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Collaborating with Colgate for Brilliant Smiles, Brilliant Futures!

8/30/2016

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Here in the Lake Atitlan region, we have some exciting new partnerships forming! Pueblo a Pueblo’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) project is collaborating with Colgate to equip our beneficiary schools with healthy dental hygiene knowledge and supplies. This initiative is part of Colgate’s innovative campaign “Brilliant Smiles, Brilliant Futures.”
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On August 16, school directors, teachers, and parents from all of Pueblo a Pueblo’s beneficiary schools gathered at Tzanjuyu and La Cumbre schools to attend a series of workshops led by Colgate Program Ambassadors Carlos Soberanis and Nery Castillo. Important themes were covered, such as the relationship between healthy habits, self-esteem, and academic productivity.
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Colgate Ambassador, Nery Castillo, demonstrating proper dental hygiene techniques at La Cumbre School
Colgate Ambassador Carlos Soberanis asked, "What happens when children brush their teeth? They are nourishing their self-esteem, sense of security, and confidence. And self-esteem is vital. It can affect whether a student becomes a lawyer, an architect, or a bilingual translator...”
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Colgate Ambassador, Carlos Soberanis, speaking to teachers and parents at Tzanjuyu School
The Colgate Ambassadors also reviewed tips and tricks for children to use when brushing their teeth, and they gave parents toothpaste, a toothbrush, and fun informational games for students to play at home. In total, 3,945 of Pueblo a Pueblo’s beneficiary students received Colgate supplies!
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Teachers receiving Colgate supplies to pass out to students
Colgate’s campaign goes hand in hand with our WASH project’s mission to partner with communities to create a healthy school environment. At Pueblo a Pueblo, we aim to reach this goal through the construction of sanitation facilities and education on personal hygiene habits. In collaboration with partners like Colgate, we’re instilling healthy habits in students and developing good self-esteem!
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Peacework’s 2016 Visit: Partnering with Pueblo a Pueblo

8/22/2016

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The Peacework team with Adriel, a technician at Coopesqui, a coffee cooperative in Huehuetenango.
This month, we welcomed our annual Peacework visit to Santiago Atitlan. Peacework is a non-profit organization that connects U.S. students with communities abroad, with the goal of inspiring sustainable change. For the past four years, Peacework teams have been traveling to the Lake Atitlan region to partner with Pueblo a Pueblo on its health-focused projects.

This year’s team of six Ohio State University students dove straight into action with a visit to Rxiin Tnamet, our partner clinic with the Maternal Child Health (MCH) program. The team learned about the challenges that many expecting mothers face in rural Guatemala and what Pueblo a Pueblo is doing to implement sustainable solutions. Later, the team traveled to our beneficiary communities of Chukmuk, Tzanchaj and Chacaya to install stoves for six of our MCH mothers.

The team then journeyed to Huehuetenango to check out our Beekeeping Project and meet “Las Diez Rosas,” the women-led beekeeping cooperative we partner with. Peacework learned how this project is strengthening the economic security of local coffee-farming families and helped by constructing beehive boxes for the cooperative.
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The team building beehive boxes.
The team also visited one of our beneficiary schools, Nueva Providencia, and saw our Child Education Support program in action. At a school that previously had no play space, the team collaborated with Nueva Providencia students and Pueblo a Pueblo staff to build a tire playground. Now the students have a safe place to jump and play as well as sitting space to read a book!
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Nueva Providencia students helping with the playground construction!
The heart of Peacework’s mission is to partner with existing organizations on self-sustaining projects and in collaboration with local community leaders. Jessica Falla, Peacework’s Field Director, noted that this was why Pueblo a Pueblo is a “perfect fit for Peacework, because it is a growing local initiative with a sustainable impact in Guatemala.”
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During our final debrief at the Pueblo a Pueblo office, we asked the Peacework team members what part of the trip had the most impact on them. Here are some of their responses:

​“The construction and installation of beehive boxes in Huehuetenango. The women from the beekeeping cooperative said that although it didn’t seem like we did a lot, it meant so much to them."


“I think for me it was the installation of the stoves and to see how blessed the beneficiaries were to receive them.”

“I loved working with the students from Nueva Providencia to build the playground. A student ran up to me and said, ‘we have to help you guys because this playground is for us!’"

​Thank you Peacework!
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Prenatal Care Matters

8/2/2016

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Concepcion Canis, a Pueblo a Pueblo beneficiary
For first-time mothers, pregnancy is an exciting, new experience, but it can also be a scary time filled with uncertainty. This is especially true for young women without access to proper maternal health care.

Concepcion Canis, a first-time mother from Santiago Atitlan, was recently in a similar situation. As a 23-year-old single woman without economic support, Concepcion spent the majority of her pregnancy without any type of prenatal health care. Concepcion had badly swollen feet throughout her pregnancy and could not walk well, which made it even more difficult to seek medical assistance.

Vilma Mendoza, Pueblo a Pueblo’s Maternal Child Health Project Manager, notes that Concepcion, “felt a lot of panic and fear, because she didn’t know if the symptoms she experienced were normal. Concepcion felt like she was going through this vulnerable period of her life all alone.”

Thankfully, a former Maternal Child Health beneficiary told us about Concepcion, and with the generous contributions from supporters like you, the Pueblo a Pueblo team was able to get Concepcion the proper medical support to carry out a healthy, successful pregnancy.
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Pueblo a Pueblo provided transportation so Concepcion could go to her prenatal appointments at the local clinic in town, Clinica Rxiin Tnamet, and at the larger hospital farther away in Solola, the state capital, which has specialized care. Rebeca Tiney, our Maternal Child Health Program Assistant, also began to accompany Concepcion to each appointment and follow up with routine home visits.

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Baby Sofia- healthy and happy!
With the support of Pueblo a Pueblo’s team during her last few months of pregnancy, Concepcion gave birth on July 5 to a healthy, happy girl named Sofia Mishel. Both mom and baby are doing great! Pueblo a Pueblo will continue to support Concepcion until she is three months postpartum and until the child turns 5 years old. Concepcion will also continue to visit the Pueblo a Pueblo office for educational workshops on important topics like nutrition and family planning.
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According to Vilma Mendoza, the overall impact of the Maternal Child Health program is two-fold. First, “families are very happy that babies are in good health and moms are safe after labor,” but also, “mothers who received help from Pueblo a Pueblo are able to spread the word to other women in their communities who may be single, scared first-time mothers. Through Pueblo a Pueblo, these young women are able to get the support they need to carry out safe pregnancies and raise healthy children!”
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Mothers, including Concepcion, at a workshop
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