Thanks to God for the life and time that He grants us to serve those in need. This plan is a combination of several programs that together represent an alternative solution to the needs from the perspective of self-development with emphasis in the process on organization, training and the channeling of technical and financial resources.

In CESSMAQ we firmly believe that education and training are the seed, the foundation for lasting change, that can prepare men and women to develop themselves, become leaders, thinkers, dreamers and fighters for a better quality of life. As testified by Pedro Carrillo of Chuisajcaba, on January 12, 2004, "We thank CESSMAQ for the training, in the courses that have opened our eyes. Before, I was blind and not thinking about my children. But after receiving the courses, I saw and dreamed that my children could be professionals, and we began to think about the necessities of our community. Many people have changed, and are no longer blind."

Professor Juan Lopez Perechu of the community of Chilopisap, on January 20, 2004 shared that CESSMAQ hadn’t worked in their community for five years, but the people still remember the work of CESSMAQ and want them to return. The first organization they had ever had in Chilopisap is still functioning and several men who were trained by CESSMAQ are working as members of other committees. "The seed planted by CESSMAQ continues to produce development. CESSMAQ taught us to think."

Since October, 2003 the local committees have been studying a paper prepared by the church, CESSMAQ and parents, on how to prevent and solve the problems of delinquency, corruption, poverty, social outcasts, and bad behavior of children since early childhood. In January, 2004 we concluded that CESSMAQ ought to attend to, in direct form, the children abandoned by society, family and church. As a result on February 4, 2004, the Administrative Committee of CESSMAQ authorized the creation of the Program of Complete Attention to Children in terms of their physical, mental and spiritual needs.

Based on a request by the teachers of the Basic Institutes at La Ceiba, Tzucubal and Sohomnip, it was agreed, in January, 2004, to coordinate the education of typing and computers with the schools in grades of sixth primary and first to third basic with the Basic Institute JOB NAJ with over 100 students.

We hope, with faith in God, to count on the help of Mission Presbytery to continue our work of service, and that our leadership will be for the Glory of the Kingdom of God!

Objectives of the Project

• To dignify the life of men, women, youth and children through the good news of the reign of God.
• To promote the self-development of communities through active and conscious participation in the programs of CESSMAQ so that they will have a dignified life as children of God.

• During the year 2004, guide and educate 300 children from ages 3-10 in 11 communities so they can grow up in a healthy environment with Christian principles and values and become good men and women.
• Implement dynamic activities that will be participatory and recreational based on the following themes: Christian Education, Evangelism, Christian service, mental and physical health and nutrition.
• Stimulate involvement of the child in the church and instill the love of God.
• Hold meetings with the parents to add incentive and encouragement to send the children to school to prevent absenteeism and desertion from school.
• Improve the nutrition of 300 with a nutritional snack in each class.
• Provide an alternative for the education of the children when the parents, because of poverty and work, have to go to the fincas and they leave their children alone or with widows or other orphans.

• During 2004, continue coordination and assistance to the computer centers that function at Cantel and Gilgal.
• Obtain from Mission Presbytery 10 computers to establish computer centers at La Cumbre and Mount Sinai in Almolonga
• Coordinate with the primary school in Tzucubal, Chilopisap, and Sohomnip the teaching of computer skills to the students in 5th and 6th primary and also to help teaching of computers to 100 students of 1st, 2nd & 3rd Instituto Basico JOB NOJ in La Ceiba.

• During 2004, teach typing to the children in 6th grade of primary schools at Tzucubal, Chilopisap and Sohomnip.
• Install a typing academy in the community of Los Angeles to benefit the youth of the community and Ebenezer Presbyterian Church. The function of the academy is by agreement between CESSMAQ and the Church.

• Provide follow-up for the training and assess the following committees: (1) 15 women’s committees. (2) 3 youth committees in Chuigirondina, Sohomnip and Tzucubal. (3) 8 men’s committees for community development in the aspects of planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Provide assessment and support to the committees while they formulate projects for the communities, and help them find resources for their projects.
• Train the committees to assume leadership and development of their social lives to relieve them of their dependence on CESSMAQ.
• Develop 6 planning courses for the representatives of the 25 churches of Maya Quiche Presbytery.

• Preventive medicine: Train 320 women in 16 communities so they can have the basic knowledge of the causes, effects, and forms of prevention of communicable diseases and environmental hygiene.
• Nutrition: Improve nutrition of 320 women and their families through use of family gardens and also train the women on the use of various local herbs, vegetables and fruits with nutritional value.
• Natural Medicine: Train 320 women in the use of appropriate medicinal plants to improve the quality of life of the sick who are poor and have no cure for their sicknesses. The general subjects are: cough medicines, ointments, pills, symptoms and remedies.
• Mental Health: Provide activities for youth and children to help prevent drug addiction, alcoholism, violence, truancy, loss of social values, morals, both Christian and cultural.

• During 2004 provide technical advice to 305 farmers in 6 communities that continue to grow organic coffee.
• Train and begin to diversify agricultural products for 240 small coffee growers in La Ceiba, Tzucubal, Chilopisap, Pala and Los Angeles. They will be trained to begin production of fruits and vegetables like carrots, lettuce, radishes, sugar beets and others to derive economic income.
• Train farmers to use part of their production of fruits and vegetables for their own nutrition.

• Provide 200 women in 10 communities a loan for productive activities like growing chickens, buying and selling clothes, production of handicrafts, making typical suits, production of soap and candles. Each woman will receive $75 in loan form that will be for a period of one year.
• Provide a loan of $10,000 for 40 women at La Cumbre and Chajabal (20 in each community) for raising milk cows. Each woman will receive $250 to buy a cow and pay back the loan in two years.
• Establish three occupational training centers to train 75 youth each year in productive work to combat poverty and their economic and social exclusion. Chuigirondina for tailoring and suits; Los Angeles for tailoring and suits and Tzampoj for carpentry.
• Loans will be made for working capital to 75 youth.
• Provide $7,500 in loans for the purchase of seeds to diversify agriculture production. Each farmer would receive a loan of $31.25 for one year. Products would be sold in local markets or nearby communities.
• Train a promoter to provide technical assessment to the groups that receive loans to assure they are making quality products in order to gain markets for their products.