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OUR MISSION:
To support the educational and professional advancement of the Maya people and neighboring indigenous cultures in southern Mexico, Belize and Central America, and to sustain programs that foster study, preservation and understanding of those cultures.
DONATE BY MAIL OR PHONE:
If you prefer to donate by mail, please make check payable to Maya Educational Foundation and send to:
Maya Educational Foundation
P.O. Box 1483
Wellfleet, MA 02667, USA
Or call us at:
Tel. (508) 349-1330
MEF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All contributions are U.S. tax-deductible.
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Cajolá Scholarships
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Nine Mam students in the community of Cajolá, Guatemala received scholarships in the first year of this scholarship program. The association Grupo Cajolá administers the program and MEF has promised to provide several multi-year scholarships for the completion of middle and high school curriculums.
Other scholarships are also provided by supporters of Grupo Cajolá. MEF’s commitment to reach out to rural communities only works with the cooperation of local organizations and individuals like those of Grupo Cajolá in Guatemala and in Morristown, New Jersey who give time, energy, and financial support to advance the education of the children. Grupo Cajolá volunteers also organize meetings on topics such as globalization, Maya cultural values, and education policies for their students.
One student wrote, “Thank you... for the scholarship each month, it is a good way to help those of us who want to study but wouldn’t have been able to because of the [lack of] money. Now I can look for a career that could help my town of Cajolá.”
Cajolá students with Eduardo Jiménez, Coordinator |
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Cajolá is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Quetzaltenango. It is situated in the western Highlands at an elevation of 2,333 m (7,652 ft) and extends to the boca costa of the Pacific Ocean. It is the main urban center of the Highlands and covers an area of 1,951 km². The population is predominantly of Maya descent, mostly Mam.
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Association Grupo Cajolá in Cajolá |
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Association Grupo Cajolá is a non-profit organization organized to promote the well-being of the people of Cajolá and other neighboring towns and to protect the rights of women, men, children, youth, and the elderly, so that they have equal rights with respect to life, including health, education, safety, integral development, and dignity.
Mission: To stimulate the development of the community in all its necessities/ aspects: educational, social, cultural, political, economic, health, and security. To struggle for rights and for the well-being of the community.
Grupo Cajolá in Cajolá runs, among other projects, a scholarship program, a women's textile cooperative, a chicken farm, an Internet center and a library.
For further information about the work of Grupo Cajolá, e-mail , or visit their website . |
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Maya Educational Foundation • P.O. Box 1483 • Wellfleet, MA 02667, USA
Tel. (508) 349-1330 • Fax (508) 349-0252 • mef@mayaedufound.org |
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