ViviendasLeon was founded in 2003 to create solutions to the interconnected causes of rural poverty in Central America. Our mission to “empower and equip rural families to be the agents of their own development” has shown time and again that people are willing and capable to work hard and succeed at changing their family’s future.
Recognizing the interrelated causes of poverty and lack of psychological support for women in rural communities, ViviendasLeon has worked with rural women, contributing to their empowerment and to eliminating their emotional and economic vulnerabilities through social-emotional and capacity training…
An Interview with Reyna Torres Read more
Doña Cristina, has been a single mother with two daughters for many years. She participated in our Capacity Training program in 2023, graduated, and then began creating her garden near her house. After learning the basics of vegetable farming while including her two children in that process, she harvested her first crops in October…
Cristina Yac: A new beginning Read more
This month in our Newsletter – Interviews with Juana Chamorro of Guatemala and with Karla Galeano of Nicaragua.
Newsletter September-October 2024 Read more
In 2015 Karla Galeano joined the capacity training program, learning about the value of education and women’s rights, leadership, gender equality and better ways to raise children. She became empowered, and capable of holding difficult conversations with her peers…
An Interview with Karla Galeano Read more
Juana Chamorro and her husband Crino live in Los Planes with 3 of their 8 children. In 2023, when she began workshops in ViviendasLeon’s training program, she demonstrated a capacity for leadership, collaboration and responsibility among her 20 cohort members.
An Interview with Juana Chamorro Read more
This month in our Newsletter – Learn more about ViviendasLeon and its successful programs in Guatemala and Nicaragua. Sign up for a school travel program in Guatemala in the Mayan Highlands.
Newsletter July-August 2024 Read more
Travel with ViviendasLeon to Guatemala in 2025. On this immersive journey, experience Guatemalan cultures, languages and histories in the center of the Mayan Highlands region, Lake Atitlán.
Immersion for Schools in Guatemala 2025 Read more
During the implementation of our HCT program in 2023, a third of the 20 women in the program had founded a cooperative two years previously. They named it CoopEMEGA, an acronym for Cooperative of Entrepreneurial Women Managing Alternatives and Solutions. This group produces chili based condiments known as chileros that are popular in homes and restaurants in the city of León, and are made with chili, onion, cucumber, carrot and vinegar.
Women looking to the future: A Cooperative in La Gallina Read more
This month in our Newsletter – Meet our newest team member, Yamileth Alonzo. She directs our farming program and is a professional agronomist. Also meet Abigail Benavidez, one of our newest women farming in Nicaragua.
Newsletter May-June 2024 Read more
