2020 Annual Report - FUNDAP

2020 Annual Report Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, C.A.

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WE ARE FUNDAP A silence that makes noise.

Mission

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We are a private voluntary Foundation that seeks to promote the development of the lower income sectors of the Republic of Guatemala, especially of the inhabitants of rural areas of the central highlands, north and south west of the country, through innovative projects that avoid paternalism, and that guarantee a consistent improvement in the quality of life. All under a framework of sustainable development with absolute respect for human dignity, culture, and traditions.

Vision

Eradicate poverty in Guatemala through strategies, sustainable values of equity, honesty, freedom, excellence, respect for dignity, and democracy.

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Work regions

Letter from the President

Education Program

Handicraft Program

Testimonies

Organizational chart

Letter from the Executive Director

Healthcare Program

Agricultural Program

Hope Project

Our challenges

COVID-19 initiatives

Microcredit Program

Environmental Program

Crowdfunding campaign

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Cooperating partners

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Work Region The region served by FUNDAP concentrates on almost 50% of the population of Guatemala, where the average poverty rate exceeds 65%.

146,512

people served in 2020 110,384

36,128

women

men

MEXICO

Huehuetenango 8,708

San Marcos 37,041

PACIFIC OCEAN

Quetzaltenango 45,078

Retalhuleu 12,185

Presence of FUNDAP

The rest of Guatemala

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Suchitepéquez 27,122

Petén

Alta Verapaz

Quiché 1,746

Totonicapán 7,815

Baja Verapaz 7 Chimaltenango 4,833

Sololá 1,749

Sacatepéquez 5

Guatemala 15 Escuintla 208

BELIZE

El Progreso

Jalapa

Izabal

Zacapa

Chiquimula HONDURAS

Jutiapa Santa Rosa

EL SALVADOR

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ORGANIZATION CHART

DIRECTORS ASSEMBLY

EXTERNAL AUDIT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

INTERNAL AUDIT

COMPTROLLER COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE

EDUCATION

HEALTHCARE

MICROCREDIT

HANDICRAFT

AGRICULTURAL

ENVIRONMENTAL

Scholarships for Girls

Nursing Assistants

Microenterprise Loans

Promotion of Educational Quality

Medical Clinics

Infrastructure Loans

Comprehensive Education and Training

Comprehensive Education and Training

Comprehensive Education and Training

Health Volunteers

Agricultural Loans Village Banking

Productive and Business Technical Assistance

Forestry Management

Nutritional Recovery

Productive and Business Technical Assistance Social Organization

Social Organization

Market Linkage

Organización Market Linkage Social

Transfer of Appropriate Technologies

Transfer of Appropriate Technologies

Institutes by Cooperative Educational Centers Business School Technical Training

Food Security

Social Organization Environmental Infrastructure

Solidarity and Support

SUPPORT SERVICES UNIT

SUPPORT SERVICES UNIT

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION

SUPPORT SERVICES UNIT

Financial Administration

Design and Communication

Treasury

Institutional File

RISK PREVENTION

TALENT MANAGEMENT

Special Portfolio Management

Selection, Hiring, and Induction of Personnel

Verification and Analysis

Personnel Files

Quality Control and IT Policies

Institutional Culture and Training

INFORMATION RECORDS Accounting Digitalization and Data Processing INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Technological Infrastructure System Development Maintenance and Support Database Administration

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Environmental Awareness and Education

THE CHALLENGES OF OUR INSTITUTION

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Habit training

Work with women

Savings, hygiene, nutrition, reading, and study.

Education, autonomy for children, potential development, and self-esteem.

Production potential

Qualified personnel, local organizations and production potential.

CHANGES Employment generation

Environmental sustainability

Social organization

Social capital

Skills and abilities

PROGRAMS EDUCATION

HEALTHCARE

FOOD SECURITY HANDICRAFT

MICROCREDIT SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT

AGRICULTURAL

ENVIRONMENTAL

MONITORING AND EVALUATION

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Ing. Roberto Gutiérrez

In the previous Work Report (the year of 2019) I addressed the topic ‘FUNDAP and technology,’ indicating in it how since its inception -now almost 40 years ago-, the Foundation has used information and control technology as a means of making its work methods and processes effective, both internally and in the relationship with its beneficiaries and cooperators (the ‘stakeholders’). It also mentioned that, added to this “cutting edge” technological vision, the Foundation’s collaborators do not lose their humanistic commitment to service. This makes it possible to arrive early with effective solutions to the needs of users, guided, of course, under the banner of respect for the dignity of each person, as stated in the postulate that, as a motto, guides all of FUNDAP’s action: ‘Development with dignity.’

