Guatemala – Youth Challenge Program (YCP)

Based on the promising results of the Guatemala Youth Alliance Program, USAID awarded Creative the Youth Challenge Alliance Program to continue improving the lives of Guatemala’s vulnerable and at-risk youth. With a focus on impoverished youth who live in neighborhoods with high unemployment and limited job training opportunities, it provided positive alternatives to street life and crime by raising public awareness about vulnerable youth and changing perceptions about them. ...
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Guatemala – Youth Alliance Program (YAP)

Limited opportunities in education, job training and employment left more than one million young people in Guatemala disenfranchised and a recognized urgency to address the needs of at-risk youths. Creative provided technical assistance to local crime prevention councils and designed innovative job training projects to enable youths to enter the workforce. The Youth Alliance Program, a cooperative agreement, was funded by USAID's public-private Global Development Alliance....
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Guatemala INCIDENCIA Project

Proyecto INCIDENCIA, managed by Creative , encouraged civil society organizations in Guatemala to support more effective citizen participation in political decision making processes and public policy reforms. The project built capacity in: advocacy, social mobilization, coalition building, civic education, public policy formulation, organizational development, communication and networking. It motivated CSOs in the proposal design process and distributed 63 grants totaling approximately $3 million, and 61 quick response grants totaling $246,000....
 

Guatemala Human Rights and Reconciliation Program (HRRP)

Creative implemented the Human Rights and Reconciliation Program in Guatemala, disseminating the findings of the Historical Clarification Commission, mobilizing citizens to protect human rights, working with communities to initiate remembrance activities for victims of war, encouraging coordination among human rights groups and increasing awareness of children separated from their families, often forcibly, during the civil war. ...
 

Guatemala Design for Human Rights Education Program

Creative evaluated the organizational capacity and quality of programming of the education and publications divisions in Guatemala’s Office of the Ombudsman for Human Rights. The evaluation team recommended strategies for strengthening the delivery of programs and improving the integration of 17 regional offices. During the evaluation, Creative conducted retreats and planning sessions and analyzed human rights education programming in the region, emphasizing successes and models for expanding programming vision....
 

Guatemala Civil Society Program

Targeting transparency, anti-corruption, public security, ethnic discrimination and congressional strengthening activities, the program built on Creative's years of experience working with Guatemalan civil society. Bold initiatives by local partners included bringing gangs and national police together to address complex tasks of improving public security and preventing crime. By encouraging an expanded understanding of the value of indigenous populations, the project challenged ethnic discrimination and helped place the issue on the national agenda....