Sanitation
Cada año, el Día Mundial del Baño nos brinda la oportunidad de reflexionar sobre la importancia fundamental de un acceso adecuado a instalaciones de saneamiento. En el corazón de Latinoamérica, Guatemala se enfrenta a desafíos significativos en este ámbito. Millones de personas luchan diariamente con la falta de instalaciones sanitarias seguras, lo que impacta no…
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Actualmente la salud pública es más crucial que nunca, el Día Mundial del Lavado de Manos surge como un recordatorio de esperanza y prevención. Esta conmemoración anual cada 15 de octubre nos rememora un gesto simple pero extraordinariamente poderoso. Y en Guatemala, donde las condiciones de salud pública a menudo enfrentan desafíos, la conciencia de…
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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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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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The community of Pachoj in Guatemala is 15 miles from the nearest town and challenging to get to – in the rainy season the trek to this tiny town can include more than a mile of walking along muddy roads that often become unpassable for cars. Because access to the town is so difficult, Pachoj lacks basic services like drinking water, sanitation, and electricity.
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