Supporting Educational Recovery in Central America

We’ve built and manage a collaborative donor fund to support the recovery, renewal, and improvement of learning environments for children in Guatemala and Honduras.

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Global Fund for Children, in partnership with seven other funders, supports a cohort of 12 civil society organizations in Guatemala and Honduras that are working to ensure children and young people can exercise their right to education.

This initiative is a collaboration between GFC and Fondation TinkerLa Fondation SummitFondation communautaire internationaleFondation Luis von AhnFocus sur l'Amérique centraleFondation du Village Dynamique, et La Fondation Ward. It is also known as the RECARGA initiative, which stands for Recuperando la Educación en Centroamérica: Activando Redes y Grupos Asociados (Educational Recovery in Central America: Supporting the Critical Role of Civil Society Organizations).

RECARGA initiative partners on map
RECARGA Initiative partners located in Guatemala and Honduras.

Through this initiative, we strive to support the recovery, renewal, and improvement of learning environments for children who have faced persistent barriers to educational success that were further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

RECARGA strengthens civil society for post-pandemic educational recovery by supporting our partners to:

  • Ensure a return to school for children in their communities, address academic gaps, and provide wrap-around support to students.
  • Advocate for expanded access to quality education for all children and ensure that equity, quality, and access remain at the center of post-pandemic education system plans and investments.
  • Strengthen networks for advocacy and learning by exchanging information and approaches; articulating and advancing shared priorities; engaging with experts and stakeholders; and participating in capacity-strengthening activities.

Each partner organization will receive annual funding and organizational capacity strengthening support to continue its education-related work, with a particular emphasis on increasing organizational influence and impact beyond direct service delivery. In Guatemala, the Conseil de la population will also provide RECARGA partners with opportunities to engage in research, hands-on skills-building, and collaborative learning to cultivate a shared vision for equitable educational recovery. In Honduras, CIPE Consultores will support partners to strengthen their ability to influence change and conduct and share research, as well as link the cohort to education public policy discussions, particularly through the Forum Dakar Honduras.

The RECARGA initiative is managed by GFC, which provides direct support to local organizations and facilitates networking, convening, and collaboration in Guatemala and Honduras. Take a look at RECARGA’s 2022–2023 Yearbook for some highlights from the first year.

The RECARGA initiative is a funder collaborative, and there is room for additional funders to join. For more information, please contact Christine Burkhart, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships.

Partenaires du projet

Action Honduras
Honduras | Lepaterique

Acción Honduras a pour objectif de générer des changements positifs et durables dans les zones rurales du Honduras en inspirant et en donnant aux communautés les moyens d'agir pour améliorer les conditions de vie des personnes vivant dans des conditions de vulnérabilité grâce au développement durable et au changement systémique. L'organisation accorde une attention particulière aux enfants, aux adolescents et aux jeunes.

Asociación De Estudios Y Proyectos De Esfuerzo Popular
Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepéquez

Asociación de Estudios y Proyectos de Esfuerzo Popular (EPRODEP) provides formal education with personal accompaniment and opportunities for artistic expression to children and adolescents who have been rejected from public schools, including children with disabilities and youth with behavioral challenges.

Asociación Puerta De Esperanza
Guatemala | Guatemala City

Asociación Puerta de Esperanza provides alternative education and literacy programs to children and youth who live in and around Guatemala City’s largest public market.

Centro Educativo Técnico Indigenista Intibucano
Honduras | Intibucá

Centro Educativo Técnico Indigenista Intibucano (CETIIN) provides middle school and technical education in a variety of traditional handicrafts to young people from Lenca Indigenous communities, offering academic opportunities while advancing cultural knowledge.

Chispa Project
Honduras | Tegucigalpa

Chispa Project brings books directly to schools, seeding and invigorating libraries inside established local educational institutions while training teachers and parents to jointly manage and creatively use the donated books in ways that enliven learning.

Escuela Bilingüe Intercultural Comunitaria, Fundación Nueva Esperanza Río Negro
Guatemala | Rabinal

Escuela Bilingüe Intercultural Comunitaria, run by Fundación Nueva Esperanza Río Negro, serves Achí and Q’eqchi’ Indigenous adolescents from rural areas through its secondary school, which specializes in sustainable ecology and agriculture and preserving historical memory.

Instituto Comunitario La Esperanza
Guatemala | Chimaltenango

Instituto Comunitario La Esperanza provides accelerated primary and middle school education focused on violence prevention, primarily to adolescents who have migrated from the Guatemalan Highlands to one of Guatemala’s fastest growing urban centers.

Peronia Adolescente
Guatemala | Villa Nueva

Peronia Adolescente works with children and adolescents in peri-urban areas struggling with violence by providing tutoring and psychosocial support alongside and integrated with the arts.

