CODECA

Asociacion Comité de Desarrollo Campesino

Creation: 1992

Ubicación: Guatemala

Working Language: Spanish

Countries: Guatemala

Mission:

Proactively promote rural development through effective participation, concerted proposals and genuine advocacy in the frame of inclusive participatory processes that will help lead to social transformations and the construction of a peaceful democracy.

Contactar

Focal Point Mauro Vay Ganón

Address

10ª. Calle 5-39 zona 2 Mazatenango Suchitepequez, Guatemala

Phone +502) 78721545

Fax (+502) 78721545

codeca@gmx.net

Website http://www.codecaenresistencia.blogspot.com/

Vision:

CODECA is peasant organization of indigenous farmer women and men. It was established in 1992 as a way to further express the need to live with dignity and till the land, something that is currently denied to farmers due to the bad working conditions witnessed in the field. An extremely large number of peasant families –more than 90%- that are affiliated to CODECA are landless and work as daily workers in large land estates.

Objectives:

To improve living conditions of peasant communities, through a major push towards rural development that is built in a participatory way, with equity and social inclusion
To influence rural-oriented policy-formulation through participation with equity, as well as through the inclusion of marginalized and excluded sectors in the formulation process
To strengthen CODECA’s capacity to influence rural development policies

Activities:

CODECA organizes its work around 5 major areas of work that correspond to 5 programmes it runs: