PUEBLO a PUEBLO
Improving the lives of Indigenous Guatemalans
ANNUAL REPORT
2010
PO Box 11486,
Washington, DC 20008
http://www.puebloapueblo.org/
Pueblo a Pueblo is a 501(c)(3) non-profit U.S. corporation whose
mission is to empower Guatemalan individuals, organizations and
communities to improve their own lives by facilitating access to
services, commodities and financial resources. Pueblo a Pueblo,
Inc. links communities and individuals with shared goals, both
locally and internationally, while promoting self-reliance through
local capacity building and support of beneficiary-driven projects.
Dear Friends,
2010 brought extraordinary challenges to Pueblo a Pueblo, including
mudslides that paralyzed our communities and a large part of Guatemala.
Pueblo a Pueblo staff, board members, donors and partners met these
challenges with perseverance, adaptability and imagination.
Your support allowed us to strengthen and reshape our programs to meet
the changing reality in the villages.
We developed and nurtured partnerships with the local and municipal
governments—partnerships to assure the long-term viability of our
programs.
We reached out to new schools to lay the groundwork for replication
of our school health and nutrition programs.
Our maternal and child health program is thriving with a new
partnership dedicated to providing outreach, education and access to
appropriate care for indigenous mothers and their children.
The first year of our school garden program paved the way for
replication at new schools and provided an outdoor classroom and fresh,
nutritious food for the children and their school.
Despite losing the physical school library to mudslides, a temporary
one was set up in a community center with bi-weekly story hours,
ongoing training of library staff and planning for a new location.
Throughout this year’s trials, our local staff proved that they are our most
valuable resource. We have emerged from the year stronger with
increased staff, improved program monitoring and vibrant local
partnerships.
We are grateful for your ongoing support and commitment to our mission
of improving the lives of indigenous women and children in Guatemala.
Our warmest regards,
Rosemary Trent Kristen Van Zandt
Executive Director President
Our Mission Our Message
Pueblo a Pueblo’s education and health sponsorship program is
designed to provide access to a basic education and medical care for all
children – especially the neediest. Poverty and discrimination remain
huge barriers to education, particularly for girls. Sponsorship provides
resources for basic education and health programs that are at the core of
Pueblo a Pueblo’s goal of improving children’s lives. We partner with
rural schools in the communities around Santiago Atitlan to ensure that
children have the tools they need to succeed in school as well as access
to comprehensive health care with our partner Rxiin Tnamet.
Child Education and Health Program
This year our program grew by 20% and we watched sponsored children
graduate from our partner primary school and continue onto secondary.
This has greatly improved their chances in creating a better life for
themselves and contributing to a stronger community.
Children in small villages of Guatemala have limited access to books and
educational materials outside the classroom. In early 2010, we launched
our school library project in the Panabaj provisional school. However
within months of renovating the library room and training staff, the
community was hit hard by Tropical Storm Agatha which left devastating
mudslides in the path of the school library building. When the storm
cleared it was evident that a massive clean-up was necessary in the village
of Panabaj, and the library was no exception.
The mandatory evacuation of the entire neighborhood of Panabaj and the
permanent relocation of those in temporary shelters from previous natural
disasters led us to make a difficult decision to relocate the library to the
new community of ChukMuk,
built to house those displaced
from Panabaj. While the
ChukMuk school construction
is finishing (scheduled for
completion summer 2011), we
are operating from an interim
community library space,
enabling us to keep books in
children’s hands.
School Library
90% of schools in rural
Guatemala lack books
Only 10% of Mayan children finish elementary school.
Pueblo a Pueblo’s approach to effective maternal, newborn and child
health is rooted in community-based programs that educate and deliver
lifesaving care for women and children that need it most.
Our local partner, Rxiin Tnamet, is key to child health, and survival,
treating potentially fatal illnesses, promoting family health, hygiene and
nutrition practices and making sure that parents seek timely and
appropriate care when their children suffer from serious illnesses.
Maternal Child Health and Education
We are working to make motherhood safer through high-quality care
during pregnancy, delivery and immediately after birth. We help to
improve mother’s nutrition and provide access to parenting
education and family planning information.
The poorest children are also the most vulnerable; we work to
decrease their risks by providing them with access to basic newborn
care and by investing in basic, low-cost solutions to improve their
health and well-being during their most vulnerable period—from
birth to five years of age.
In 2010, Pueblo a Pueblo provided seeds and expertise to help 359
children plant nutritious vegetables in an organic school garden at the
Panabaj School. Young children participated in each step, from
planting to tending and harvesting the crops, and literally ate the
―fruits‖ of their labor while learning both important agricultural skills
and how to improve their nutrition. The spinach, broccoli, radishes,
Organic School Gardens
cauliflower, carrots and other vegetables were added to rice and
soups as part of the school lunch and provided several important
nutrients otherwise missing from the children’s diet.
