Oregon Empowers (Guatemala Projects)

Oregon Empowers brings the cooperative spirit beyond Oregon’s borders, partnering with rural communities in Guatemala to bring electricity to places where access to power can transform everyday life. Through the skills, generosity, and hands-on efforts of Oregon’s electric cooperative community, Oregon Empowers helps create lasting opportunities for families, schools, and communities.

Oregon Empowers volunteer interacting with a local child

Our Mission

Oregon Empowers works to improve lives through sustainable electrification while putting cooperative values into action. By working alongside local communities and trusted partners, each project is designed to meet local needs and create benefits that continue long after the work is complete.

How We Work

Every project is a collaborative effort. Cooperative employees and other volunteers contribute their time and expertise to help bring electricity to rural communities in Guatemala. Careful planning, strong partnerships, and local involvement help ensure each project creates a lasting impact.

Electricity can open the door to safer homes, better educational opportunities, stronger local economies, and a brighter future. Explore Oregon Empowers projects and see the communities, people, and partnerships behind the impact.

Be Part of the Impact

It takes people who believe in the cooperative principle of Concern for Community to help make the Oregon Empowers program successful. Through a financial contribution, supporters can help power Guatemala through supporting volunteer efforts, assisting with supplies, contributing to infrastructure, and more. Together we can make a difference!

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Stories From the Field

Behind every connection is a story. Meet the volunteers, partners, and community members who bring Oregon Empowers projects to life, and see what access to electricity can make possible.