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.
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.
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/Main areas of work:
CODECA organizes its work around 5 major areas of work that correspond to 5 programmes it runs:
Land and Development Programme
Human Rights and Reconciliation Programme
Multi-cultural Promotion Programme
Women and Development Programme
Peasant Youth Participation in Development Programme
Coverage:
Guatemala
Beneficiaries:
peasant& indigenous committees, daily workers, landless, women groups.
Membership/Affiliations
UNIDAD NACIONAL DE ORGANIZACIONES Y COMUNIDADES PRODERECHOS HUMANOS
RED DE ORGANIZACIONES INDIGENAS
RED MESOAMERICANA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS
CNOC