We want to ensure that children have a diverse diet and that it is
linked with teaching them about the importance of healthy foods for
health and nutrition.
Early in 2011, we will expand the school gardens to three more
schools in nearby communities. These schools have been identified
and a work plan has been made with the school directors. An
additional 460 children will be participating in the program in 2011.
Hunger and malnutrition can be fatal to children or
leave permanent damage, such as stunted growth
and decreased cognitive development, from which
they may never recover.
Pueblo a Pueblo’s school lunch program grew and strengthened in
2010. As many parents have to make tough choices about feeding
their children or paying for the school and health care that is
essential to thrive, we provided a safety net of hot, healthy lunches
each school day for 359 elementary age children at the Panabaj
School who otherwise would have gone hungry and malnourished.
When Tropical Storm Agatha hit the community in late June, we
stepped in to provide a healthy snack daily to children in nearby
ChukMuk, as many were displaced to this village from their homes
in Panabaj following the storm.
With access to food as the leading cause of malnutrition in
Guatemala, Pueblo a Pueblo made great strides in its goal of
alleviating short term hunger among young school children in the
areas where we work. The three successful harvests of vegetables
from our organic school garden in Panabaj complemented the school
lunch and give us hope that one day the community will be more self
-sufficient and that children and their families will be food secure.
Nutritional School Lunch
Pueblo a Pueblo is an efficient, cost-effective nonprofit organization that
prioritizes programs for children that make a real and lasting difference. In
2010, we passed all standards for accountability by the BBB Wise Giving
Alliance.
Throughout its history, Pueblo a Pueblo has spent, on average, more than
81% of its income on programmatic activities.
Revenue Unrestricted Contributions $170,708
Restricted Contributions $73,427
In-Kind Donations (non-Cash) –
Investment Income $107
Miscellaneous Income $1,466
Total Revenue $245,708
Expenses Program Services $161,589
General & Administrative $29,121
Fundraising $15,438
Total Expenses $206,148
Revenue Over Expenses $39,560
Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents $139,111
Accounts Receivable $202
Prepaid Expenses $2,833
Property and Equipment $1,892
Total Assets $144,088
Liabilities Accounts Payable $97
Net Assets Unrestricted $51,202
Temporarily Restricted $90,386
Total Net Assets $141,588
Total Liabilities and Net Assets $144,088
2010 Financial Performance
Arcana Farms
Cole Family Foundation
Combined Federal Campaign
Global Giving Foundation
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Guatemala Families Association
High Mowing Seeds
Jewish Communal Fund
LE Phillips Family Foundation
Maya Educational Foundation
Network for Good
Samir D. Gergis Trust
The Coffee Trust
Vida Dulce Imports
Zutano, Inc.
Business and Foundation Supporters
2010 Financial Statements
Program Partners and Donors
We owe our gratitude to the growing numbers of Pueblo a Pueblo’ s supporters who
recognize the importance of investing in the health and education of indigenous women
and children in Guatemala.
Etta Abrahams
Sally Adam
Kelli Akremi
Julie and Jeff Aluotto
Mette Andersen
Roberta Anderson
Terri Ann Anderson
Stephanie Angricks
Jerilyn Anhofer
Maya Arai
Margaret Argent
Paula Atwood
Maryland Austin
Karen Bachenberg
Virginia Noel Baker
Suzanne Balduff
Claire L Bateman
Harriet Beaubien
Diana Bell
Lucy Bello
Marynoele Benson
Atul and Sarah
Bhadkamkar
Glen Blackmon
Kathleen Blue
Leonor Blum
John and Catherine
Brandon
Alicia Bravatti
Nigel Brazier
Hal Breffle
Sidney Bremer
Aaron Brickman
Mary Margaret Briggs
Marcia Brown
Bonnie Brunkow Olson
Heidi Bumpers
Sherrie Burson
Patty Byra
Marcia Calderon
Ben Calderwood
Wesley Callender
Juan Campos Paredes
Roger Caplis
Roberta Carney
Anne Carney
Richard and Vivian
Carothers
Robert Carr
Gabriel Castelli
Cedar Lane Unitarian
Universalist Church
Valentina Cedernil
Douglas Chausow
Edwina Chen
Mary A. Ciaramella
Christine Cintron
Patricia Clayton
Buerger Clemens
R. Dean Cole
Keith Cole
Samuel Collins
David Collins
Carmen Colomer Torrella
Linda Conard
Kevin Concannon
Paola Contreras
Michelle Contreras
Kirsten Cook
M.J. Cooke
Stacey Coolick
David Cournow
Rennea Courrwnyw
Alyssa Creighton
James Crowley
Judith Cyprian
Gina Daly
Jeffrey Davis
Emilie De Brigard
Carolin De Cabrera
Ana Dejanovic
James Derham
Nancy Derr
Leandre y Rosa Deu Pons
Allan Deutsch
Joan Dewitt
Gregory Dixon
Annette Dodson
Cheryl Dodwell
Marius Dogeanu
Cindy Domanowski
Eric Donnelly
Alysa Dortort
Kaye Dougan
James Downer
Katherine Doyle
Justin Draeger
Nancy Dunitz
Alan Dyer
Rachel Eaton
Duane Ehresman
Lise Ellner
Connie Erickson
Charles and Susan Esch
Diane Eyster
Nancy Ezell
John Farmer
Rosalind Feldman
Chi Chi Amor, Inc.
