HEALTH&HELP

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.

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.

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.