Central America | Guatemala

Helping people in Guatemala | ASB Foreign Aid

Guatemala has vast socio-economic and political inequalities. The poverty rate is particularly high among rural and indigenous population groups. The country is also affected by high climate variability and extreme weather events. These fluctuations in weather conditions, combined with the insufficient adaptation of production systems to climate change, have a significant impact on production yields. They threaten the food security of those who are most vulnerable.

Projects in Guatemala | Overview

These are the ASB Foreign Aid projects in Guatemala:

Ensuring food security
Strengthening inclusion in disaster risk reduction at all levels
Promoting self-determined and dignified living conditions by creating prospects for people to stay in the country
A world without hunger

Projects in Guatemala | Details

Ensuring food security

In Central America, the ASB helps ensure a food supply for a total of 34,320 people who are living in poverty and severely affected by climate change.

Project title: Food security for Central American populations affected by climate change
Project region: Honduras, Guatemala and regional (Central America)
Financing: Federal Ministry for Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and ASB’s own resources
Project volume: € 1,333,333
Duration: 01/12/2023 - 31/12/2025

Find out more about the project here.

Strengthening inclusion in disaster risk reduction at all levels

The ASB is working in Central America to strengthen inclusion in disaster risk reduction at all levels. Our focus here is mainly on people with disabilities and their families, members of organisations of people with disabilities, public institutions in the field of inclusion, civil protection committees and national and regional civil protection authorities.

Project title: Implementation of the Sendai Framework in Central America: promoting a cross-border approach to strengthening inclusion in disaster risk reduction at the regional, national and local levels.
Project region: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
Financing: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and own resources of ASB, AWO, CBM, FECONORI, CUSO International, CORDES, ACOPEDIS, ASORO, PREPACE
Project volume: € 2,000,000
Duration: 01/11/2020 - 31/01/2024

Find out more about the current project here.

A life of dignity with prospects

The ASB offers 75,725 inhabitants a right to a self-determined and dignified life in the 12 project municipalities by creating prospects for them to stay.

Project title: The right to a self-determined and dignified life through the strengthening of prospects for people to stay in the country
Project region: El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
Financing: Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ) and own resources of ASB, AeA, OCDIH, INSAMI and PMH
Project volume: € 2,733,333
Duration: 01/12/2020 - 31/03/2024

Find out more about the current project here.

A world without hunger

The ASB helps 2,435 vulnerable smallholder families living in the Guatemalan dry corridor to strengthen their food security.

Project title: A world without hunger in the Maya-Ch’ortí region, Guatemala
Project region: Guatemala
Financing: Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ) and own resources of ASB and ADEPES
Project volume: € 818,015
Duration: 01/11/2021 - 30/04/2025

Find out more about the current project here.

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