http://catapult.org – Latin America & Caribbean

Hungry students can’t learn

Education is the most promising way out of poverty, hunger, inequality and oppression for future generations of women.

Goats Empower Mayan Women and Girls

Goats help build Mayan’s women confidence and the means to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities.

Safe Stoves Protect Women and Save Lives

Stoves help boost the health of Mayan women, while keeping them safe and allow Mayan girls more time to be spent in school.

Improved Health and Hygiene for Mayan Women

Latrines for 75 families will enable women and girls to advance to a new level of health, well-being, and equality in their homes and community.

Change the lives of 42 girls living with HIV/AIDS

Approximately 3,780 children and youth under age 14 are living with HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic. Help us make their lives easier.

Going mobile to fight extreme poverty in Guatemala

Support mobile technology to monitor and evaluate programs for women in Guatemala to start businesses, form savings groups, and plan for the future as a pathway out of poverty. 

Mamma Mia – help pregnant moms in Haiti

St. Damien Hospital in Haiti performs approximately 400 free deliveries a month, of which about 17% are cesarean births.

Providing obstetric and ultrasound services

Improve prenatal care and direct access to ultrasounds for expectant mothers in the Comarca Ngobe-Bugle region of Panama.

Help provide specialty pediatric care in Panama

Help Panamanian medical residents gain pediatric sub-specialty health training to provide care to children and mothers living in rural Panama.

Technology as a ticket to employment

Training girls from rural areas in Guatemala and Honduras in job and leadership skills in media, technology and design to give them a path out of poverty.