ABOUT US
THE GRAVILES AND HIS IDENTITY
We are a non-profit institution, created with the objective of providing training to low-income women in the department of Sacatepéquez and other rural areas of Guatemala.
Las Gravileas was born with the aim of providing shelter to its students through comprehensive training that allows them to develop both personally and professional that generates well-being for their family and their community .
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Our facilities have equipped kitchens, classrooms and workshops specialized for better training,
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Likewise, our institution has an area of lodging for groups of women from the interior of the country who visit us for Intensive training sessions.
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Las Gravileas have their origin thanks to the Association for Cooperation Educativa (ACOE). Thanks to the support and collaboration with the Projects Office, Projects have been developed in cooperation with both national and international institutions, among which the Embassy of Belgium_cc781905-5cde stands out -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_and the Spanish embassy.
WE EMPOWER A NUESTRAS ALUMNAS THROUGH A INTEGRAL TRAINING.
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Nuestra misión es proporcionar a las mujeres de escasos recursos formación integral que mejore su nivel de vida personal, familiar y social.
MISIÓN
Nuestra visión es poder desarrollar en cada una de nuestras beneficiarias actitudes empresariales y destrezas laborales que les permitan a través de la creación de pequeñas empresas, aumentar sus ingresos, crear fuentes de trabajo y sobre todo aumentar sus valores humanos.
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The values that define our institution are:
HUMAN VALUE
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We seek to fully train our students, both in the technical area, and in the commercial area and the humanistic area.
COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING
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We value all our students as capable and hard-working individuals.
Seeking to highlight their capabilities and their human dignity.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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Our goal is to allow economic and social development not only for our students, but also for their families and help in the development of sus communities.
OUR CAREER
Las Gravileas has its beginnings, before being an institution as such, in 1980 in the City of Antigua Guatemala, where it began as a small group of dedicated people teaching confectionery, artificial paper flowers, tuza, and cloth to a group of women from San Miguel Escobar. In addition, it provided traveling training in the area of administration and product innovation a female weavers from San Antonio Aguas Calientes.
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It is not until 1997 when this group officially consolidates Las Gravileas, and the institution moves to its current headquarters in Santa Catarina Bobadilla, thanks to the Belgian government, who builds classrooms-workshops to teach training courses in different areas.
En 1999 inicia procesos de capacitación itinerante en las aldeas y municipios de Sacatepéquez, conformando las llamadas "Unidades itinerantes de Capacitación" que fueron_cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_training subsites, the which increased the number of beneficiaries of the project.
In 2005, Las Gravileas opens its doors to women from all over the Republic of Guatemala who seek comprehensive training, providing training processes
intensive by offering a lodging area within the same facilities.
OUR TEAM
Las Gravileas is an organization run by people committed to the development of the country and passionate about the education and training of Guatemalan women.
OUR IMPACT
With our 20 YEARS OF TRAJECTORY , Las Gravileas has supported the development of Guatemalan women, especially in the rural area of the country, comprehensively training hundreds of female students every year. In recent years they have been trained to:
65 Graduate promotions of our graduates:
16 Promotions in the Diploma en Cocina Profesional
16 Promotions in the Professional Confectionery Diploma
16 Promotions in the Cutting and Dressmaking Diploma
17 Graduate classes of the Diploma in Culinary Arts and Hospitality
In addition, in the last year they have been trained to:
371 Students in Free Courses
287 Students in special one-day courses
194 Students in Intensive Days