ALDEA
ALDEA: Advancing Local Development through Empowerment and Action. We are formerly Behrhorst Partners for Development (BPD). Our mission is to promote integrated development services that improve the well being of families with limited resources, especially in rural Mayan areas. Our vision is that communities are empowered and capable of achieving sustainable, culturally pertinent and equitable development that guarantees their right to health and well being.Projects Funded On Catapult
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Goats Empower Mayan Women and Girls
Goats help build Mayan’s women confidence and the means to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities.
Guatemala
Woman
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.
Water as life
For women in a small village outside Patzun, Guatemala, water is life, but it is also backbreaking work.
Increasing family choices for Mayan women
Contraceptive methods are not commonly available in many rural Guatemalan communities.