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The Guatemalan Down Syndrome Association is a Non-profit Organization founded to help children with Down Syndrome in Guatemala.

We work in 4 different levels:

Early Intervention Center:

          Early Education                     birth to 2 years

          Preschool                               3 to 5 years old

Intermediate                        6 to 10 years old

CECAP*                                11 years old and up

*CECAP are the initials in Spanish for Pre-Work Student Center. This is where are students are taught real-life skills to be able to perform a trade once they are finished at the training center.

All the levels include early stimulation, physical therapy, special education, language therapy, and in CECAP several different workshops including: baking, carpentry, horticulture, etc.

Every level requires a monthly payment, but if the family cannot afford this payment, the Association find a sponsor for that child.  You are invited to sponsor a child with a monthly donation of $20.

Currently we have almost 50 children receiving therapy every day of the week. Please visit our photo gallery in the menu below where it says “galería de fotos”

Future plans include a bus for transporting the children to and from classes and to special events.  We also would like to expand our kitchen for more “hands on” every-day-living activity training.

Be a part of this dream that is coming true in Guatemala with the Down Syndrome children.

Feel free to write in English to info@downguatemala.org for more information about us.