Programa Socioeducativo Paso A Paso
Honduras | San Pedro Sula

Programa Socioeducativo Paso a Paso is an education and community development center that offers both academic and holistic support to children, youth, and families in San Pedro Sula’s Rivera Hernández neighborhood through playful learning, nutrition, livelihoods, environmental care, and wellbeing.

Proyecto Uremu
Honduras | San Pedro Sula

Proyecto Uremu provides free music education in marginalized communities in the city of San Pedro Sula to encourage children to practice the arts and offer them alternatives to environments that put them at social risk.

Tierra Nueva
Guatemala | Huehuetenango

Tierra Nueva promotes the expansion of alternative education opportunities for children and adolescents in rural areas in western Guatemala through a pilot program and training for public primary and secondary school teachers.

Yo’o Guatemala
Guatemala | Purulhá

Yo’o offers literacy programs for Poqomchi’ and Q’eqchi’ Indigenous children in rural areas and encourages them to enjoy reading by providing them with access to a dynamic community library.

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[RECARGA] makes us feel that we’re not alone. Sometimes as a small project, we feel like we’re swimming upstream and that we’re trying to make changes that maybe no one else will see. So, seeing other people working like us is really inspiring. Sharing our ideas, methodologies, and educational proposals is really interesting and beautiful.

Hilda Vazquez, directrice, Comunidad La Esperanza, Guatemala

Thanks to the reopening of CICAI and the RECARGA initiative, we are motivated to keep our commitments to reaching our goals. We are Lencan girls who are making our dreams a reality.

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RECARGA Initiative partners located in Guatemala and Honduras.

Through this initiative, we strive to support the recovery, renewal, and improvement of learning environments for children who have faced persistent barriers to educational success that were further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

RECARGA strengthens civil society for post-pandemic educational recovery by supporting our partners to:

Each partner organization will receive annual funding and organizational capacity strengthening support to continue its education-related work, with a particular emphasis on increasing organizational influence and impact beyond direct service delivery. In Guatemala, the Conseil de la population will also provide RECARGA partners with opportunities to engage in research, hands-on skills-building, and collaborative learning to cultivate a shared vision for equitable educational recovery. In Honduras, CIPE Consultores will support partners to strengthen their ability to influence change and conduct and share research, as well as link the cohort to education public policy discussions, particularly through the Forum Dakar Honduras.

The RECARGA initiative is managed by GFC, which provides direct support to local organizations and facilitates networking, convening, and collaboration in Guatemala and Honduras. Take a look at RECARGA’s 2022–2023 Yearbook for some highlights from the first year.

The RECARGA initiative is a funder collaborative, and there is room for additional funders to join. For more information, please contact Christine Burkhart, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships.

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Honduras | San Pedro Sula

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Guatemala | Huehuetenango

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This initiative is a collaboration between GFC and Fondation TinkerLa Fondation SummitFondation communautaire internationaleFondation Luis von AhnFocus sur l'Amérique centraleFondation du Village Dynamique, et La Fondation Ward. It is also known as the RECARGA initiative, which stands for Recuperando la Educación en Centroamérica: Activando Redes y Grupos Asociados (Educational Recovery in Central America: Supporting the Critical Role of Civil Society Organizations).

RECARGA initiative partners on map
RECARGA Initiative partners located in Guatemala and Honduras.

Through this initiative, we strive to support the recovery, renewal, and improvement of learning environments for children who have faced persistent barriers to educational success that were further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

RECARGA strengthens civil society for post-pandemic educational recovery by supporting our partners to:

Each partner organization will receive annual funding and organizational capacity strengthening support to continue its education-related work, with a particular emphasis on increasing organizational influence and impact beyond direct service delivery. In Guatemala, the Conseil de la population will also provide RECARGA partners with opportunities to engage in research, hands-on skills-building, and collaborative learning to cultivate a shared vision for equitable educational recovery. In Honduras, CIPE Consultores will support partners to strengthen their ability to influence change and conduct and share research, as well as link the cohort to education public policy discussions, particularly through the Forum Dakar Honduras.

The RECARGA initiative is managed by GFC, which provides direct support to local organizations and facilitates networking, convening, and collaboration in Guatemala and Honduras. Take a look at RECARGA’s 2022–2023 Yearbook for some highlights from the first year.

The RECARGA initiative is a funder collaborative, and there is room for additional funders to join. For more information, please contact Christine Burkhart, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships.

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Honduras | Tegucigalpa

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Guatemala | Chimaltenango

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Honduras | San Pedro Sula

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Guatemala | Huehuetenango

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Guatemala | Purulhá

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