ACTION GUATEMALA!

accionguatemala@gmail.com

ACTION GUATEMALA! is a registered 501(c)3 non/profit organization in the USA. Our goals are to network and fund projects in communications, environment, culture, community, arts, music, and health... as long as it's in Guatemala, and preferably in the basin of Lake Atitlán.
¡ACCIÓN GUATEMALA! es una organizacion no-lucrativa 501(c)3 registrada en los Estados Unidos. Nuestras metas son de crear redes y encontrar financiamiento para proyectos de comunicación, medio ambiente, cultura, comunidad, arte, musica y salud, si es en Guatemala, con preferencia a la región de la cuenca del Lago Atitlán.

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Padma spent the first 36 years of her life as a musician, composer and producer, returning to academic studies in digital technology in the '90's, working in documentary video specifically with women's voices and marginalized communities. In 1996 she moved to Panajachel to realize her dissertation in Communication, using cameras as language with non-literate Mayan women in rural areas. She stayed on, creating projects and interactive curriculum with multimedia technology and internet. She founded 2 non-profits

El Centro de Comunicadoras Mayas, NUTZIJ en Solola

http://interconnection.org/cmcm

NUTZIJ has been run successfullly as a Cafenet in Sololá since its inicial founding in 1999.

El Consejo de Comunicación Maya de Sololá

http://mayacom.org/

Lonnie Cutts

Lonnie has a degree in civil engineering technology and 15 years experience in inspection and project administration of public works and large commercial building projects, from the design phase to their completion. Projects include subdivisions, garbage dumps, highways, tunnels, buildings, storm and water systems, and airport runway extensions. She has been spending several months a year in San Marcos, on the lake, since 1984, building a home, interacting with existing projects and planning projects for environmental health and education.