Bringing health, education and opportunity to the people of the jungle
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Guardians of the Rainforest – We are Ix-canaan!
Project Ix-canaan’s mission is to empower the local community to protect their own rainforests from destruction. Founder Anne Lossing tells us… “I have been running this project since about 1995.…
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Children’s Centre
The children’s library began in 2004 with funds from Friends of Ix-canaan, which were used to create the ‘bare bones’ of the library building. The building was used for two…
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Medical Clinic
With the closest public hospital 15 miles away and residents unable to afford the expensive costs of private healthcare, there is a clear need for a local healthcare center. Anne…
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Women’s Center
Project Ix-canaan was given a grant to build a Women’s Center on land that the project was holding for that purpose, and after a lot of hard work from local…
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Scholarships for women and girls
There are a lot of young women in El Remate who have had to give up their studies at a young age, due to logistic issues getting to school and…
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