Maya Traditions Foundation is continually looking to improve the delivery of our programs by measuring the quality and performance of our activities. We are particularly committed to ensuring that our programs are able to address the expressed needs of local communities in a sustainable manner.

Our monitoring and evaluation tools are developed to assess the changes in the partner communities, and to estimate the efficiency and performance of our current programs, in order to improve the delivery of ongoing and future projects.

We regularly conduct program evaluations to monitor the performance and effectiveness of our activities. In addition, we have had the benefit of having expert volunteers and consultants help us further develop our M&E strategies that are linguistically and contextually appropriate.

What We've Accomplished

Economic Empowerment of Artisan Women

• 120 artisan women able to cover basic living expenses for their families
• 120 artisan women able to cover basic education expenses for their children
• 120 artisan women involved in the formal economy as legally registered small businesses
• 180 artisan women contributing to household expenses
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Education

• 2325 Scholarships distributed at primary, and high school level from 1997 to 2012
• First Jane Mintz Memorial Scholarship for University level awarded in 2012
• 47 community service projects successfully carried out
• 85% of all students in scholarship program successfully completing high school
• Increased awareness in youth
• Increased exposure to possible career options through informational workshops
• Increased self confidence in youth
• Giving 74 youth a competitive advantage in the job application process
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Artisan Development

• 7 women's artisans groups legally established as small business entities
• 100 artisan women informed about the benefits of becoming part of the formal economy
• 55 artisan women able to correctly complete sales receipts needed by the Guatemalan Tax Office (SAT)
• 51 artisan women able to calculate monthly sales tax to be reported and paid to the tax office
• Construction of Artisan Group Meeting Centre in the community of Chuacruz
• 26 artisan women fully understanding how to calculate costs and to establish an equity point in production, and understanding the concepts of retail and wholesale
• 35 new products designed and created for the export market by artisans
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Community Health

• Network of 20 Traditional Healers established
• 75 workshops in preventative health practices delivered
• 300 Water filters (Eco Filtros) distributed providing access to clean water to over 1000 people
• 15 community gardens installed
• 1200 patients attended at day clinics attended by traditional healers.
• 1800 medicinal plant products distributed through day clinics in 10 communities
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