Help Pueblo a Pueblo invest in sustainable livelihoods in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala.

The importance of investing in local sustainable livelihoods in a region of extreme poverty can't be overstated. This investment has many layers of impact, starting with training local youth and adults to produce an organic product that can be consumed directly and sold in local markets.

This is part of a larger community-wide health awareness campaign to encourage people to replace sugar with honey. Finally, the promotion and sale of honey on behalf of the PaP-trained beekeepers helps subsidize their sustainable livelihoods program, thus reducing their dependency on external funding sources.

The bee project accompanies the setup, maintenance, and harvest of the apiaries. They begin with setting up the hives with bees and learning how to use all the materials necessary to begin honey production. Toward the end of the course, the participants learn how to extract and package honey for personal use and sale in local markets. The project includes home visits, field visits, and ongoing group workshops.

The PaP scholarship leadership and entrepreneurial training contributes to the effort though encouraging the students to participate in the marketing and sale of the honey.

• protective equipment: smoker, veils, utensils
• 60-pound, and 40-pound collector pots
• 7 breeding boxes, 7 stackable honey boxes
• 180 frames with wires and 180 sheets of stamped wax
• 12 covers and 12 beehive tables
• 5 packets of plastic containers and 2 glass boxes
• 100 pounds of bee feed

Examples of how your beekeeping donation could be invested:

• $63: One box with frames and wax
• $71: One protective bee suit
• $105: One hive with a queen
• $780 Stainless steel extractor for use by Pueblo a Pueblo
• $1,335 Annual per-person cost to run the program
• $5,279 Coordinator stipend