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.
Index
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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.’ 6
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
5,397 to beneficiaries 12
COVID-19 INITIATIVES
Preventative supplies granted to beneficiaries
12,215 masks and face shields
632
self-protection kits
3,334
gallons of sanitizing gel
32
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
26
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
6
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
1
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
14
supported organizations promoted local development
Beneficiaries by department
improvement instruments implemented
beneficiaries were supported in marketing
work wages generated
19
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. 30
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)
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Review y coordination
Comisión de Imagen Corporativa (FUNDAP Central)
Central Offices
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Audited by:
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Headquarters
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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
Phone: (502) 7824-2190 / 7763-6131 forestalambiental@fundap.com.gt agropecuario@fundap.com.gt artesania@fundap.com.gt
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