Chiapas Children's Project, San Cristobal de Las Casas

The Chiapas Children’s Project began modestly in 1999 in San Cristobal de Las Casas, an area which is the regional focal point for indigenous Mayan culture and probably best known for the so-called Zapatista uprising of 1994.

San Cristobal itself is home to a growing population of families displaced from their native villages by a mixture of political and religious conflict.

These families form communities in San Cristobal that are often incredibly poor and as a consequence struggle to give their children the benefit of a stable home and a quality education.

At its core the Project aims to keep children of these families in education – to help them graduate high school, perhaps pursue higher education and ultimately to take up careers that help their communities move away from the subsistence living which they currently endure.

You can find more info about this interesting project on their official website and you can support it with a donation through Paypal.