Our Partners
Project Somos is establishing a sustainable eco-village for abandoned and orphaned children in Guatemala, which will have homes with Guatemalan Foster Mothers raising a household of children. The Village will be built on the same site as the Seres Centre, and there will be significant collaboration between the two projects – providing the opportunity through their day-to-day living for these children to experience a sustainable, healthy and organic lifestyle.
Haddock Invention is a cleantech innovation firm with a focus on emerging markets. Haddock and Seres started their partnership in 2010, working on a solar battery charging business for remote communities in Guatemala. Through Seres, Haddock has a better access to the markets that they are targeting, using Seres’ existing community partnerships for market research, prototyping and pilot tests, and product rollout.
In 2010, the Rhode Island School of Design entered into a 3-year collaboration with Seres and Project Somos – a partnership that will provide students studying at RISD an invaluable opportunity to diversity their learning experience gained at RISD, and will provide us with the benefit of trained professionals and interns working on the project. The first project collaboration with RISD was kicked off in October 2010 with the school’s Advance Studio Architecture class working on a site layout for the projects, and models of the earth-bag housing that will be used in the construction of the Centre.
NDY is an international firm of consulting engineers that works to provide innovative, sustainable and tailored engineering solutions across range of markets including buildings, infrastructure, industrial, government, telecommuncations, and health.
NDY provides pro-bono consulting advice for both the Seres Centre and the Project Somos Children’s Village, and Rowan Peck – one of the firm’s Sydney Directors – sits on the Seres Executive Committee
El Camino VolunTours connects people from developed countries with volunteer opportunities in developing countries, combining a fun holiday experience with meaningful volunteer work. They offer short-term durations that suit the average person’s vacation time and budget, and are a great way to get a good taste of international volunteer development experience. El Camino VolunTours has partnered with Project Somos and Project Seres in Guatemala to bring and organize small groups of short-term volunteers, while mixing in some fun excursions to popular places in this magnificant county.
