Our savings groups help members build financial resources and access micro-loans to support small business development, which enables them to respond to the effects of climate change. The savings groups serve economically vulnerable families. Group meetings include training on financial literacy and business skills, and the program builds social cohesion by supporting women to talk about and respond to domestic violence. Members also learn about the formation and production of small family and community gardens that aim to address food insecurity and provide nutrition education. In 2024, the program collaborated with the Ministry of Livestock and Food to equip youth in planting forest trees throughout Guatemala.
To help families and communities severely hit by the worsening effects of climate change across the Central America region, our partnership with the Diocese frequently includes emergency food relief distributions.
