Through your donation, you contribute to the integral community development processes of the Utz Che’ network and help strengthen our independence and sustainability. Your contributions are a direct investment in the forests and their territories, as well as in the communities that live in and protect it, for the benefit of all future generations.

The Educational Initiative for Ecosystem Conservation, Integral Health, and Agroecological Transition (PECESITA) promueve la producción agroecológica, el ecoturismo, la forestería comunitaria y la defensa de los territorios y derechos indígenas, con el objetivo de fomentar la innovación en materia de autonomía y sostenibilidad, respetando y valorando las tradiciones.

The Nueva Trinidad Indigenous Community, comprising 163 families from the Maya Popti’, Mam, and Q’anjob’al peoples, has been fighting since 2018 for a dignified relocation. The volcanic eruption severely affected their territory, which the government has declared uninhabitable. Even so, the families continue to work the land to ensure their livelihood.

The Comunitarian Funds “Joining Hands for the Future of Nueva Trinidad” It aims to raise funds to identify and acquire a new, safe land with legal certainty, enabling families to rebuild their collective future.

To facilitate fundraising, we collaborate with our partner Trees, Water and People in the United States through the ZEFFY platform. Donations to our network are secure and respect your privacy. We are certified by NGOsource, which recognizes us as an organization equivalent to a non-profit entity according to international standards. Your donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by 501(c) law through a receipt sent to your email address.

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