Project Somos

“The Project Somos Children’s Village is an eco-sustainable community aiming to break the cycle of poverty in Guatemala by providing quality education and healthy food to families in need.”

Project Co-ordinator: Susana Knaudt
Location: Chivarabal, Guatemala

Summary

• La Vida provides cookery lessons for teenage girls

Description of Project

The Project Somos Children’s Village is an eco-sustainable community aiming to break the cycle of poverty in Guatemala by providing quality education and healthy food to families in need. It was founded by Heather Alicia Knox, a family support entrepreneur, and her partner Greg Kemp, an eco-construction specialist. They set up Compassion Fruit Society, which is the organisation that runs Project Somos.
As an education centre, the Village provides programming to children in the surrounding community who were falling through the cracks of the Guatemalan system.
Project Somos further supports the children’s families by providing vocational training and opportunities to the mothers, as well as parenting classes in topics like nutrition and hygiene. Project Somos further supports the children’s families by providing vocational training and opportunities to the mothers, as well as parenting classes in topics like nutrition and hygiene.

La Vida is providing Project Somos funding for two-month cookery training for six teenage girls. Skills help girls escape early marriage and violence. The girls will learn to cook in the village and after training will be able to help the cooks. When they reach working age, they will be able to sustain themselves with practical skills and experience. La Vida will monitor the progress of the girls and will interview them on completion.

Visit their website for more information: projectsomos.org