COMUNIDAD MAYA PIXAN IXIM: REINFORCING OUR ROOTS, LIVING OUR MAYA HERITAGE - Blog

CMPI Receives Metlife Foundation Community Impact Grant 2024

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:50:00 GMT

Hunger Relief and Nutrition to provide access to healthy food options that address food insecurity, nutrition and healthy eating.
Physical and Mental Well-Being to provide access to shelters and affordable housing, social services, mental health and well-being services.
Environmental Sustainability to mitigate the impact of changing weather patterns and improve the environment in local communities.
Quality of Life to increase the accessibility of support for critical needs and services; emergency supplies; and access to recreation, arts and cultural experiences.

LOCAL NEBRASKA ORGANIZATIONS CELEBRATE WITH MAYA FOREST GARDENER

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 08:00:00 GMT

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/premiere-screening-maya-regeneration-project-tickets-533780721507

https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2022/020796/honoring-maya-forest-gardener

CMPI Condemns Supreme Court Decision that Will Put Thousands of Indigenous People in Grave Danger

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 21:10:00 GMT

Omaha, NE - Today, Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim (CMPI), an organization founded and led by Maya and Indigenous people based in Omaha, NE and Maya Territories in Guatemala, condemns the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Migrant Protection Protocols. Though the Biden Administration had ended the much-hated policy, the court’s decision will force its reinstatement while it is challenged in lower courts.“The Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the “Remain in [...]

The Importance of Solidarity After a Disaster

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 22:39:00 GMT

In the most remote parts of Guatemala and around the world, solidarity is crucial to overcoming challenges and rebuilding life after disasters. Such is the case in the parts of Maya Territory ravaged by hurricanes Eta and Iota last year. Several Q'anjob'al, Chuj and Akateka Maya communities were partially or even totally destroyed, and residents were forced to leave their homes and take refuge with relatives or in shelters to survive. Coordinating with the Ancestral Plurinational Q'anjo [...]

Spreading the knowledge: Mayan Ancestral Medicine

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 18:59:00 GMT

At the beginning of this project, we proposed focusing our training of ancestral medicine on women. However, the community requested that we expand it out to include men. In order to respect their autonomy, the project is now being directed at five men and seven women between the ages of 13 and 58. This diversification of ages is an opportunity to exchange the knowledge that already exists about Mayan medicine, strengthen it, and guarantee its continuity for generations. Of se [...]

Office Equipment Today. Solar Panels Tomorrow.

Wed, 26 May 2021 07:00:00 GMT

It is incredible to see how a small action can have big impacts in a community, especially when that community is geographically isolated, but powerfully organized. As part of the support and accompaniment that we are providing to the community of Blanca Flor, located 15 kilometers up a dirt road in the department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, on April 13 we delivered a computer, a printer, a desk, and an office chair to furnish a community office. This donation was in response to a [...]

Moving Forward Despite Disaster

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:00:00 GMT

An update on CMPI’s Maya Health in Maya Territory Initiative We believe that everyone should have access to quality, culturally appropriate health care, regardless of their location, nationality or language. This is why we launched our Maya Health in Maya Territory Initiative in September of 2020. Unfortunately, since its launch, Maya Territory, already heavily affected by COVID-19, was ravaged by two powerful hurricanes just a week apart which destroyed homes and buried ent [...]

Maya Medicine in Times of COVID-19

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 08:00:00 GMT

Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim’s health project in Maya Territory

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