el triunfo
Guatemala
About El Triunfo
El Triunfo means “The Triumph” in Spanish. The members of the community decided to use this name after they triumphantly managed to get a school built in their community.
It was a big achievement for them with many setbacks along the way.
As with most of our Guatemalan communities, coffee is the predominant crop in this community. Corn and beans are additional crops grown on some of the land. Some community members have a vision to raise cattle and fish in the future.
This community is very united with members that work well together. Originally, the community was started by two families so most members have the surname Solis or Saucedo.
El Triunfo has partnered with 410 Bridge since 2018.
Their Community Goals
- Education Supplies and Training to Help Their Children
- Children’s Bible Camp for Continued Spiritual Development
- Continued Leadership Council Training on How To Best Serve Their People
Where is El Triunfo located?
The village of El Triunfo in the municipality of Unión Cantinil, department of Huehuetenango located in the western highlands of Guatemala.
Sponsor the Community of El Triunfo
When you sponsor the El Triunfo community through 410 Bridge, you support programs and projects that allow the people to fix their own unique set of barriers. Every chance we get, we want to empower and lift up people to recognize that God has given them giftings and skills to move their communities forward to a better and more self-sustaining place.
Sponsoring the El Triunfo community, whether for $18, $23, $35, or more a month, allows for this to happen.
Stories from El Triunfo
The Story of Maylee Danely Solis Figueroa
In Aldea El Triunfo, Guatemala, getting a notebook or a pencil wasn’t as simple as walking to the nearest store. Until recently, children and young people had to travel to Casa Grande or Buenos Aires—a long journey of about an hour—just to buy school supplies.
This reality limited access to education and created additional expenses for families. Many children couldn’t bring the materials their teachers requested because the distance and travel costs were prohibitive. For families without the means to make the trip, simply obtaining basic school supplies felt impossible.
It was during the training programs offered by 410 Bridge, such as Business Start-Up Training (BST) and Foundation for Farming, that Meily Danely Solís Figueroa realized this gap wasn’t just a problem—it was also a business opportunity.
With vision, faith, and determination, she decided to open the first bookstore in Aldea El Triunfo. What started as a solution to an urgent need soon became a project with economic, social, and personal impact.
From 410 Day to the Mountains of Guatemala
High in the mountains of Unión Cantinil, Guatemala, lie the villages of Las Lomas, La Nueva Independencia, and El Triunfo. Here, families have long lived on the edge of survival—sometimes with just enough, often with less.
In these communities, more than half of the population lives in poverty. One in six families cannot even afford the minimum cost of food. Jobs are scarce. Women are often left behind. And perhaps most painful of all, many people have come to believe that their situation is permanent. That they were born to survive, not to thrive.
But hopelessness is not the end of the story.
A Bright Future Begins Today
Across the hills and valleys of rural Guatemala, you’ll find classrooms filled with potential. Children eager to learn. Teachers devoted to their calling. Communities that believe in the power of education to transform lives.
But too often, what you won’t find are the basic materials needed to make education truly effective.
