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¿Quién evalúa si la población tiene agua y baños dignos?

Es una mañana de mayo y la familia Raxón recibe una visita inesperada. Esta vez no es un cobro ni una promoción de telefonía. “Buenos días, visitamos de la municipalidad y de Water For People”, comenta una persona identificada en la puerta y, después de una sonrisa, continúa: “Venimos a evaluar cómo está su servicio…

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Construyendo baños seguros para niñas en el área rural

En Guatemala, el acceso a higiene y saneamiento para las niñas y adolescentes en período de menstruación es primitivo en el área rural. Las escuelas no cuentan con sanitarios y espacios seguros para las prácticas de higiene y eso provoca que ellas prefieran faltar a clases para no arriesgarse o pasar vergüenza. Veamos un ejemplo.…

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Agua segura e higiene bucal cambian vidas en la aldea de Tzucac

El Cantón Tzucac, en el municipio de Santa Cruz del Quiché, departamento de Quiché, Guatemala, queda aproximadamente a unos 31 kilómetros del área urbana. De esa trayectoria, es necesario recorrer unos 12 kilómetros sobre terracería, entre tierra y hierba para poder alcanzar la escuela cantonal. En ella se atienden a 83 niñas y niños de…

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Testimonial Quecá Estanislada

Beneficiary of SANTOLIC methodology, interview conducted on July 8, 2019, in Caserío Quecá, Aldea Chujuyub, Santa Cruz del Quiché, Quiché. This community was declared End of Open Defecation (FIDAL).

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Success Stories: Juana Olmos

Vida cotidiana mejorada con apoyo de Water for People.

Juana Olmos is 30 years old, she is the mother of a 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy. Juana's husband works outside the municipality cutting cane during the harvest season, she earns a living making mats (used to place on the ground to kneel or sleep, it is made with local material), each mat takes her two weeks of work and sells it for Q30.00 each.

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Success story

Baltazar Eleazar Tojin Ixcotoyac is 12 years old, a student at the National Institute of Basic Education (INEB) in the municipality of San Bartolomé Jocotenango. He currently lives with his grandparents, parents and his sister, in the community of Xoljuyub'. Since 2017, Baltazar has participated in different Social Art for Behavior Change (ASCC) processes in water, sanitation and hygiene, when…

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Beneficiary Stories

The four members of Saqueo's family, mother, father and a 15-year-old brother, live in the community of Canamixtoj San Antonio Ilotenango; studies Expert in Business Administration. In 2016, Saqueo was studying at the National Institute of Basic Education INEB, he was in 2nd grade, he was a very shy young man, he was not active or participatory, he did not feel motivated to do things, he was not interested in taking care of the environment, he ate little food. nutritious did not know that what he consumed did not bring any benefit to him or the environment, he had no knowledge about the importance of water, the use of toilets, garbage management and good hygiene practices.

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