioya, Setaña, Sehubub, and Sehache, consolidating a key community organization process for risk management and emergency preparedness, with the institutional support of SE-CONRED. This… Continue reading Guatemala Activities, December 2025

CADENA CJG CONTINUES SUPPORTING ALTA VERAPAZ IMPLEMENTING START ALERT 1006, FLOOD ANTICIPATION On November 14, in communities of San Pedro Carchá, and thanks to the support of Start Newtwork and the Guatemala Hub, we delivered solar lamps, megaphones, and tools for Local Coordinators for Disaster Reduction members in Chioyá, Setaña, Sehaché, and Sehubub, Alta Verapaz.… Continue reading Guatemala Activities, November 2025

COMMUNITIES PREPARED AND ORGANIZED TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS On October 9, we participated in a meeting with personnel from the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction’s Executive Department (SE-CONRED), as a part of the Guatemala 1006 Alert: Flood Anticipation Project, supported by Start Network through the Start Fund. This gathering, held within the framework… Continue reading Guatemala Activities, October 2025

AGREEMENT WITH THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO BOOST THE NATIONAL CADENA INITIATIVE PROGRAM  On September 5th, we signed a Collaboration Agreement with the Ministry of Education, marking the formal beginning of the National CADENA Initiative Program. Our CADENA CJG President, Verónica Levy, expressed her enthusiasm for this agreement, which will allow us to implement the… Continue reading Guatemala Activities, September 2025