Guatemala
Increasing Access:
Heart to Heart supports dozens of medical teams traveling to Guatemala every year to impact health. We are also actively working in Sololá region with local groups, schools and officials to address several community-health concerns. Our focus is on preventing water-related diseases. The Sololá region has one of the highest incidence rates of childhood diarrhea—due mainly to its proximity to a source of contaminated water, but also complicated by sanitation issues and hygiene practices. Our approach relies heavily on empowering residents to participate in improving the health of their own communities.
Strengthening Communities:
Helping communities help themselves is Heart to Heart’s focus in the Sololá region of Guatemala. We are supplying each school in several communities with water filters, so they have a reliable source of clean water and can reinforce good hygiene practices. Over the next two years, we will strive to provide not only each student’s family with a water filter, but the entire community in which the students live. We are working with several partners locally to address sanitation issues, including reconstruction of toilets and sewer lines. This effort proves that when communities take ownership over the health of their people everyone wins.
READ about our WASH initiative in Guatemala
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