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The children, communities and staff of Primeros Pasos would like to extend our appreciation to the following organizations and people. It is only through your support that we are able to continue our work building a brighter future for these communities.
Inter-American Health Alliance (IAHA)
The Inter-American Health Alliance is a volunteer-run 501(c)3 charitable organization that supports community health organizations working with marginalized populations in the western highlands of Guatemala. They provide financial, technical and organizational support to their partnering organizations. IAHA provides about 80% of the annual budget for Primeros Pasos. They work to improve access to health care and health education through the development of innovative collaborations between governmental, non-governmental, and educational institutions. They believe in the power of service-learning and in the potential for sustainable university collaborations to improve health conditions in the communities where we work and to speed access to up-to-date, evidence-based clinical information and medical technologies.
Quetzaltrekkers
Quetzaltrekkers, non-profit trekking company was founded in 1995 as a means of self-substainable, grassroots fund-raising for the functioning of Escuela de la Calle (EDELAC), a school for street children in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. They provide guides services for 6 treks between one and six days throughout the highlands of Guatemala. The proceeds from these treks provide the main source of funding for their programs, primarily EDELAC and Hogar Abierto, a home that offers a safe, abuse-free environment for children that either lack families capable of providing the same quality of care or have families living outside of a district in which basic education is available. In addition, Quetzaltrekkers host a benefit party each month, giving 50% of the profits to Primeros Pasos. In exchange, their guides receive free first aid training at the clinic.
Xelapages
Xelapages is an all inclusive website that provides tons of information for Xela's continuously growing traveler population. You can find information about Spanish schools, tours and treks, guide books, volunteering, bookstores, restaurants, real estate, night life, laundry, newspapers and tv, banks, travel insurance, buses, planes, and cars, internet and telephone, salsa and meringue, maps of Xela, driving to Guatemala, rural Spanish schools, medical tourism, hotels and guesthouses, places of interest to visit in and around Xela as well as offering discussion forums on any of the above topics.
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University has organized a central office for the Inter-American Health Alliance (IAHA). This office coordinates activities between the Inter-American Health Alliance National Organization, Inter-American Health Alliance Student Chapters, and Primeros Pasos; activities include fundraising, submission of US-based grant and research applications, supplies collection, accounting, web and media development, and “best practices” research. The IAHA central office has received tremendous support from Vanderbilt University, its Department of Latin American Studies, and a variety of faculty members and students. In addition, in 2009, Vanderbilt began offering a course focusing on Health, Development and Guatemala, which uses Primeros Pasos as a community health clinic model in a rural setting, and brings the students to Primeros Pasos for 3 weeks at at the end of the term. Students are required to participate in the Inter-American Health Alliance student chapter's meetings and fundraising efforts as a part of their service learning as well.
Spanish SchoolsThere are many Spanish Schools in Xela that support the efforts of Primeros Pasos. Click on the link above to see the participating schools.