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This institutional duality, technology and humanism, has been fundamental and strategic in the unfortunate year of 2020, in which the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed the dynamics with which the world was advancing. Thus, it presented us with a new reality in which the mode of effort to serve has as its central objective, which is the preservation of the lives of all the beneficiaries and cooperators of the Foundation, a matter in which they are privileged over any other interest or purpose.

For FUNDAP, having the aforementioned antecedent, that is, with that clear vision for the value of life on any other matter, has been its central task. All this without neglecting to serve its users -with the restrictions that prudence indicates-, so that the effects due to the reduction of

their income in productive activities, will not harm them beyond what has been possible to assist them with.

This is how emerging tasks were established for each of the Foundation’s programs, always trying to put the health of internal collaborators first, and that of the beneficiaries and their families. From this account, even when there have been cases of contagion, we thank God that no lives have been lost within the ´FUNDAP FAMILY´.

During 2020 and even the first months of the new year of 2021, the Foundation’s collaborators have worked -for the most part- from their homes; For this, they have been provided with the instruments and facilities necessary for their work. And when they have also conducted their work in their offices it has been with security protocols that have been rigorously monitored.

Education and health programs have been, for logical reasons, those that have received the most attention and support during the pandemic. Because of this, facilities have been provided so that children and young people who receive education and training, can do so remotely and with adequate accompaniment. The Foundation’s medical clinics have also worked to guide families on the safety measures they must follow to avoid contagion. A particularly effective case has been the work of the health volunteers, who from their communities have served their neighbors by giving them the recommendations to follow in each case.

away, therefore the Board of Directors has decided to continue with its guard up, with the central purpose of caring for the lives of each of the collaborators, beneficiaries and Guatemalans in general.

The solidarity of the cooperating institutions has also been a very human manifestation and one that FUNDAP deeply appreciates. Due to the pandemic, support and contributions have been received from various organizations that know that, through the Foundation, people, and families most in need are reached quickly, efficiently, and transparently.

It is fair to publicly recognize the Foundation’s collaborators, who were up to the task, with courage, intelligence, and a sense of human value; all, without exception, and who have tried to assist beneficiaries and their families from each program.

It was a difficult year, without a doubt, but one of many lessons learned and spiritual and human growth in the face of the tragedy that plagues the entire world.

Faced with this harsh reality, FUNDAP reiterates its commitment to service, assistance, and support.

Francisco Roberto Gutiérrez Martínez Quetzaltenango, April, 2021

Given the reasonable doubt of the end of this pandemic, to which no one can guarantee its disappearance, FUNDAP will continue to be vigilant and provide our best services for the benefit of the population we serve. We see with concern that the achievement of mass vaccination is still far 7

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Ing. Jorge Gándara

See, think, and act to continue our work.

The year 2020 was a year in which the world turned towards unprecedented uncertainty in modern times, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I would like to begin the letter of the Memory of the Foundation’s Work by trying to take a look at what is happening and comparing what we have been doing and what we can do at the Foundation. The underlying question comes to mind: what are the changes we want to make in society? Knowing that it is not about meeting goals and objectives, but that the new opportunities that are offered are sustainable for our beneficiaries.

Perhaps with three words I will try to make a summary of what, little by little, has been affecting me:

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See

Knowing how to see the needs of others is a very special gift, because simply not everyone looks at them. It is trying to “see,” in the face of the needy or poor, the “help me” because I have no one, to be able to get out of my misery, to be able to have hope, to be able to live my life with dignity. In this world where few have much and many have nothing, there should be a greater sense of solidarity. It is necessary to teach others to have this vision of solidarity, it is necessary to “see” that going through life feeling a heavy heart when we see sad realities, requires a certain courage and a generous heart.

If we do not feel compassion for others, we will not have the impulse to do the impossible to help them. We see a great example in our donors and friends, who remind us that there is hope, that they go hand in hand with us and that many stay up late in order to translate our proposals into formats that are sometimes difficult to fill out. All this so that we have the tools to reach others, which should be noted, is a great responsibility.

The potential to promote innovations has become a central facet of the Foundation’s performance capacity in recent years, knowing how to interpret the real and felt needs of the communities we serve, given the magnitude of the situations that require attention and commitment. It is to be personal, where injustices are palpable.

