- Organization
- New Sun Road Guatemala, S.A.
- Type
- Civil Society
- Years
- 2023
- Countries
- Guatemala
New Sun Road Guatemala, S.A. has worked on the creation of twenty Digital Community Centers (CCDs) with solar energy and internet connectivity in rural communities with indigenous populations in Guatemala, more than two thousand women were trained in digital skills, video tutorials were generated in Q’eqchi and Chuj languages, more than two hundred women were trained to form the Women Leaders Committee and more than fourteen thousand services have been provided to the communities through the CCDs. To continue advancing in this objective, currently, the organization, through this initiative, seeks to provide support and technical assistance to the leaders of the twenty existing Centers in Huehuetenango and Alta Verapaz, strengthening digital skills with video tutorials and remote support in Q’eqchi’y Chuj , focused on existing artificial intelligence (AI) tools that help reduce language barriers for full use of the internet to support its users to improve their digital skills.
In addition to helping the conservation of these Mayan languages by digitizing them, the Committee of leaders will be supported to integrate a Commission of Digital Community Centers integrating the Cocodes, religious leaders, teachers, among other relevant actors to integrate workshops with playful activities that allow breaking gender stereotypes, raise awareness regarding positive masculinities in the community and mainly include the relatives of the leaders so that they can help with shared tasks at home and support them in their full use of the internet.
