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Starfish blog from Panajachel

Find out what our mentors, students, and volunteers are doing right now in Guatemala on the Starfish blog.

Meet one of the groups

Meet the Luciernagas Luminosas! Irma, their spokeswoman of the day, sends a warm message to her Sponsors in the US on behalf of her peer support group.  Sponsors provide each young woman with a partial scholarship for secondary school.  She also receives the regular support of community-based mentor who is part of the Starfish One [...]

Field Update: Financial Literacy Training

Did you know that before joining the Starfish One by One program, not 1 of the 150 students in the program had a bank account? In August, all 150 Starfish One by One students have completed their 3 month workshop on Financial Literacy.  This workshop was supported heavily by Save the Children, who provided the [...]

Meet Francisca

In the midst of the desperation, 17 year-old Francisca is confronting the challenge of her life: to break out of this cycle to become an empowered and educated leader.

Who We Are

Starfish One by One transforms impoverished Mayan families and communities in Guatemala by empowering and educating their catalysts of change: young women. Through ensuring her access to six years of secondary education and equipping her with powerful information and a firm belief in herself, Starfish One-by-One creates a female agent of change capable of breaking generational cycles of poverty and exclusion in her family and community.

Like the fable that inspired the name, Starfish One-by-One believes firmly that investing deeply in individuals will lead to a profound difference for many.

Starfish One by One is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Federal ID#68-0652444. Contributions are tax-deductible in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service.

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