Community Center, Education
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Why a Community Center in Tzununá?
Tzununa is a small village of 2000 residents primarily of indigenous Mayan people who speak Kaqchikel. It is located on the shores of Lake Atitlan and belongs to the municipality of Santa Cruz la Laguna. In spite of the multiple economic disadvantages and systemic social issues, Tzununa is a village with a community spirit that is as inspiring as it is enviable. This makes Tzununa the perfect place to build a Center whose purpose is to harnesses the power of its citizens to create a better community for themselves, their children and grandchildren.
The new Community Center will be the hub of educational, cultural, economic and social empowerment for the citizens of Tzununa. It will be a place for young people and their families to get involved in opportunities for growing themselves and their community. The Center has a library, a computer lab, a music and art academy and a cooperative storefront and cafe for the women of the village to sell handmade crafts.
The location where the new Community Center is currently being constructed in a cluster with a new High School, a community laundry facility so women no longer have to go to the river to wash clothing, basket ball court, soccer field, public washrooms and three commercial shops. All these facilities are expected to be completed by August 2017.
We have a legal Non Profit Organization in Guatemala. It is called Asociación para el Desarrollo Educativo y Cultural de Tzununá, Chi Tz´unun Choy. Asociation for the development of Education and Culture in Tzununá, Chi Tz´Unun Choy.
Chi Tz´Unun Choy was the first name of Tzununá according to the book: Los Anales de los Kaqchikeles.
Tzununa is a small village of 2000 residents primarily of indigenous Mayan people who speak Kaqchikel. It is located on the shores of Lake Atitlan and belongs to the municipality of Santa Cruz la Laguna. In spite of the multiple economic disadvantages and systemic social issues, Tzununa is a village with a community spirit that is as inspiring as it is enviable. This makes Tzununa the perfect place to build a Center whose purpose is to harnesses the power of its citizens to create a better community for themselves, their children and grandchildren.
The new Community Center will be the hub of educational, cultural, economic and social empowerment for the citizens of Tzununa. It will be a place for young people and their families to get involved in opportunities for growing themselves and their community. The Center has a library, a computer lab, a music and art academy and a cooperative storefront and cafe for the women of the village to sell handmade crafts.
The location where the new Community Center is currently being constructed in a cluster with a new High School, a community laundry facility so women no longer have to go to the river to wash clothing, basket ball court, soccer field, public washrooms and three commercial shops. All these facilities are expected to be completed by August 2017.
We have a legal Non Profit Organization in Guatemala. It is called Asociación para el Desarrollo Educativo y Cultural de Tzununá, Chi Tz´unun Choy. Asociation for the development of Education and Culture in Tzununá, Chi Tz´Unun Choy.
Chi Tz´Unun Choy was the first name of Tzununá according to the book: Los Anales de los Kaqchikeles.
Organizer and beneficiary
Centro De Encuentro ComunitarioTzununá
Organizer
Acworth, GA
Iris Quezada
Beneficiary
