Here at WellKind, we believe the health of people, community, and the planet are deeply interconnected.
WellKind empowers everyone to work toward resilience, diversity, and holistic wellness via community outreach, cutting-edge education, and partnerships.
We recognize that everyone – children, youth, homeowners, communities, policymakers, and grassroots organizations – can nurture global wellness with the right knowledge, support, and tools. So we create revolutionary programs that provide all three. We integrate cutting-edge technological tools with traditional indigenous wisdom to create our innovative programming, all designed and executed by young local leaders.
Our mission is to empower indigenous communities to create and implement sustainable solutions to the environmental and social problems they are facing.
Leading the way to a Brighter Future
WellKind has been working together with the indigenous communities of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala for over 3 years now. In that time we have built an amazing team of young local changemakers that were born and raised in the neighborhoods we work in. This has allowed our organization to establish deep ties in each village and create impactful programs that stem directly from the communities’ needs. In this time, we have also established a network of women leaders that help guide our programming and support our core team with their work.
Lake Atitlán is An amazing place filled with beautiful people, culture, and nature. however, beneath the surface of this magical landscape there are many underlying social and natural problems that are becoming more serious. Our organization was born out of a deep desire to help the people and ecosystems of the lake through holistic, sustainable solutions.
Community Action
Gathering together to learn, share resources, move the needle on climate policy, and amplify our collective voice.
We partner with communities, organizations, and local municipalities to create vast networks of friends, local leaders, and allies who share our ethos.
We primarily work with the Kaqchikel Maya communities on the Northwestern side of Lake Atitlán. Our program beneficiaries are 95% indigenous women that are supporting their families, many of them singlehandedly.
Our team works closely with the 18 women leaders that live in each of the villages/neighborhoods where we have projects, to carry out our different initiatives. The women leaders together with our local staff are the backbone of our work, and ensure that we are addressing the community needs in the best way possible.
Why WellKind?
As a global community, we’re experiencing climate emergency, ecological collapse, and soaring inequality.
People around the world feel isolated, hopeless, and disconnected, which manifests as stress and illness. The relationships we previously relied on for our well-being — with the land we live on, with our communities — have broken down.
WellKind was founded with the mission to repair and reconnect these critical relationships using state-of-the-art science and expertise garnered from years of working in the field, including bringing a species back from the brink of extinction, and via our partnerships with community and science leaders from around the world.
Amidst all this uncertainty, we see an opportunity for transformation. Each of us can play our part.
