Posts filed under: Central America

Association of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared, Guatemala

The Association of Relatives of Detained-Disappeared of Guatemala (FAMDEGUA) has been a leading human rights organization in Guatemala since 1991. They have worked tirelessly to... Read More

Médicos Descalzos, Guatemala

Médicos Descalzos is receiving its third and final year of funding from the Martín-Baró Fund. In 2014, Médicos Descalzos was able to complete a comprehensive... Read More

Asociación Centro de Educación y Formación Maya Ixil, Guatemala

The Center for Mayan Ixil Education and Development has continued to facilitate psychosocial and human rights workshops with women in the town of Chajul and... Read More

Médicos Descalzos, Guatemala

The Asociación Médicos Descalzos works to strengthen traditional health and mental health resources in twelve municipalities in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché. Previous grants... Read More

Asociación Centro de Educación y Formación Maya Ixil, Guatemala

The Center for Mayan Ixil Education and Development extended its psychosocial and human rights workshops to four rural communities surrounding Chajul, developing training programs with... Read More

Salvadoran Association of Torture Survivors, El Salvador

In April 2013, ASST released a completed report long kept confidential containing the testimonies of victims of torture during El Salvador’s 1980-1992 civil war. Lack... Read More

Médicos Descalzos, Guatemala

The Asociación Médicos Descalzos has worked to strengthened traditional health therapies since 1993 in twelve municipalities in the Guatemalan department of Quiché, including in the... Read More

Asociación Cooperativa de Servicios Múltiples Ignacio Martín-Baró, El Salvador

The Ignacio Martín-Baró Cooperative’s Project for Psychosocial Resources for the Communities of Jayaque reports the successful completion of a needs assessment despite two weeks of... Read More

Salvadoran Association of Torture Survivors, El Salvador

The Salvadoran Association of Torture Survivors (ASST) is a volunteer group of 30 people from El Salvador, most of whom suffered torture at the hands... Read More

Asociación Centro de Educación y Formación Maya Ixil, Guatemala

The Fund resumes its support of the Center for Mayan Ixil Education and Development, enabling ACEFOMI to extend its psychosocial and human rights work to... Read More