Where We Operate
FTF cultivates economic development programs for indigenous Mayan people living in the mountains of Northwestern Guatemala. FTF is staffed by a director and a volunteer board in the United States and has experienced program managers and native field workers in Guatemala.
Western Highlands of Guatemala
Family to Family operates in the Western Highlands of Guatemala in Central America. (See red push pin.) The Highlands are part of the Sierra Madre mountains which are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, where volcanoes and earthquakes are common.
Specific Regions
Family-to-Family assistance is centered around the community of Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán which is located in the northwest portion of the Sololá Department of the Guatemalan Western Highlands. The Pan American Highway passes through the Family-to-Family support area which is about 80 miles northwest of Guatemala City (north of Lake Atitlán). This rugged area of the Guatemalan Western Highlands within the Sierra Madre Mountains is dotted with volcanoes.
