Escuela Ki’kotemal
(“School for Happiness/Harmony”)
Region: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Abya Yala
Communities: Maya Mam, Maya Kiché, Maya Tzutujil
Grants Awarded: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
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We support Ki’kotemal School, a multigenerational community which since 2014 has been developing training programs and emphasizing ancestral practices and values that offer indigenous youth and elders the necessary resources to become agents of social transformation. The vision of Ki’kotemal School is to promote happiness and harmony among the members of the community through connection with their roots, ancestral practices and Mother Earth, for the benefit of the common good. They are developing the following programs: 1. Q'ij Ulew-Q'ij Ukaj (Day of the heart of the earth- day of the heart of the sky), 2. Uwach Uq'ij - Uwach Ulew (an eye in the heart of heaven, an eye in the heart of la tierra), 3. Kikotemal TV (revitalization of Mayan languages through YouTube) 4. La Raíz Del Tiempo (The Root of Time).