PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE

Created and run by indigenous people's their aim is to promoting food sovereignty through accessible and nutritious food, regenerative agriculture practices, and seed saving. The organization is an educational and cultural hub for the rural communities that surround it and recognizes the value and abundance of medicinal and herbal Mayan wisdom that local families possess. Weaving sustainable permaculture practices with Mayan cosmology their goal is to develop tools to systematize the knowledge, preserve it and make it accessible to everyone. 

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WOMEN'S WEAVING COLLECTIVE

This center is made up of a dozen women who want to create a weaving and craft skills cooperative or foundation. They are survivors of physical and emotional violence and receive psychological support as well as legal counseling. Sales creates a communal fund for emergencies and for purchasing materials. There is occupational therapy providing a support network, they often attend workshops on self-esteem, first-aid, and delinquency prevention for their kids. Their husbands and sons participate in workshops on imagining new masculinities. 

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SOCIAL SERVICES, FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION

Various programs to help low-income families and children to grow their own food, but also to learn, socialize, receive counseling and have fun in the edible gardens. The nutrition program donates and delivers nutritious and balanced food for each family. The house construction program provides the most marginalized families with a safe and dignified home. The educational program provides scholarships to prevent children from dropping out of school and joining the workforce to support their families.

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Community organization and shelter aims to eradicate violence against women and children, and to create a safe space that provides legal, psychological and educational assistance. 

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INDIGENOUS MIDWIFERY CLINIC

This midwifery clinic is led by three expert indigenous Mayan women midwives. Their aim is to educate indigenous women about pregnancy and labor, support local communities and end maternal mortality all while using plant-based natural products. Their traditional counseling and medical practices are offered in their native indigenous tongue, following the local culture and customs.

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COMMUNITY INDIGENOUS PHYSICAL THERAPY CLINIC

Home clinic where treating patients (often at no cost) treating patients as a community bone-healer and "Sobador". He The clinic offers traditional physical therapies and indigenous plant based medicines. Volunteers and medical students can shadow during consultation and home visits.