Founded in 1998, the mission of Amigos de Santa Cruz is to help improve the lives of the indigenous people of Santa Cruz La Laguna and surrounding villages through support for education, better health, a cleaner environment and sustainable economic development.
What makes Amigos unique is that it has chosen to focus on the rural communities that make up Santa Cruz La Laguna, a total population of about 6,000, rather than spreading its resources out to a farther reach.