The Fund this year will continue to support the Center for Mayan Ixil Education and Development, enabling ACEFOMI to continue its psychosocial and human rights work in rural villages surrounding Chajul. Many living in these villages have returned from exile and resettled on the sites of massacres, or of villages that were burned to the ground during Guatemala’s thirty-six year civil war. With support from ACEFOMI, women from five of ten indigenous communities have organized themselves into women’s groups offering participatory workshops for women and youth in their communities. Through workshop trainings local communities develop resources and skills for addressing their many psychological and social problems. ACEFOMI’s workshops help them better understand the social realities that contributed to the armed conflict and the continuing violation of their rights as Maya women. Our grant will also allow ACEFOMI to disseminate popular education materials developed last year and help village-level group facilitators incorporate the materials into their work.