Asociación Ak'Tenamit
+ Location:
Barra de Lámpara, Livingston, Izabal, Guatemala
+ Phone : NA
+ Last updated:
January 25, 2007
Mission:
Ak’ Tenamit now provides basic healthcare to approximately 26,000 people in 124 villages and has about 400 students in its an innovative secondary school – the Fr. Tom Moran Center – where the national curriculum has been adapted to the students’ rural reality, and includes hands-on training at the school’s farm, handicraft center, gift shops and restaurants. Graduates of that school work in Ak’ Tenamit’s programs, promoting sustainable development in their communities, or for other nongovernmental organizations.
Our original project site is located in the village of Barra de Lámpara, on the banks of Río Dulce, a 40-minute boat trip upriver from the town of Livingston. Its facilities include a 24-hour clinic, a floating dental clinic, a primary school, a training center, sleeping and dining facilities for project staff, volunteers, and dormitories for female boarding students. A short boat ride away, in Tatín, is a larger site with the secondary school, boys’ dorms, an organic farm, a handicraft training center, and an ecotourism center complete with gift shop, restaurant and bakery. The project also has a restaurant and gift shop in the town of Livingston. While money from the restaurants help support the project, they are also part of the secondary school’s tourism training program, since they are run by students, whereas the gift shops sell the work of artisan cooperatives that Ak’ Tenamit has helped organize.
+ Year Founded : NA
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