The Humble Village Project

At The Humble Village, we believe that when you educate and empower families, you bless humanity. We focus our efforts on women, who are the key to changing their families’ lives. We work with indigenous families of Mayan descent (the Q’eqchis), who live in the highlands of Guatemala on less than $1 per day. We provide them with urgently-needed nourishment, health care training and services, and education that leads to stability and the opportunity to pull themselves out of poverty. We teach simple, sustainable methods in our education and training.

Many indigenous Mayans living in rural areas are marginalized, and receive little or no help from their government. Few speak Spanish and they have extremely limited access to justice and health services.

It takes a village, sometimes more than a village. It takes the kindness and resources of others to help individuals and villages become self-sufficient and plan for a better future.

The Humble Village also knows as "Narú" in the local dialect, served the most vulnerable families of 116 communities.

1238 training and medical visits were made to families' homes.
1818 consultations were given by the Narú clinic.
2319 attendances at health education sessions
Of the 852 malnourished children and infants who were recovering, 153 improved from Severe to Moderate, and 154 from Moderate to Mild malnutrition
Total increases in WHO nutritional status: 307.
6,553 visits were made to HV/Narú's three sites
A total of 200 women benefited from the Family Planning service.
247 food gardens were created and 78 families participated in an agriculture project
160 midwifery training attendances