GUATEMALA At Save the Children in Guatemala, together with local allies, we implement programs which benefit the most excluded indigenous families to ensure the fulfillment of child rights. Our programmes focus on improving education, health and nutrition, child protection and child poverty, as well as resilience of families.
AREAS OF INTERVENTION
OUR WORK Education: we implement advocacy actions to increase investment into Intercultural Bilingual Education and work with national allies to train teachers in the use of such educational models.The main focus of our education program is to improve literacy skills of children in 6 departments of Guatemala; currently in 383 schools.We also invest in healthy school education to improve school performance of children. Protection: we participate in coalitions with civil society to modify and improve legislation on child protection.We are working to ensure that children receive appropriate care in all their community spaces, i.e. to protect them from physical and humiliating punishment at school and at home.We work with adolescents, parents, teachers and local authorities to build a culture of peace in schools and expand opportunities for youth. Child Rights Governance: we cooperate with national and local governments to strengthen accountability regarding child rights.We promote the participation of children and adolescents in the development of new policies and laws to guarantee that institutions comply with child rights.We do so through monitoring, demanding child rights and advocacy to increase public investment for children and adolescents.
HUEHUETENANGO QUICHÉ
SAN MARCOS CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA
QUETZALTENANGO
Child Poverty: we work with the poorest and most rural families on the occidental plateau, implementing a model for economic growth which helps farmers to improve the quantity and cuality of their crops, which allow them to improve the diet of their families while also increasing their income.We also support the creation of producers’ associations, access to credit, sustainable production practices, livestock techniques and natural resource management.
2017 OUTREACH 3.13 million people. 1.65 million children and 1.48 million adults
Health and Nutrition: we aim to improve the nutrition of pregnant and breastfeeding women, and children under the age of 5 in rural areas.We promote the consumption of nutritive foods in rural homes and provide homes with inputs to produce their own food, change behaviors and adopt better food practices. We strive to improve the quality of health services by strengthening the capacities of health personnel in both clinical care and management, particularly regarding neonatal and infant care.
Outreach by program area:
114,000
299,000
327,000
117,000
Protection
Child Poverty Emergencies
Education
1,403,000
CROSS-CUTTING THEMES Gender, resilience, interculturality, Child Rights Governance, culture of peace, active participation of children and adolescents.
CHIQUIMULA
TOTONICAPÁN
Health and Nutrition
433,000 Child Rights Governance
BUDGET 15.9 millions
OUR DONORS SUCCESS STORY
Ana, 18, joined Save the Children’s delegation to the UN to present the Alternative Report on the Rights of the Child.
My job was to bring the voices of children and adolescents from Guatemala to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. I presented the different problems which affect our rights and integrity, and recommended strategies to improve the situation.
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USDA/SCUS
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NORAD/SC Norway
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EUROPEA (EC DEVCO)/through SC Norway and SC Spain
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AMEXCID/ SC Mexico
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GIZ/ SC Mexico
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Perasjon Dagsverk/ SC Norway
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Medicor liechtenstein foundation/ SC Sweden
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GlaxsoSmith Kline/ SCUK
#EveryLastChild
Physical and Humiliating Punishment We are campaigning with children and adolescents to raise awareness and change the public attitude to promote a law which prohibits physical and humiliating punishment. •
Tchibo/ SC Germany
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PASC Sweden