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Community Service Programs

UPAVIM is a base organization that has thirteen years of experience in the development of a variety of programs for the collective benefit of the population of La Esperanza, a marginalized area of Guatemala City. The organization has worked arduously to improve the situation of poor women and their families, and has become a beacon of opportunity and hope in this community. Their programs:

Generate employment -- UPAVIM has created well-paid jobs with flexible hours for approximately sixty women.

Address health care needs -- UPAVIM offers medical and dental services, laboratory, pharmacy, and courses in preventative medicine, and;

Provide educational services for adults and children
-- the members of UPAVIM, many of them barely literate when they joined the organization, have struggled to continue their studies and some of them are today students in university.

In 2002 UPAVIM opened the Center for Alternative Learning, a primary school with local teachers trained in the Montessori method.

These programs provide services to thousands of people in La Esperanza and other nearby communities. Some programs are free and the rest charge a low price. These programs are supported by craft sales and other income generating projects as well as international donations and grants.


The medical services include:


These educational services include: