PUEBLO a PUEBLO

Improving the lives of Indigenous Guatemalans

ANNUAL REPORT

2010

PO Box 11486,

Washington, DC 20008

http://www.puebloapueblo.org/

Pueblo a Pueblo is a 501(c)(3) non-profit U.S. corporation whose

mission is to empower Guatemalan individuals, organizations and

communities to improve their own lives by facilitating access to

services, commodities and financial resources. Pueblo a Pueblo,

Inc. links communities and individuals with shared goals, both

locally and internationally, while promoting self-reliance through

local capacity building and support of beneficiary-driven projects.

Dear Friends,

2010 brought extraordinary challenges to Pueblo a Pueblo, including

mudslides that paralyzed our communities and a large part of Guatemala.

Pueblo a Pueblo staff, board members, donors and partners met these

challenges with perseverance, adaptability and imagination.

Your support allowed us to strengthen and reshape our programs to meet

the changing reality in the villages.

We developed and nurtured partnerships with the local and municipal

governments—partnerships to assure the long-term viability of our

programs.

We reached out to new schools to lay the groundwork for replication

of our school health and nutrition programs.

Our maternal and child health program is thriving with a new

partnership dedicated to providing outreach, education and access to

appropriate care for indigenous mothers and their children.

The first year of our school garden program paved the way for

replication at new schools and provided an outdoor classroom and fresh,

nutritious food for the children and their school.

Despite losing the physical school library to mudslides, a temporary

one was set up in a community center with bi-weekly story hours,

ongoing training of library staff and planning for a new location.

Throughout this year’s trials, our local staff proved that they are our most

valuable resource. We have emerged from the year stronger with

increased staff, improved program monitoring and vibrant local

partnerships.

We are grateful for your ongoing support and commitment to our mission

of improving the lives of indigenous women and children in Guatemala.

Our warmest regards,

Rosemary Trent Kristen Van Zandt

Executive Director President

Our Mission Our Message

Pueblo a Pueblo’s education and health sponsorship program is

designed to provide access to a basic education and medical care for all

children – especially the neediest. Poverty and discrimination remain

huge barriers to education, particularly for girls. Sponsorship provides

resources for basic education and health programs that are at the core of

Pueblo a Pueblo’s goal of improving children’s lives. We partner with

rural schools in the communities around Santiago Atitlan to ensure that

children have the tools they need to succeed in school as well as access

to comprehensive health care with our partner Rxiin Tnamet.

Child Education and Health Program

This year our program grew by 20% and we watched sponsored children

graduate from our partner primary school and continue onto secondary.

This has greatly improved their chances in creating a better life for

themselves and contributing to a stronger community.

Children in small villages of Guatemala have limited access to books and

educational materials outside the classroom. In early 2010, we launched

our school library project in the Panabaj provisional school. However

within months of renovating the library room and training staff, the

community was hit hard by Tropical Storm Agatha which left devastating

mudslides in the path of the school library building. When the storm

cleared it was evident that a massive clean-up was necessary in the village

of Panabaj, and the library was no exception.

The mandatory evacuation of the entire neighborhood of Panabaj and the

permanent relocation of those in temporary shelters from previous natural

disasters led us to make a difficult decision to relocate the library to the

new community of ChukMuk,

built to house those displaced

from Panabaj. While the

ChukMuk school construction

is finishing (scheduled for

completion summer 2011), we

are operating from an interim

community library space,

enabling us to keep books in

children’s hands.

School Library

90% of schools in rural

Guatemala lack books

Only 10% of Mayan children finish elementary school.

Pueblo a Pueblo’s approach to effective maternal, newborn and child

health is rooted in community-based programs that educate and deliver

lifesaving care for women and children that need it most.

Our local partner, Rxiin Tnamet, is key to child health, and survival,

treating potentially fatal illnesses, promoting family health, hygiene and

nutrition practices and making sure that parents seek timely and

appropriate care when their children suffer from serious illnesses.

Maternal Child Health and Education

We are working to make motherhood safer through high-quality care

during pregnancy, delivery and immediately after birth. We help to

improve mother’s nutrition and provide access to parenting

education and family planning information.

The poorest children are also the most vulnerable; we work to

decrease their risks by providing them with access to basic newborn

care and by investing in basic, low-cost solutions to improve their

health and well-being during their most vulnerable period—from

birth to five years of age.

In 2010, Pueblo a Pueblo provided seeds and expertise to help 359

children plant nutritious vegetables in an organic school garden at the

Panabaj School. Young children participated in each step, from

planting to tending and harvesting the crops, and literally ate the

―fruits‖ of their labor while learning both important agricultural skills

and how to improve their nutrition. The spinach, broccoli, radishes,

Organic School Gardens

cauliflower, carrots and other vegetables were added to rice and

soups as part of the school lunch and provided several important

nutrients otherwise missing from the children’s diet.

We want to ensure that children have a diverse diet and that it is

linked with teaching them about the importance of healthy foods for

health and nutrition.

Early in 2011, we will expand the school gardens to three more

schools in nearby communities. These schools have been identified

and a work plan has been made with the school directors. An

additional 460 children will be participating in the program in 2011.

Hunger and malnutrition can be fatal to children or

leave permanent damage, such as stunted growth

and decreased cognitive development, from which

they may never recover.

Pueblo a Pueblo’s school lunch program grew and strengthened in

2010. As many parents have to make tough choices about feeding

their children or paying for the school and health care that is

essential to thrive, we provided a safety net of hot, healthy lunches

each school day for 359 elementary age children at the Panabaj

School who otherwise would have gone hungry and malnourished.

When Tropical Storm Agatha hit the community in late June, we

stepped in to provide a healthy snack daily to children in nearby

ChukMuk, as many were displaced to this village from their homes

in Panabaj following the storm.

With access to food as the leading cause of malnutrition in

Guatemala, Pueblo a Pueblo made great strides in its goal of

alleviating short term hunger among young school children in the

areas where we work. The three successful harvests of vegetables

from our organic school garden in Panabaj complemented the school

lunch and give us hope that one day the community will be more self

-sufficient and that children and their families will be food secure.

Nutritional School Lunch

Pueblo a Pueblo is an efficient, cost-effective nonprofit organization that

prioritizes programs for children that make a real and lasting difference. In

2010, we passed all standards for accountability by the BBB Wise Giving

Alliance.

Throughout its history, Pueblo a Pueblo has spent, on average, more than

81% of its income on programmatic activities.

Revenue Unrestricted Contributions $170,708

Restricted Contributions $73,427

In-Kind Donations (non-Cash) –

Investment Income $107

Miscellaneous Income $1,466

Total Revenue $245,708

Expenses Program Services $161,589

General & Administrative $29,121

Fundraising $15,438

Total Expenses $206,148

Revenue Over Expenses $39,560

Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents $139,111

Accounts Receivable $202

Prepaid Expenses $2,833

Property and Equipment $1,892

Total Assets $144,088

Liabilities Accounts Payable $97

Net Assets Unrestricted $51,202

Temporarily Restricted $90,386

Total Net Assets $141,588

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $144,088

2010 Financial Performance

Arcana Farms

Cole Family Foundation

Combined Federal Campaign

Global Giving Foundation

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

Guatemala Families Association

High Mowing Seeds

Jewish Communal Fund

LE Phillips Family Foundation

Maya Educational Foundation

Network for Good

Samir D. Gergis Trust

The Coffee Trust

Vida Dulce Imports

Zutano, Inc.

Business and Foundation Supporters

2010 Financial Statements

Program Partners and Donors

We owe our gratitude to the growing numbers of Pueblo a Pueblo’ s supporters who

recognize the importance of investing in the health and education of indigenous women

and children in Guatemala.

