The importance of empowerment Growing up in poverty, many children and youth live without hope that things will ever change. The importance of nutrition The problem of malnutrition is not simply a lack of food. The importance of reproductive education Youth struggling with early pregnancy often drop out and are unable to continue their education. Paola H.
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By signing up to receive emails from Save the Children you will receive a subscription to our monthly eNews, access to breaking emergency alerts and opportunities to get involved. To ensure delivery of Save the Children emails to your inbox, add support savechildren. Help Save Children in Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country of striking geographical features, including active volcanoes, and a strong indigenous culture — as well as crushing poverty, violence and unrest.
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Where schools are ill-equipped, ActionAid supports them with funding for libraries and materials such as whiteboards, markers, crayons, pencils, notebooks, paper, printers and pots and sinks for school kitchens.
For women who missed out on an education when they were younger, ActionAid provides literacy classes , arranged around childcare and household chores. ActionAid runs disaster workshops which help prepare communities for droughts, earthquakes, floods, forest fires and landslides. Here people can learn about the measures they should take to protect themselves and their families, for example, identifying a safe place to take shelter. Children draw maps of their communities marked with the areas of risk — such as rivers and forests — and areas that are safe for evacuation.
Meet Margarita. Despite missing out on education as a child, she has now finished junior high school and is saving lives through her work as a midwife.
Women were dying, but not anymore. I feel happy to be able to help giving birth. I am supporting my community. ActionAid also gave Margarita the councillor training. Not only did she become the first ever woman councillor in her village, but she went on to become President of her village. But it is not like that now. Men are beginning to understand that we have this right to participate, that we are equal. In San Carlos Alzatate, Guatemala, many women like Petronila Santiago lack the confidence to leave their homes and have no way of earning their own income.
Beekeeping is profitable, requires little time, creates nutritious food and protects the environment. In Guatemala, many people from the indigenous Qeqchi community are marginalised and struggle to get even basic medical attention, all because they do not speak Spanish. In , they operated six centers that focused on bilingual fluency, early childhood literacy, parental education and nutrition.
Habitat for Humanity has supported 75, Guatemalan families since In alone, they helped 1, families. A professional construction leader will supervise the volunteers while they lay block foundations, dig for septic tanks and perform other tasks in building and improving homes for residents.
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