The Guatemala Youth Empowerment Project offers a positive place for disadvantaged young people to call their own and to gain skills and experiences that will benefit them throughout their lives.   This exciting program involves a governing Teen Council, youth-run service projects, caring local staff, leadership opportunities, recreational activities, and supports for education.

"They told me I would have many ambitions but I wouldn't have the opportunity to realize them.  They said my life wouldn't change, it would go on the same--work, poverty, suffering."

- Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan Indian woman, reflecting on her youth.