PRODESSA

PRODESSA - a Spanish abbreviation for The Santiago Development Project - is established as a civil society organization with a non-profit aim, it is a non-partisan and intercultural organization that supports the excluded to establish a more just and equal world where the people and persons can live in freedom, egality, solidarity and harmony with Mother Earth. PRODESSA has 35 years of experiences in Guatemala and have broad experiences from projects within the field of community development, advocay, gender equality and public quality education. PRODESSA works to support an inclusive and equal access to quality education and intercultural bilingual education which according to the Gutemalan Constitution is an obligation for the state to fulfil. PRODESSA works to promote equal access to quality education as to all Human Rights. PRODESSA is an intercultural, efficient and sustainable organization that works together with the communities, Maya-organizations and social movements that work to promote the rights of people and the establishment of a just plurinational and intercultural state. PRODESSA has throughout the years enjoyed great success with advocacy towards the Guatemalan Ministry of Education and assisted the country's education system in implementing bilingual education. PRODESSA works in close collaboration with local and international NGOs like PLAN INTERNATIONAL and OXFAM (IBIS).