Etta Abrahams

Sally Adam

Kelli Akremi

Julie and Jeff Aluotto

Mette Andersen

Roberta Anderson

Terri Ann Anderson

Stephanie Angricks

Jerilyn Anhofer

Maya Arai

Margaret Argent

Paula Atwood

Maryland Austin

Karen Bachenberg

Virginia Noel Baker

Suzanne Balduff

Claire L Bateman

Harriet Beaubien

Diana Bell

Lucy Bello

Marynoele Benson

Atul and Sarah

Bhadkamkar

Glen Blackmon

Kathleen Blue

Leonor Blum

John and Catherine

Brandon

Alicia Bravatti

Nigel Brazier

Hal Breffle

Sidney Bremer

Aaron Brickman

Mary Margaret Briggs

Marcia Brown

Bonnie Brunkow Olson

Heidi Bumpers

Sherrie Burson

Patty Byra

Marcia Calderon

Ben Calderwood

Wesley Callender

Juan Campos Paredes

Roger Caplis

Roberta Carney

Anne Carney

Richard and Vivian

Carothers

Robert Carr

Gabriel Castelli

Cedar Lane Unitarian

Universalist Church

Valentina Cedernil

Douglas Chausow

Edwina Chen

Mary A. Ciaramella

Christine Cintron

Patricia Clayton

Buerger Clemens

R. Dean Cole

Keith Cole

Samuel Collins

David Collins

Carmen Colomer Torrella

Linda Conard

Kevin Concannon

Paola Contreras

Michelle Contreras

Kirsten Cook

M.J. Cooke

Stacey Coolick

David Cournow

Rennea Courrwnyw

Alyssa Creighton

James Crowley

Judith Cyprian

Gina Daly

Jeffrey Davis

Emilie De Brigard

Carolin De Cabrera

Ana Dejanovic

James Derham

Nancy Derr

Leandre y Rosa Deu Pons

Allan Deutsch

Joan Dewitt

Gregory Dixon

Annette Dodson

Cheryl Dodwell

Marius Dogeanu

Cindy Domanowski

Eric Donnelly

Alysa Dortort

Kaye Dougan

James Downer

Katherine Doyle

Justin Draeger

Nancy Dunitz

Alan Dyer

Rachel Eaton

Duane Ehresman

Lise Ellner

Connie Erickson

Charles and Susan Esch

Diane Eyster

Nancy Ezell

John Farmer

Rosalind Feldman

Chi Chi Amor, Inc.

Melissa Fernlund

Paul Field

Michele Filippa

Richard Fiorini

Patricia Fisher

Paul Fitch

Elizabeth Fletcher

Kathleen Foglia

Marilyn Fontana

Gail Forry

Michael Foster

Susan C. Foushee

Joanne Frazer

Mark Freeman

Krista Froke

Mary Fussell

Jane Garcia

Emma Gardner

Gary Garner

Holly Garrison

Andrew Gilbart

Lee Gillespie-White

George Gilson

Amy Plaut Ginsberg

Claudia Goff

Liliana Goldin

Anthony and Margaret

Gomersall

Silvia Pilar Gonzalez

Rodriquez

Robert Goodwin

Howard Gradet

Sally Grady

Valerie Graf

Catherine Graves

William Green

Ester Greenawalt

James Greer

Gary Grill

Jon Grinnell

Pamela Grob

Eric Grodsky

Anne Groombridge

Elaine Gross

Hannah Guedenet

Robin Gurley

Ricardo Gutierrez

Robert Haining

David P. Hamilton

Helene Hamisultane

Elizabeth Hammer

Laura Handel

Jane Hanna

Michele Hanson

Stephen Harbottle

Gary Harmon

Barbara Harmony

Constance Harmsen

Julia Hart

Theresa Helein

Molly Helmsley

Carolyn Hendrickson

Alexandra Eva Henriquez

Linares

Gabrielle Herderschee

Oscar Hernandez

Ana Maria Herrera

Richard and Cynthia

Hesel

Rowland & Martha Hill

David Hill

Laura Hodder

Rayna Holtz

James F. Hopgood

Dennis and Karen

Howard

David and Karen Howe

Terri J. Huck

Lee Hults

Terri Hupfer

Carol Hurley

Michelle Hurley

Cheryl Hyde

David Iven

Jason Jackson

John and Leticia Jacob

Jacob's Ladder Preschool

Sonia Jacques

Jesus Jaen

Karen Jamieson

Kristen and Daniel Jamsa

James and Halle Jensen

Deborah Jensen

Darrel Jodrey

Michele Jolin

Quaid Kaka

Margaret Kalacznik

Marcia Kane

Rabecca Katlenberg

Leo and Margaret

Kennedy

Mary Kennedy

Mariposa Kercheval

Justin Kerr

Burton King

Susan Kirby

Ruth Kirlew

Susan Klimist

Robert Klingler

Aiko Kobayashi

Mark Kontos

Jeoffrey Krieg

Ellen Kritzman

katherine Kropf

Lehea Kuphal

Amona Kwok

Theresa Lacey

Christine Ladd

Margaret Laing

Andrew Langsam

Susan Lanham

Sara Largent

Magali Larson

Mark Larson

Mary Lawyer O'Connor

Richard Leahy

Michael Leonard

Thomas Lepore

Matthew Lesniak

Alan Levitt

Chang Lidia

Jennifer Light

Edie Linneweber

Natividad Llanos Cabrera

David Logsdon

John and Mary Long

Louise Loots

Gordon Love

M. Brinton Lykes

Karolina Maciag

Patrick Makinen

Felix Makmur

Maribeth J. Malecki

Michele Martin

Maria Martinez Peria

Blanca Martini

Chris Marzulli

Wahl Matthias

Thomas Maxwell, III

Robert and Ann

McArthur

Caroline McCabe

Richard and Elena

McCollim

Katherine McConnell

Robert McCoy

John McCoy

Stephen McCrea

Kimberly McDermott

Michael McGirr

Cheryl McGrath

Ellen McNett

Michelle Meade

Sheila Meehan

Barbara Mendel

Tony Miccio

Marie Micheletti

Sue Middleton

Board of Directors

Kristen VanZandt President

Vida Dulce Imports

Daniel Schecter Vice President

Retired Federal Executive

Justin Draeger Treasurer

National Assoc. of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Linda Conard Secretary

