New Dawn GuatemalaSeattle, WA
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New Dawn Guatemala is a Seattle-based non-profit organization working in partnership with Nuevo Amanecer, a community of repatriated refugees in Guatemala. We seek to foster self-reliance, sustainability, and economic vitality within the community by providing scholarships and job training and by funding community improvement projects.
Since 2013, we have funded over 200 students who otherwise would not have been able to afford an education. |
Scholarships and Job TrainingFunding scholarships and job training to build a brighter future for the next generation
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Community DevelopmentBringing a clean, reliable source of water to the community.
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People-to-PeopleSharing the story of a community united by principles of social justice
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Since 2013 New Dawn Guatemala has provided scholarships for over 130 students who otherwise would be unable to afford an education. All students live in the repatriated community of Nuevo Amanecer and the surrounding area. Please help New Dawn Guatemala to continue helping kids like Erika to achieve their dreams of becoming teachers, nurses, doctors, and more!
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New Dawn Guatemala Co-Founder, Joe Szwaja, provides a brief overview of New Dawn Guatemala and the history of the struggles the community had to overcome in order to build a community based on democracy, social justice, and equality.
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About Nuevo Amanecer |
Nuevo Amanecer is community founded in 1998 by ex-refugee Guatemalans. The community is built on principles of social justice, democracy, and sustainability. About 60 families live and work within this growing community located in the Department of San Marcos near the city of Coatepeque (see map).
Since 2012, New Dawn Guatemala worked in solidarity with Nuevo Amanecer to provide scholarships, job training, and various sustainable community development projects. |