Where we work
AAV's mountain retreat offers unique adventures
Adopt-a-Village in Guatemala works with Mayan villages in the isolated northwestern region of the Department of Huehuetenango and provides educational opportunities that extend to more than 300 villages in the region. These villages, scattered in the rainforest in the Cuchumatan Mountains, are accessible only by rugged dirt roads or walking paths winding up through the mountains.
AAV's Center is located four hours to the north of Barillas, Huehuetenango
Many of the villages have been settled over the last 20 years by the Maya who were displaced during Guatemala’s 36-year civil war and came to this region in search of affordable land. Families from different Mayan language groups that had until the war lived separately came together to form villages to work toward the common goal of a better future for their children. This is one of the poorest and least-served regions of Guatemala. Employment and education opportunities are extremely limited. Chronic malnutrition is pervasive; some children routinely go a day or more without eating.
