We work with financial support for institutional and project funding.
We appreciate all supporters, both individuals and organizations.
Please contact us to talk about how we can partner on this sustainable development work in the communiities.
https://aprosarstun.org/how-you-can-help/
Contact us by phone or email. https://aprosarstun.org/contact-us/
From time to time, the local Municipality of Livingston implements projects in the communities and collaborates with APROSARSTUN in the implementation of these projects.
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Ak’Tenamit, The Guatemala Tomorrow Fund, is an established indigenous community development organization based nearby. The Guatemala Tomorrow Fund promotes long-term solutions to poverty through programs in health, education and family income generation. It operates a boarding school that teaches academic and vocational skills, with all students completing a practicum in hospitality/ecotourism or sustainable development. Ak’Tenamit provided the inspiration for the development of APROSARSTUN and continues to provide volunteers.
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For many years Aprosarstun worked with the American organization, Ecologic, on sustainable development projects benefiting the environment. Even though the work of Ecologic has ceased, the benefits of this work continues in the communities and in the expertise of the organization.
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https://www.facebook.com/MARFund/videos/1693358251079261
With funding from the Mesoamerican Reef Fund, APROSARSTUN and Ecologic completed a mangrove restoration project. The artisanal fishers of the communities of San Juan and Barra Sarstún received training and actively participated in the conservation, restoration and monitoring of the mangroves of the Guatemalan Atlantic.
Read the article by Lucy Calderon.
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S.H.A.R.E. is a Canadian-based non-profit that provides funding to agriculturally-based communities in developing countries, with a focus on Central and South America. S.H.A.R.E. supports APROSARSTUN with funding for agricultural production, rural enterprise, improved stoves, corn mills, latrines, water systems and water filtration projects.
Canadians wishing to receive a tax receipt for supporting our work can contact S.H.A.R.E. https://shareagfoundation.org/contact/
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APROSARSTUN worked to facilitate the work of Contour Lines Corp. in the area. Contour Lines is an organization that works to extend the ecological mindset and to promote reforestation and regenerative agriculture making agreements directly with groups of farmers. In each project, locals are quickly trained and involved in projects planting trees, cultivating food systems and transitioning landscapes to restore ecosystems. https://contourlines.org/
Managing Project Funding
- Strengthening of Agrobiodiversity in the Region, a project implemented through the Indigenous and Peasant Agrobiodiversity Program in Central America (PAICC) executed by ACICAFOC and funded by the German Ministry of Cooperation through KFW Bank.
https://www.acicafoc.org/organizaciones/asociacion-maya-sarstun
Forest nurseries were established with native seeds to establish 25 acres of agroforestry plots worked by 50 agriculture producers. This project contributes to preserving local biodiversity and traditional agriculture systems.