Melissa Fernlund
Paul Field
Michele Filippa
Richard Fiorini
Patricia Fisher
Paul Fitch
Elizabeth Fletcher
Kathleen Foglia
Marilyn Fontana
Gail Forry
Michael Foster
Susan C. Foushee
Joanne Frazer
Mark Freeman
Krista Froke
Mary Fussell
Jane Garcia
Emma Gardner
Gary Garner
Holly Garrison
Andrew Gilbart
Lee Gillespie-White
George Gilson
Amy Plaut Ginsberg
Claudia Goff
Liliana Goldin
Anthony and Margaret
Gomersall
Silvia Pilar Gonzalez
Rodriquez
Robert Goodwin
Howard Gradet
Sally Grady
Valerie Graf
Catherine Graves
William Green
Ester Greenawalt
James Greer
Gary Grill
Jon Grinnell
Pamela Grob
Eric Grodsky
Anne Groombridge
Elaine Gross
Hannah Guedenet
Robin Gurley
Ricardo Gutierrez
Robert Haining
David P. Hamilton
Helene Hamisultane
Elizabeth Hammer
Laura Handel
Jane Hanna
Michele Hanson
Stephen Harbottle
Gary Harmon
Barbara Harmony
Constance Harmsen
Julia Hart
Theresa Helein
Molly Helmsley
Carolyn Hendrickson
Alexandra Eva Henriquez
Linares
Gabrielle Herderschee
Oscar Hernandez
Ana Maria Herrera
Richard and Cynthia
Hesel
Rowland & Martha Hill
David Hill
Laura Hodder
Rayna Holtz
James F. Hopgood
Dennis and Karen
Howard
David and Karen Howe
Terri J. Huck
Lee Hults
Terri Hupfer
Carol Hurley
Michelle Hurley
Cheryl Hyde
David Iven
Jason Jackson
John and Leticia Jacob
Jacob's Ladder Preschool
Sonia Jacques
Jesus Jaen
Karen Jamieson
Kristen and Daniel Jamsa
James and Halle Jensen
Deborah Jensen
Darrel Jodrey
Michele Jolin
Quaid Kaka
Margaret Kalacznik
Marcia Kane
Rabecca Katlenberg
Leo and Margaret
Kennedy
Mary Kennedy
Mariposa Kercheval
Justin Kerr
Burton King
Susan Kirby
Ruth Kirlew
Susan Klimist
Robert Klingler
Aiko Kobayashi
Mark Kontos
Jeoffrey Krieg
Ellen Kritzman
katherine Kropf
Lehea Kuphal
Amona Kwok
Theresa Lacey
Christine Ladd
Margaret Laing
Andrew Langsam
Susan Lanham
Sara Largent
Magali Larson
Mark Larson
Mary Lawyer O'Connor
Richard Leahy
Michael Leonard
Thomas Lepore
Matthew Lesniak
Alan Levitt
Chang Lidia
Jennifer Light
Edie Linneweber
Natividad Llanos Cabrera
David Logsdon
John and Mary Long
Louise Loots
Gordon Love
M. Brinton Lykes
Karolina Maciag
Patrick Makinen
Felix Makmur
Maribeth J. Malecki
Michele Martin
Maria Martinez Peria
Blanca Martini
Chris Marzulli
Wahl Matthias
Thomas Maxwell, III
Robert and Ann
McArthur
Caroline McCabe
Richard and Elena
McCollim
Katherine McConnell
Robert McCoy
John McCoy
Stephen McCrea
Kimberly McDermott
Michael McGirr
Cheryl McGrath
Ellen McNett
Michelle Meade
Sheila Meehan
Barbara Mendel
Tony Miccio
Marie Micheletti
Sue Middleton
Board of Directors
Kristen VanZandt President
Vida Dulce Imports
Daniel Schecter Vice President
Retired Federal Executive
Justin Draeger Treasurer
National Assoc. of Student Financial Aid Administrators
Linda Conard Secretary
National Assoc. of Student Financial Aid Administrators
Justin Fugle
Plan USA
Jeffrey Sheets
T Furr & Associates
Vivi Stavrou
Columbia Group for Children in Adversity and REPSII Associate
