The Martín-Baró Fund renewed its grant to the Center for Mayan Ixil Education and Development, which works with youth and women in Chajul and its surrounding rural villages, an area profoundly affected by more than thirty-six years of civil war and poverty. This year’s grant to ACEFOMI will serve to reinforce the work that the women have done in the community. They will hold multiple workshops in each of five identified indigenous communities. The workshops will address mental health and human rights issues, analyze the problems that led to the armed conflict and its psychological effects on the community members, and focus on how to minimize negative risks affecting youth and women.