Health & Help
Nobody should die from preventable diseases
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Health & Help
EIN: 81-3432192
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Health & Help assists people in places where it is difficult or impossible to access basic medical care. We do this through the efforts and resources of our volunteers and donors. We improve by helping others.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Child Hunger Solutions
Child malnutrition rate is one of the highest in Guatemala: 56, 9% of children under 5 years old are suffering from food insecurity in rural communities. Together with The Department of Health, we offer solutions by overseeing infants and toddlers on a regular basis, providing their families with appropriate information as well as malnutrition treatment, vitamins and anthelmintic medication. All children in critical condition are treated under our doctors’ supervision at the clinic. Nobody is left behind.
Birth control
More than 80% of women in rural communities enter into a marriage as teenagers - at the age of 12 - and become a mother of six children on average. More than 90% of them would rather not have such a big family. We are introducing birth control methods to the local community, offering family planning options - including long-term contraception - to prevent unwanted pregnancy. We believe that every woman has the right to choose when to become a mother and how many children to have.
Motherhood and childhood
The majority of women find out they are pregnant in the second trimester. This is a very dangerous situation for both the mother and the child as the mother hasn’t been receiving the necessary care and nutrition on time, probably, has been even taking unsafe medication. Improper communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions are cause of death for 34% of the population. We are fighting for women’s right to visit a doctor during the early stages of pregnancy in order to protect her and her unborn child’s health. We believe that every life matters.
Diabetes
There are a lot of people, suffering from type 1 diabetes, in Guatemala and Nicaragua. This is a genetic disease, disconnected with eating habits, which cause 5% of all deaths. The government is not able to provide treatment for all diabetes patients, therefore we are helping them to overcome the disease with insulin treatments. Most of the patients arrive to our clinics in critical condition and need to be hospitalized. We are doing all we can to stabilize and rehabilitate them. At the same time, we are providing the local community with appropriate information, giving lectures on public health.
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of sexually active females receiving reproductive health services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of people treated for diabetes
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Diabetes
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
What do we do?
* Provide access to basic medical services and medicine in places with limited resources.
* Hold educational lectures for our patients about healthcare and methods of preventing future illnesses.
* Develop and implement new medical treatment programs.
* Provide medical students and doctors in training with the opportunity to get hands-on experience under the guidance of skilled doctors.
* Prepare volunteers for work in the clinics, as well as help all team members learn and develop themselves.
How?
* In our clinics, doctors and other specialists from different countries work 24/7. Dozens of volunteers from all over the world help the project online.
* We openly talk about life in the clinics and share our experience of working for a nonprofit organization.
For whom?
* For socially vulnerable groups within the population. For people who cannot pay for treatment or buy medications because they are too expensive or simply unavailable.
* For socially responsible, generous patrons, both private and corporate.
* For dedicated and purpose-driven volunteers who keep growing the project through their knowledge and experience.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Strategic goals for 2023-2025
1. Our clinics equiped with medical supplies and equipment (build processes and ensure stable funding)
2. Develop and implement medical programs for patients
3. Prepare conditions for hiring professional staff (working and living conditions, transportation, etc.)
4. Launch the project of the third clinic
5. Build and launch a professional fundraising system
6. Create an involved board of trustees (ideally with people of influence) to represent our interests in the U.S. , advocate for us, raise funds, support us with expertise
7. Gradually build an international inclusive professional team (core staff with salaries) and fully switch to English as the language of work
8. Create and implement an international brand strategy for the organization.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are confident that we can achieve our stated goals, as our organization has been operating for over 6 years and we show stable results annually, confirming our work. Our international team consists of professionals in various fields, including healthcare organization, medicine, finance, fundraising, analysis, and business process optimization. We have established close relationships with other non-profit organizations for consultation and exchange of experience. We have connections with government structures in the countries where we operate, including the Ministries of Health in Guatemala and Nicaragua, local hospitals, and local medical specialists. We have stable funding from various sources (major private donors, mass donations, grants, commercial companies).
Regarding the specific capabilities for meeting the goals listed:
We have experience in staffing clinics with medical supplies and equipment, and have processes in place to ensure stable funding for these needs.
* Our team is capable of developing and implementing medical programs for patients.
* We are able to prepare clinics for hiring professional staff, including ensuring necessary conditions and transportation.
* We have plans to launch a third clinic project.
* We have the ability to build and launch a professional fundraising system.
* We aim to create an involved board of trustees, ideally with celebrities, to represent our interests in the U.S. and raise funding.
* Our organization is working towards gradually building an international inclusive professional team with salaries, and we plan to switch to English as the language of work.
* We are capable of creating and building an international brand strategy for the organization.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We are actively working on all of our goals, including:
1) We are repairing and improving the working and living conditions in our clinics to make them more attractive for employees on long-term contracts. In 2023, the entire roof of the clinic in Nicaragua was completely renovated and a long process of renovation began in the clinic in Guatemala.
2) We are actively recruiting board members in the U.S.
3) We are working on attracting professional fundraisers to our team to work in different markets.
4) We are collecting and analyzing data on our patients in order to develop stable, long-term medical programs and improve the quality of medical services based on their needs.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is hard to come up with good questions to ask people
Financials
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Financial data
Health & Help
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Chair
Scott Williamson
CEO, Board of Directors Member
Victoria Valikova
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Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
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Board of directorsas of 12/15/2023
Board of directors data
Scott Williamson
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Term: 2016 -
Eva Williamson
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Karina Basharova
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Viktoria Valikova
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Scott Williamson
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Roni H. Amiel
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Elena Zelenevskaia
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Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Not applicable -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
Last updated: 01/24/2023GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.