About Us
Semillas para el Futuro is entirely
supported by private donations and
by the labor of volunteers from Gutatemala
and the United States. Incorporated
as a non-profit organization in Guatemala,
its programs are overseen by a bi-national
Board of Directors. A small part-time
staff manages day-to-day operations.
Semillas is recognized as a non-profit
organization by the Guatemalan government
and SMPAC is recognized as an 501c3
non-profit organization by the U.S.
Treasury. Contributions ca be made
to either organization (see How to help).
Semillas
is affiliated with two older organizations
known
as
The Southern Maya Project for
Archaeology
and Community (SMPAC) and a U.S.-based
community assistance non-profit
called
Amigos de Chocolá.
Together, these three organizations
form a platform to help the people
of Chocolá, support archaeological
research and preservation of the great
pre-classic Maya city beneath the
modern town and to work toward economic
development programs which are owned
by and benefit the community and which
minimize damange to the achaeological
site and the more recent historical
German finac buildings.
Click on the links to the left to
learn more about our members, partners
and friends.