Fundación Puntos de Encuentro · U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit
We fund feminist media, training, health and human-rights programs for women, young people, LGBTIQ+ people and migrants in Central America. Every thread strengthens the weave.
Since 1991Thirty-five years changing lives, one conversation at a time.
Our mission: to connect people in the United States who want to give with the work Puntos de Encuentro has carried out in Central America since 1991 — feminist communication, capacity strengthening, democracy and human rights — advancing social justice by questioning, from a feminist perspective, the power relations that sustain inequality and violence.
501(c)(3) · EIN 99-3353736 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida · About us · Transparency and finances · Contact
Who we are
Fundación Puntos de Encuentro Inc. is a foundation based in the United States. Our purpose is simple: to open a trustworthy bridge between people who want to give and the communities in Central America who are already weaving change.
The work we support is feminist and Central American. It pursues social justice by transforming unequal power relations — of gender, age and origin — so that people can live free of violence, discrimination and exclusion, at home, in intimate life and in the street. Because the personal is political, change begins in everyday relationships and grows into collective action.
The threads of this weave carry many colors. Women of all ages, youth, LGBTIQ+ people and Central American migrants cross this loom without losing their identity. That is the meaning of diversity with equity, and of the colors woven through this site.
The programs described on this site are implemented in Central America by Asociación Puntos de Encuentro, an organization that carries forward more than three decades of feminist communication and education in the region. The Foundation speaks with its own voice, and every dollar it mobilizes serves that work.
What guides us
Every figure on this site comes from institutional reports and is labeled with the period it covers.
We never publish names, images or testimonies without authorization. In adverse contexts, protecting communicators and participants comes before publicity.
Programs are monitored, evaluated and researched. What does not work is said out loud and corrected.
Where we work
Tap a country to see what we do there: the Association’s home and the Men’s Story Project videos in Costa Rica; the audiovisual legacy and the masculinities studies born in Nicaragua; the Miradas Moradas podcast and the binational masculinities study in El Salvador; GenGen and the Men’s Story Project videos in Guatemala; and the digital manosphere research in Honduras.
The programs your support sustains
Communication for social change, capacity strengthening and alliances: this is how the work of Puntos de Encuentro in Central America is woven. Discover each program, its results and who it reaches.
Feminist journalism, a youth media outlet, an app for people who migrate and a regional network of young communicators. More than 1.3 million people reached in the first half of 2026.
We accompany organizations, communities, schools and men across the region to defend rights and transform practices. New in 2026: the Digital Security program for social organizations, young women and LGBTQ+ people.
Feminist organizations, independent media, universities, networks of women defenders and regional spaces such as MenEngage, the Global Narrative Hive and the 2026 SBCC Summit. No single thread holds a weave together.
Latest
Recent publications, episodes and releases. Updated September 18, 2026. See all news →
DKY Digital released “Getting ready for an earthquake without freezing up” and “Emergency contraceptive pill”, and Miradas Moradas premiered the video feature “Maquilisquad”, about women who took over a skatepark in El Salvador. All three are linked from each program’s page (in Spanish).
See the DKY videos →Two updates in under 48 hours (1.0.65 on Google Play and 1.17.6 on the App Store): the banners that hid the news are gone, and the assistant, countries of interest and resources —AI chat, materials, jobs, currencies and saved items— are one tap away, with the “Know your rights” legal guide always visible.
Learn about Migrante App →Digital protection, data governance, entrepreneurship with technology and artificial intelligence in the service of communities. In preparation: the Latin American Workshop on Data Governance for NGOs and “Use AI”, for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and young women.
Explore the program →Work with students, teachers and families in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala to prevent violence and sexual abuse in schools, with the project video and the Little Red Riding Hood story. We also published the English version of the 2008 impact evaluation, Catalyzing Personal and Social Change.
Explore the program →We present the masculinities program page, with the five Men’s Story Project videos recorded in Guatemala and Costa Rica, and publish in Research the studies on masculinities and violence in Nicaragua (with Promundo) and the assessment of LGBTQI+ organizations in Central America, in English and Spanish.
Explore the program →The magazine released its bimonthly newsletter with two articles — “The internet as territory”, on digital security as collective care, and “It doesn’t say ‘hate women’. It says ‘be a high-value man’”, based on our study of the digital manosphere — plus a profile of the Maquilisquad women’s skating collective.
Read the articles →The weave we sustain together
These results come from the Institutional Report for the first half of 2026 and from final project reports. Each figure states its period.
Why donors trust this weave
The work is led from Central America, by teams who know the terrain, the risks and the language of their own communities.
Results are published with the period they cover, drawn from institutional reports. Concluded projects are named as concluded.
External evaluations and regional research measure what changes, and findings guide the next stretch of the weave.
Security protocols protect communicators, sources and participants. No visibility is worth putting a person at risk.
Join the weave
A weave holds because many different threads cross without losing their identity. Your support sustains journalism, training, health, democracy and human rights for women, youth, LGBTIQ+ people and migrants across Central America.
Fundación Puntos de Encuentro Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 99-3353736). Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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