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About ViviendasLeón
Read more: About ViviendasLeónViviendasLeon 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…
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SF Friends School 2019
Read more: SF Friends School 2019San Francisco Friends School April 6-12, 2019 After 8 years of partnership between ViviendasLeón and the San Francisco Friends School, we have established a new travel program to the Mayan highlands region of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. Our Global Education Program continues to incorporate major themes of…
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Rural Kitchen Program
Read more: Rural Kitchen ProgramSanta Maria Utatlán, Guatemala In Guatemala today, social exclusion of indigenous minorities persists (43% of the population), chronic malnourishment in the young, poverty rates and infant mortality are some of the highest in all of Latin America. Basic healthcare, sanitation, nutrition and access to clean water…
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USF Small Business Training Program 2012
Read more: USF Small Business Training Program 2012USF Business School Training Program, León Nicaragua 2012 This was the second trip of honors students from the USF School of Management since 2010. Students apply to the program in the fall semester of their academic year, then work as a cohort to research new business…
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Low Cost Housing 2009
Read more: Low Cost Housing 2009Low cost housing project, Goyena Nicaragua 2012 More than 100 families in the Goyena community alone live in severely substandard conditions. This project, which grew out of an extensive survey completed in August 2011 on the status of families in the community, combines development strategies of…
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Community Center 2007-15
Read more: Community Center 2007-15Goyena Community Center 2007-15 The community center project is the first collaboration between ViviendasLeon and the University of San Francisco, Department of Architecture and Community Design. It was designed by fourth-year students over the course of an academic year within the framework of a design studio. …
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Goyena Preschool 2005-7
Read more: Goyena Preschool 2005-7Goyena Preschool 2005-7 The preschool was started at a time when organizations were beginning to emphasize among rural communities the importance of preschool education. As it is true in the U.S., preschool for children freed women to pursue other activities during the work day, like taking…
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Proyecto Mujer 1993-94
Read more: Proyecto Mujer 1993-94Proyecto Mujer is a renovation of an existing adobe house in the historic center of León for a social service agency by the same name. The agency worked with women involved in prostitution, their children and families, recognizing their lives were intertwined and the result of…