Direct beneficiaries:

• • • • The 114 participants are volunteer youth leaders of the AMA Association, between the ages of 16 and 29 years old, Mayan Q'eqchí and mestizo, from communities and marginal urban areas living in conditions of poverty in the municipalities of San Luis, Poptún, Dolores, El Chal, and Sayaxché, in southern Petén.

Indirect beneficiaries:

• • • • 456 young Q'eqchí and mestizo women, who benefit from the knowledge learned by the 114 participants.

AMA's participation in the strengthening of the P.A.C.E. pilot program contemplated the realization of eight interactive feminist training camps, under the modality of four camps per group of participants, with 84 young women participating in the first group and 30 young women in the second.

114 young Q'eqchí and mestizo women, who are volunteer youth leaders of the AMA Association, ranging in age from 16 to 29 years old, from marginalized communities and urban areas living in conditions of poverty in the municipalities of San Luis, Poptún, Dolores, El Chal, and Sayaxché, Petén.

To achieve this objective, a component was defined, which referred to the increase of capacities on life skills of the 114 beneficiaries, for which the following activity will be developed.

To achieve the objective, the following activities were implemented:

A1. Eight Feminist Interactive Training Camps "CAFFEMI".

The duration of the camps was one and a half days each (13 hours each) and they were held once every two months, during which the 114 beneficiaries were trained in topics focused on four modules of the P.A.C.E. program: 1) Communication; 2) Time and Stress Management; 3) Problem Solving and Decision Making and 4) Health.

The training was conducted by the Executive Director, three young Maya Q'eqchí and Mestiza women technicians from the AMA Association, and a social worker hired for this purpose, who developed module No. 4 Health. These five people make up the team of trainers.

During the camps, two working groups were formed; each group was in charge of two trainers, who were responsible for developing one module per camp and following up with the group in their charge. They worked with the same methodology, which was based on that established within the P.A.C.E. program, the trainers are those who have participated in the training process of trainers and the pedagogical proposal of the P.A.C.E. in Managua, Nicaragua.

• 114 young women strengthened their leadership skills and life skills that enable them to better cope with the challenges of daily life.

• 114 young women are empowered to prevent sexual violence and early pregnancies.

• AMA Association strengthened the implementation of the Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement (P.A.C.E.) program in Mexico and Central America.

The Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement (P.A.C.E.) Pilot Program seeks to contribute to the economic empowerment of 35,000 girls and young women in Central America and Mexico, together with the Central American Women's Fund (FCAM), Women Win and Win-Win, the Mexican Society for Women's Rights (Semillas), and funding from the GAP Foundation.