Strengthening community entrepreneurship and leadership for good living (lekil kuxlejal) among youth in Mitontic, Chiapas.

Indigenous Tseltal and Tsotsil young people in southern Mexico face limited livelihood opportunities leading many to migrate to other places in Mexico or the U.S. As a result communities are losing their most important resource: young people.

The IAF supports community-led solutions for Indigenous young people to identify and develop homegrown economic opportunities based on local resources and culture.

Our grantee Jvenes Articulando Territorios A.C. (JovenArte) an Indigenous youth-led organization in Chiapas is carrying out a youth leadership and entrepreneurship program embedded in the Indigenous notion of lekil kuxlejal or good living to encourage young people to stay in school start a business and build local leadership.