Supporters of the Q’eqchi’ Association – Xch'ool Ixim

A special thank you to :

•    United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund – UNICEF,
•    Ensemble pour les Indiens du Guatemala – EPIG,
•    CDC Dévelopment Solidaire,
•    Enfants du Monde,
•    Walo Suter,
•    Jean-Yves Jégou,

Partners with :

•    Ministry of Education in Guatemala
•    Rural School Education Councils/Committee
•    Community Development Councils – COCODE
•    Indigenous authorities
•    Maya School “Guillermo Woods”


How do they support us ?

UNICEF – Strengthening of the Organizations of Parents -OPFs- and Women’s Collectives in the Department of Alta Verapaz. This project strengthens the education process in 35 communities or villages in the municipalities of Cobán, San Juan Chamelco, San Pedro Carcha, Santa Cruz and San Cristobal Verapaz.

EPIG - Implementation of community-based projects. From 1996 to the present. Every year, the EPIG Association >>> has financed community economy-based projects in over 30 communities such as cardamom dryers, corn mills, local community stores, corn shellers , a mill for processing cane and panela, and a craft workshop. Furthermore, it has supported IMACK Maya Institute with the construction of perimeter wall, bath complex, desks, classrooms, water system and a dorm building.

 

CDC Développement Solidaire – Has financed 3 cardamom dryers, an electric generator and the auditorium at IMACK where community meetings are held to achieve development and improve production.

Enfants du Monde - From 2001 to 2014, EdM supported us with the implementation of the Teacher Training and Updating Program in Alta Verapaz. This year 2015, it helped us with the financial support to teachers at the K’amolb’e Maya Community School.

Walo Suter - From 2012 to 2014, Walo Suter >>> contributed with operating expenses by donating to the K’amolb’e School to salaries for teachers and building classrooms. In 2015, he made a one-time donation to the School.

Jean Yves Jégou – A French citizen, who has patiently volunteered as a webmaster for this organization.

Thank you all, to the general public, to all partners, and to the volunteer translators of our website from Spanish to English, as well as to our local volunteers.

Video presentation of the association Xch'ool Ixim

This is a fragment of the experience of The Q’eqchi’ Association - Xch'ool Ixim in Alta Verapaz, implementing a local level Curriculum and Teacher Education based on the Q’eqchi’ Maya Culture.

Children's song in Q'eqchi' language

Written by the Coordinator of The Q’eqchi’ Association - Xchool Ixim as part of the Intercultural and Bilingual Education experience using the Q'eqchi' language.

Short explanatory slideshow on Xc'hool Ixim

The Q'eqchi' Association - Xch'ool Ixim has helped many communities in the Nimlajakok region implementing development projects.

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Addresses ... and phone number of Xc'hool Ixim

Address No. 1 (headquarters) :
Xc'hool Ixim
16. calle, 5-62 Zona 11,
Cobán,
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala


Address No. 2 :
Xc'hool Ixim
12 Avenida 2-48 Zona 1,
Barrio Saclac,
Cobán,
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala


Address No. 3 (headquarters) :
Instituto Maya
Aldea Nimlajakok,
Ruta a Playa Grande via Salacuim,
Cobán,
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

E-mail :  xchoolixim@hotmail.com

Phone number :  (502) 7728-1327

Xch'ool Ixim's team ...

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Augusto Ba, Director and
legal representative

He is an Intercultural Bilingual Elementary Education Teacher and works as well as a secondary education teacher.

Eager as he was to excel, he began distance studies when he already had children and family, and besides these obstacles he managed to obtain his degree as an educator. He has been fighting for a long time for community development and higher quality in education. Augusto is ethnically Q’eqchi’ from Guatemala, his long experience in teaching at the primary and secondary education level has been a fundamental element in his ability to lead the association. He was the co-founder of the K’amolb’e Maya Community School.

José María Choc,
Chief coordinator

José María is a community leader, from the Q’eqchi’ ethnic group, who began his fight for the communities during his youth. His main focus and specialty is education and community development with higher education in Guatemala, Colombia and Brazil, specifically quality of education and development.

At the age of 17, he led a group of farmers during the Internal Armed Conflict. He also served as a regional mayor in Nimlahakok. During his governance, he consolidated the region and supported other regions such as Salacuim and Santa Lucía, Cobán, Alta Verapaz. His social struggle did not end there and in 1990 he joined the Q’eqchi’ community group in order to establish the Q’eqchi’ Association Xch’ool Ixim and later the K’amolb’e Maya Community School.

Teodora Tiul Coc -
Assistant Coordinator of the
Q’eqchi’ Association Xch’ool Ixim

She is a high school teacher of intercultural bilingual education, with a specialty in the language Q’eqchi’.

She is ethnically Maya Q’eqchi’. Since 2005, she has supported the implementation of the educational program based on the Mayan Q’eqchi' culture by the Association Xch’ool Ixim. She has also been a facilitator and a community educator with women’s groups and parent organizations in the schools in the rural area.

Mario Sebastián Caal Jucub,
Coordinator of the Maya Program

He holds a B.A. and a Master’s degree in intercultural bilingual education. He has an extensive experience with education at the departmental level. He has worked for over twenty years at the Ministry of Education and at private universities in Guatemala where he led initiatives for the search of intercultural bilingual education. Currently he directs the Maya Program, which seeks to strengthen the parent organizations and women’s groups in order to influence the education in the department of Alta Verapaz. This initiative has been developed among the communities Q’eqchi’ and Poqomchi’ in the municipalities of Cobán, San Pedro Carchá, San Juan Chamelco, Santa Cruz and San Cristóbal Verapaz.

Ruben Yalibat Paau,
Director of the K’amolb’e
Maya Community School

He is an expert in renewable natural resources with higher education in Agricultural Engineering.

During his work as a director of the school, he has implemented various projects related to development and production with high school youth. Currently he directs the youth network which fights for community improvement, working on initiatives to raise awareness, hygiene, reforestation and advocacy at community and regional level.