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Think

Things do not work out by themselves, you have to use your intelligence, ability, but above all a sense of “urgency,” because reality is in the here and now, not tomorrow. You have to put a lot of thought into making proposals for realistic, current projects. It is the same as we see in large companies, where the good manager is creative in finding solutions to the problems that arise. And we have a lot to say, because this job is as professional as the best company there is, in regards to development.

Every time we gather more value and we commit ourselves more, we have more ideas and we are more aware of our responsibility in the course of our own life, but also that of others. For this reason, and despite many difficulties, I am confident in the future.

After so many years, we do not know how far we have come in supporting families in rural areas. Perhaps we will have an indicative in the numbers at the end of each process, but this is not enough to measure success. This success has a lot to do with the passing of the years. It is when we can really say that after imparting a set of skills to the people in the communities, they are managers of their own development and, therefore, are freer.

This sustainable development embodies the principle that the people of a community can better judge and resolve the needs and opportunities of their own community, under the principle of subsidiarity.

Our activity focuses on a development or project idea, on an objective that must be specified so that others can “feel it” and, within that, the search for continuity. We follow a longterm strategy, of permanence and accompaniment, knowing that “You cannot build anything on an empty stomach.” In our society, all people should take responsibility, to the best of their ability, for their own environment and community.

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Act

In order to make thoughts and good wishes a reality, it is necessary to do things, that is, to have processes and structures, not to mention a Culture that brings people together. Since the pandemic began, we had the goal of and, thank God, succeeded in not firing anyone from the payroll; this is also development. It is precisely our collaborators who form the framework and are those who are close to our beneficiaries.

It is from the collaborators that we demand work time, but we go further, they have to “give themselves” to others, an art that is not easy, -as each one sees life differently-. Visionary, optimistic, and willing to sacrifice their own personal interests, for the good of their family, their children, and that of their community. It is to respond with agility and creativity to the needs of the population we serve.

This leads us to think about the “sustainability” of the Foundation, so that it lasts over time, because we have to continue accompanying our beneficiaries throughout their “growth” and this often takes time, sometimes years.

From there comes the whole issue of “monitoring,” being present in all of our projects, so that we learn from the good results in order to replicate them and also so that we learn from the bad ones, the latter so as not to repeat them. Likewise, we are open to dialogue about the “Quality” of the way we do things, in order to continuously evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of a project, which has proven to be an important instrument in managing them.

Finally, part of doing things well is being totally transparent and efficient in the use of the resources entrusted to us, especially with regard to our donors.

Cordially, Jorge Arturo Gándara Gaborit Quetzaltenango, April, 2021

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ACCIONES COVID-19 COVID-19 INITIATIVES

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Supported Departments

Employees directly involved

399

38% men

Virtual trainings

62% women

Prevention audiovisual materials produced

30

shared COVID-19 educational videos

1,192

posters, flyers, signs, and stickers People served

28,075

18% men

95

to collaborators

82% women

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COVID-19 INITIATIVES

Preventative supplies granted to beneficiaries

12,215 masks and face shields

632

self-protection kits

3,334

gallons of sanitizing gel

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1,116

2,039

2,489

digital thermometers

pairs of gloves

gallons of disinfection products

gel dispensers

Economic recovery initiatives

2,420

7,424

250

79,025

credit novations for the COVID-19 Village Banking line

COVID-19 deadline extensions

kg of vegetable seeds

vegetable pylons

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Education Program This program implements different lines of initiatives in order to promote the training of the underprivileged sectors in the fields of formal, professional, and business education. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this program continued conducting training virtually and providing personalized assistance, never forgetting the commitment to the families served.

48,724 people

27,177 women 14

21,547 men

Technical Training

Educational Centers

Scholarships for Girls

679

808

3,501

457

184

90%

1,242

16%

85%

Business School

Institutes by Cooperative

Promotion of Educational Quality

426

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13

59

1,781

45

people finish their basic training

people participate in technical seminars

students completed their training in Technical Centers

small businesses served (Impulsa)

businesses emerge after the pandemic (Impulsa)

young people and adults receive training

people developed technical skills

girls are supported with a school scholarship

of the beneficiaries implement a reading habit

generated income in entrepreneurial projects

institutes fully supported in their management

students served in basic and high school

391

of fathers have better communication with their daughters

schools receive support in basic sanitation

of volunteer mothers remotely trained

266

small business owners served (MBA)

teachers trained online

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jobs generated (MBA)

Beneficiaries by department

Quetzaltenango

20,820

Sololá

582

San Marcos

14,902

Chimaltenango

463

Suchitepéquez

5,712

Quiché

214

Retalhuleu

2,561

Escuintla

185

Totonicapán

2,141

Sacatepéquez

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Huehuetenango

1,143

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Healthcare Program This program provides health and primary care services in areas such as nutrition, maternal and child health, and humanitarian assistance. In addition, it carries out health training initiatives for qualifying health agents.