National Assoc. of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Justin Fugle

Plan USA

Jeffrey Sheets

T Furr & Associates

Vivi Stavrou

Columbia Group for Children in Adversity and REPSII Associate

Advisory Council Members

Louise Stoner Crawford

Stoner Crawford & Associates

James Derham

Former Ambassador to Guatemala

Nancy E. Derr

USDA

Lee Gillespie-White

Special Olympics

Dan Stoner

Save The Children

Justin Trezza

Sustainable Harvest International

Edith Miles

Michael Milliken

Barry Mohn

Lucia Moran Roldan

Paul Moss

Laura Moyer

Virginia Munez Clarke

Judy Nathan

Margie Nelson

Lisa Newman

Patricia Newton

Nancy Newton

Inge-Solveig Nielsen

Susan Nieser

Leisha Nolen

Debra Oberpeul

Gretchen O'Brien

Joan Ochi

John O'Leary

Dana Oliviera

Armando Ortiz Pascal

W.E. Owens

Cecilia Parajon

Michael Parker

David Paulson

David Peak

Miguel Pedro

Jaime Perea

Kent Perelman

Cynthia Perkins

Lynn Persson

Cheryl Peterson

David Pham

Eva Pickler

Jamie Pierce

Heather Pierce

Cheryl and Lisa Pontbriand

Jonas Popp

Hope Pordy

Carolyn Post

Sharon Prescott

Pilar Pruna

Samuel Puckett

Domingo Ramos

Michele Raney

Rosemarie Raney

Zenia Raudsepp

Emily Raymond

Beverly Raymond

Suzanne Reardon

Rowland Rebek

Daniel Redondo Zaera

Catherine Reedy

Joan Reese

Lucille Reichner

Kevin Reily

Denise Renaud

George Renninger

Don Rice

Susan Risberg

Carol Rizzardi

Susan Roberts

Elana Robinson-Lynch

Ronald and Mary Ann Rodgers

Katharine Rogers

Patricia Rogers Fisher

Katherine Rosenblum

Ruth Rosenfeld

Kathy Ruggles

John and Mary Ryan

Mary Ellen Salmon

Debra Salstrom

Jim Salzman

Mary Sanford

Katherine Saunders

Alice Savage

Annette Scarpitta

Daniel Schecter

Stephen Schecter

David Schele

Nancy and Terry Schmidt

Zola Schneider

Ernst Schrader

Paul Schraf

V. Kay and Gregory Schroedl

Elizabeth Schwartz

Ulla Sellgren

John Semingson

Claudia Shader

Lera Shawver

Karina Shedrofsky

Evelyn Sheets

Jeffrey Sheets

Sarah Sheldon

Kathleen Shore

Patricia Sieber

Kathleen Siemer

Raymond and Linda Simard

Ruth Simpson

Joel Skidmore

Kreg Sky

Joanne C. Slotnik

Nancy and David Smith

Peggy Smith

Glen Smith

Margaret Smith

John Soares

St. James Episcopal Church

Janie Starr

Vivi Stavrou

Rachel Stein

Jenny and David Stoner

Louise Stoner Crawford

William Strein

Jose Pablo Suarez Llanos

Keith and Bev Takata

Lauri Tanner

James Tatton

Deon Taylor

Sidney Taylor

Madhuri Thota

Kristin Toberman

Charles Tobler

Katherine Tomisch

Jonna Tornquist

Maria Jose Torrejon Martinez

Ruth Trent

Thomas Trent

Rosemary Trent

Judith Ttee

Kathleen Tully

Nina Urban

Anna Valdez

William Van Nest

Donna Van Zandt

Kristen VanZandt

Terry Vanbogelen

Juana Maria Vargas Marqueta

Surunda Velasquez

Melissa Wachterman

Gwen Waddington

Meanne Wagman

Mary Ellen Walker

Vicki Walker

Bonny Wardell

Deborah Waterman

John Weaver

Eric Weiser

Nancy Weiss

Rebecca Wells

Rose Wenstrup

Jacqueline and Richard

Whitmore

Dennis Whittle

Susan Wickett-Ford

Robin Wilkerson

Sheri Wilson

Patricia Wilson

Karon Winzenz

Jeanne Wood

Frea Woofenden

Lisa Wrainwright

Elizabeth Wright

Linda Rose Yates

Joel Yurdin

Margaret Zeps

Barbara Zimmer

Mara Zimmerman

Mary Zupkus