PAVA
A Successful Pilgrimage
This past July 24 pilgrims from across the country completed the 2011 PAVA Pilgrimage. We helped PAVA work with the people of Aldea Paxixil, a small, agricultural community near Tecpan in the highland Department of Chimaltenango to start construction of a 6-room addition to their school which serves 146 children from 82 families. Men from the village had already started digging the 2-meter-deep trenches for a foundation and, in spite of heavy rains, we were able to reach the point of pouring concrete for the footings --- a beehive of activity in which half the group is bringing sand, gravel and water to the cement mixer and others are carrying mixed cement by the bucket-full across planks and mounded dirt to anchor the upright pillars.
PAVA Teams Up with See Your Impact
The PAVA Foundation and See Your Impact have teamed up to provide a unique way to give. Pick the project you want to specifically provide funds for and make your donation. The funds will be restricted to that project and 100% of your donation comes to PAVA.
Community Update: La Chusita
Two years ago the community of La Chusita requested PAVA’s support to build their school. This is a village that was created some years ago by 44 families who shared a mutual dream; to own a piece of land on which to farm. They achieved this dream by buying a parcel in the midst of a big, coffee producing farm. Fertile land and a generous but polluted river flowing through their midst is what they invested in.
PAVA Foundation Transitions
Written by Darin Portnoy
For nearly 25 years PAVA Foundation has been defined by the passionate work of a small group of enormously dedicated individuals, our Board of Directors, committed to supporting the work of PAVA in Highland villages in Guatemala. Many who joined us stayed for many years, taking on a variety of roles and leadership as the Foundation grew and changed. There have been transition moments in our history and now, we have just successfully and smoothly completed another.
A Message from PAVA Guatemala: Responding to Need
Written by Eugenia Minondo de Fairhurst, President, PAVA Guatemala
During the past few years PAVA’s work has focused on development activities, education, sanitation and productive projects as it responded to evolving needs of the communities.
Read more: A Message from PAVA Guatemala: Responding to Need
PAVA Foundation
Programa de Ayuda a los Vecinos del Altiplano
Aid Program for Highland Communities in Guatemala
Map of PAVA projects in Guatemala