21,192 people

16,016 women 16

5,176 men

Technical Health School

Health Volunteers

82

547

80%

270

100%

1,118

Medical Clinics

Nutritional Recovery

23%

81%

59%

72%

761

6.62

students were trained as Nursing Assistant

of former students were placed into jobs

of students were trained in COVID-19 measures

of diagnoses issued were due to gastro-intestinal diseases

of people cared for were women and 30% were of the child population

Pap smears performed

Beneficiaries by department

new health volunteers trained

volunteers were updated in their training

volunteers carried out 84,864 health initiatives

of babies of mothers served have adequate nutritional indexes

of children from 0 to 5 years old improve their weight and 67% improve their size

pounds was the average weight of newborns

Quetzaltenango

7,435

Sololá

162

Suchitepéquez

5,784

Quiché

113

Retalhuleu

2,593

Chimaltenango

53

Huehuetenango

2,168

Escuintla

23

San Marcos

2,120

Guatemala

11

Totonicapán

727

Sacatepéquez

3

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Microcredit Program This program promotes the economic development of the urban and rural areas of southwestern Guatemala, granting loans, and carrying out training and advisory initiatives for enterprising small business owners.

61,123 people

57,621 women 18

3,502 men

Microenterprise Loans

Agricultural Loans

554

120

169

766

Village Banking

Infrastructure Loans

40

337

1,759

903

small business owners increased their working capital

small business owners had access to new credit

new groups of women were supported with microcredit

current and active village banks

new people receive funding

people were technically advised in the field

men and women accessed new financing

903 women accessed financing for construction

5,026

new beneficiaries were supported with microcredit

Beneficiaries by department

Suchitepéquez

14,859

Chimaltenango

4,308

San Marcos

13,764

Totonicapán

3,389

Quetzaltenango

13,007

Quiché

339

Retalhuleu

6,810

Sololá

297

Huehuetenango

4,350 19

Handicraft Program This program Specializes in supporting organized groups of artisans in order to promote endogenous development and preserve their culture as an element of Guatemalan identity.

751

people

409

women 20

342 men

Transfer of Appropriate Technologies

Comprehensive Education and Training

Productive and Business Technical Assistance

4

138

156

4

51

6

5

14

12

Social Organization

Market Linkage

79

178

34

30,229

women started weaving for the ADEMVE Association

artisans made fabrics for the Cajolá Group Association

artisans made the jaspers for the Cojolyá Association

women received training in business management

artisans improved their productive and entrepreneurial skills

men received training in business management

new techniques implemented in artisan production

organizations increased their development

women strengthened their organizations

men strengthened their organizations

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supported organizations promoted local development

Beneficiaries by department

improvement instruments implemented

beneficiaries were supported in marketing

work wages generated

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organizations and 26 producers financially supported

Sololá

248

Chimaltenango

9

Quetzaltenango

165

Baja Verapaz

7

Totonicapán

148

Guatemala

4

Quiché

136

Sacatepéquez

1

San Marcos

33

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Agricultural Program With total respect for the environment, this program supports small organized producers through: training, technical assistance, social organization, commercialization, and the transfer of appropriate technologies.

9,149 people

6,416

women 22

2,733 men

Productive and Business Technical Assistance

Comprehensive Education and Training

Transfer of Appropriate Technologies

3,028

2,899

65

772

202

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34

65

15

instances of technical assistance were given to graduates

beneficiaries received business support

members of organizations were assisted

women and young volunteer promoters trained

beneficiaries implemented appropriate technology

families trained in production and storage

young people developed and implemented a business plan

young people established poultry farms (for meat and eggs)

Social organization

Market Linkage

8

356

10

15

organizations attended workshops

organizations included youth and women in their processes

2

organizations updated their legal representation and accounting

Beneficiaries by department

structures were built to produce vegetables

entrepreneurs market their products

farmers start exporting Brussels sprouts

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cooperative members export 647.22 quintals of coffee

San Marcos

5,496

Suchitepéquez

676

Quiché

944

Quetzaltenango

303

Totonicapán

933

Retalhuleu

102

Huehuetenango

695

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Environmental Program This program provides services for the sustainable management of renewable natural resources. It is carried out through forest management and reforestation, basic environmental sanitation, social organization, training, and environmental awareness.

