After more than eight years of psychosocial and development work through which women and children have been able to: 1) discuss the origins of the war, 2) understand the impact of the war on mental health, 3) analyze the condition of women in Guatemala, and 4) develop projects to meet their psychosocial needs in Chajul, the Association of Maya Ixil Women – New Dawn project has extended its work to rural villages surrounding the town. Through creative workshops and organizational development training they are accompanying women in these remote areas in the development of material and psychosocial resources to confront the painful and longstanding legacy of state-sponsored violence and war.

This year’s grant will enable ADMI to extend its work to the villages, and develop popular education manuals and teaching resources that will be used by local women in this work. Through our continuing partnership with the group, we hope to learn more about this ongoing work and to share that information in the United States through our educational programming.