Advisory Council Members
Louise Stoner Crawford
Stoner Crawford & Associates
James Derham
Former Ambassador to Guatemala
Nancy E. Derr
USDA
Lee Gillespie-White
Special Olympics
Dan Stoner
Save The Children
Justin Trezza
Sustainable Harvest International
Edith Miles
Michael Milliken
Barry Mohn
Lucia Moran Roldan
Paul Moss
Laura Moyer
Virginia Munez Clarke
Judy Nathan
Margie Nelson
Lisa Newman
Patricia Newton
Nancy Newton
Inge-Solveig Nielsen
Susan Nieser
Leisha Nolen
Debra Oberpeul
Gretchen O'Brien
Joan Ochi
John O'Leary
Dana Oliviera
Armando Ortiz Pascal
W.E. Owens
Cecilia Parajon
Michael Parker
David Paulson
David Peak
Miguel Pedro
Jaime Perea
Kent Perelman
Cynthia Perkins
Lynn Persson
Cheryl Peterson
David Pham
Eva Pickler
Jamie Pierce
Heather Pierce
Cheryl and Lisa Pontbriand
Jonas Popp
Hope Pordy
Carolyn Post
Sharon Prescott
Pilar Pruna
Samuel Puckett
Domingo Ramos
Michele Raney
Rosemarie Raney
Zenia Raudsepp
Emily Raymond
Beverly Raymond
Suzanne Reardon
Rowland Rebek
Daniel Redondo Zaera
Catherine Reedy
Joan Reese
Lucille Reichner
Kevin Reily
Denise Renaud
George Renninger
Don Rice
Susan Risberg
Carol Rizzardi
Susan Roberts
Elana Robinson-Lynch
Ronald and Mary Ann Rodgers
Katharine Rogers
Patricia Rogers Fisher
Katherine Rosenblum
Ruth Rosenfeld
Kathy Ruggles
John and Mary Ryan
Mary Ellen Salmon
Debra Salstrom
Jim Salzman
Mary Sanford
Katherine Saunders
Alice Savage
Annette Scarpitta
Daniel Schecter
Stephen Schecter
David Schele
Nancy and Terry Schmidt
Zola Schneider
Ernst Schrader
Paul Schraf
V. Kay and Gregory Schroedl
Elizabeth Schwartz
Ulla Sellgren
John Semingson
Claudia Shader
Lera Shawver
Karina Shedrofsky
Evelyn Sheets
Jeffrey Sheets
Sarah Sheldon
Kathleen Shore
Patricia Sieber
Kathleen Siemer
Raymond and Linda Simard
Ruth Simpson
Joel Skidmore
Kreg Sky
Joanne C. Slotnik
Nancy and David Smith
Peggy Smith
Glen Smith
Margaret Smith
John Soares
St. James Episcopal Church
Janie Starr
Vivi Stavrou
Rachel Stein
Jenny and David Stoner
Louise Stoner Crawford
William Strein
Jose Pablo Suarez Llanos
Keith and Bev Takata
Lauri Tanner
James Tatton
Deon Taylor
Sidney Taylor
Madhuri Thota
Kristin Toberman
Charles Tobler
Katherine Tomisch
Jonna Tornquist
Maria Jose Torrejon Martinez
Ruth Trent
Thomas Trent
Rosemary Trent
Judith Ttee
Kathleen Tully
Nina Urban
Anna Valdez
William Van Nest
Donna Van Zandt
Kristen VanZandt
Terry Vanbogelen
Juana Maria Vargas Marqueta
Surunda Velasquez
Melissa Wachterman
Gwen Waddington
Meanne Wagman
Mary Ellen Walker
Vicki Walker
Bonny Wardell
Deborah Waterman
John Weaver
Eric Weiser
Nancy Weiss
Rebecca Wells
Rose Wenstrup
Jacqueline and Richard
Whitmore
Dennis Whittle
Susan Wickett-Ford
Robin Wilkerson
Sheri Wilson
Patricia Wilson
Karon Winzenz
Jeanne Wood
Frea Woofenden
Lisa Wrainwright
Elizabeth Wright
Linda Rose Yates
Joel Yurdin
Margaret Zeps
Barbara Zimmer
Mara Zimmerman
Mary Zupkus