Local NGO Showcase

Grassroots Leadership & Regenerative Impact Across Lake Atitlán

Dec 11 • 2:30–4:30 PM

This powerful afternoon session highlights the incredible work of local organizations, community leaders, and cultural guardians who are regenerating Lake Atitlán and uplifting its people.

Each group will offer a 10–20 minute presentation on their mission, impact, and vision for the future.

Featured Organizations & Speakers

🌊 Water 4 Life

Ensuring clean water access, filtration, and community-led health education.

📚 Jeanne — Children’s Education Initiatives

Advancing learning, creativity, and opportunity for local youth.

🏞️ Juan Manuel Chavajay Cotuc — Vision for San Pedro

A cultural leader sharing the long-term regenerative vision for San Pedro and its ancestral lands.

🌍 World Council for Health — Dr. Wai Ching Lee

Global health perspectives, sovereignty, and grassroots wellbeing movements.

🌿 María & the Medicine Council

Reviving traditional medicine, ancestral knowledge, and community healing practices.

🌾 AVETZU

A collective working to protect Indigenous culture, land rights, and ecological restoration.

🏛️ Julia Bentley — Cheyo de Pérez (President & Vice President)

Community leadership and municipal innovation for local development.

🌀 David Sacach — Consejo Ancestral de San Marcos (pending confirmation)

Ancestral authority offering guidance on cultural preservation and community-led governance.

Session Purpose

The Local NGO Showcase builds bridges between local guardians and the global Gathering community, creating pathways for collaboration, funding, shared projects, and long-term regenerative impact around the lake.

This is a rare opportunity to meet the leaders who are shaping the social and ecological future of Atitlán.