5,573 people

2,745

women 24

2,828 men

Environmental Awareness and Education

Social Organization

1,053

21

576

1

663

502

Forestry Management

Environmental Infrastructure

3,449

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participants in 940 instances of technical assistance

children and young people involved in 34 awareness and education events

people trained in training events

users of management plans in 1,400.71 Ha.

140

organization participated in 6 networks on natural resources

participants were served in 321 instances of technical assistance

forest nurseries received 400,000 seedlings

people participated in forest nurseries

Comprehensive Education and Training

479

143

beneficiaries of agroforestry systems

Beneficiaries by department

organizations worked on their forestry and environmental problems

people were trained in forest protection

Quetzaltenango

3,348

Huehuetenango

352

San Marcos

726

Retalhuleu

119

Totonicapán

477

Suchitepéquez

91

Sololá

460

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The stories of our beneficiaries Discover all their testimonies here

“Technology is a medium for creative minds” Angélica Victoria Cuá Rosales EDUCATION

“We work at home, we wear our mask, we take care of ourselves, and we keep going” Silvia Isabel Quino Calel HANDICRAFT 26

“I feel happy because I have managed to stand out as a young man with the support of my family and that of FUNDAP” Selvin Higinio Malín Martínez AGRICULTURAL

“Motivated and grateful for all the support received, hoping to get ahead” Silvia Yolanda Vit Pec MICROCREDIT

“Working in health gives me the opportunity to contribute to life” Zoila Heidi López Miranda HEALTHCARE 27

“With ingenuity and creativity, I knew how to adapt the strategies learned in the context of my rural community” Floriberta Miranda Ramos EDUCATION

“With my new income I have the necessary resources to offer better products to my community” César Alberto González AGRICULTURAL

“We are happy, but not satisfied because we know that there is still much to do” Jaquelyn Aracely Montepeque HEALTHCARE 28

“I was able to generate income to meet my commitments and move forward” Ingrid Maribel Domínguez MICROCREDIT

“Thanks to the dedication there are more than 50,000 seedlings, which will be used in 2021 to reforest degraded areas or in forest vocation” Pedro Orozco Juárez ENVIRONMENTAL

“Thanks to FUNDAP and the Competitiveness project, I was appointed Director of the Association.

I will do my best to get it done” Felipa Coché Quiejú HANDICRAFT

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AN OPPORTUNITY AND A HAND FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT

Hope Project

This Humanitarian Assistance project is focused on integral solidarity as a basis for personal and family development.

It is aimed at highly vulnerable families who are in situations of extreme poverty, without access to food and basic services, but who have the conditions to get ahead.

In 2020, 83 families were reached during the agreed upon six months, but, due to COVID-19, 1,174 more families were served with Food Assistance. In total, almost 6,000 people in 10 departments of Guatemala.

Families Serves:

What are the basic components and support?

Quetzaltenango

351

• Health and nutritional recovery, especially for women and children.

San Marcos

250

Totonicapán

155

Huehuetenango

117

Suchitepéquez

115

Sololá

73

Quiché

59

Retalhuleu

45

Escuintla

7

Chimaltenango

2

Total

1,174

• Basic habitability, ensuring minimum health conditions.

• Technical assistance in the areas that each family requires.

Support at the right time, trust in the families to overcome obstacles and work together, the keys for them to get back up again and have hope.

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CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN

Thank you!

Thanks to the donations received between 2018 and 2020, 50 young women continued their studies in junior high school, 28 of them successfully completed the level and 15 continue studying. Our fundraising for the ‘Becas para la Niña’ project has expanded in 2021, because the dropout rate in Retalhuleu, a department in Guatemala, is still very high.

This region has a lack of stable jobs and, culturally, women have less opportunity to continue their studies. For this reason, each young woman supported in the project receives support at an educational, family, and personal level, and is also tutored so as not to lose sight of her objective: to access better opportunities for the future.

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COOPERATING PARTNERS Cooperation Agencies

Private

Academics

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Calmo Agency (Valencia, Spain)

Texts

Jorge Luna, redactor (Valencia, Spain)

Images FUNDAP

Review y coordination

Comisión de Imagen Corporativa (FUNDAP Central)

Central Offices

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Audited by:

External auditors Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler, S.A.

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Microcredit

7a. calle 16-17 zona 3 Quetzaltenango, Guatemala PBX: (502) 7794-1800

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Handicraft, Agricultural and Environmental 8a. calle 25A-70 zona 3 Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

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