COVID 19
ETA & IOTA STORMS
“The devastation is beyond compare,” said Adm. Craig S. Faller, the head of the U.S. Southern Command, which has been delivering aid to survivors of the storm. “When you think about Covid, plus the double punch of these two massive, major hurricanes back to back — there are some estimates of up to a decade just to recover.”.
The New York Times
COVID 19
ETA & IOTA
STORMS
Prior to COVID-19, Mexico and Guatemala had reached its highest levels of child malnutrition in history.
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With the dire consequences of the pandemic, including the economic shutdown, the people of Mexico and Guatemala suffered far worse that imagined.
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Child malnutrition levels spiked even more severely as families lost their already limited access to healthcare, food, and financial resources overnight.
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But the situation became unfathomable worse for these affected children of Guatemala: two devastating hurricanes. Hurricane Eta and Hurricane Iota created the recipe for a death sentence.
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CONSEQUENCES OF MALNUTRITION
Delay in physical growth
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Psychomotor activity delays
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Neurodevelopmental delays
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Cognitive behavioral consequences
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Increased rates of school dropout
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Childhood organ failure
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Mortality
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These consequences with the addition of the pandemic with simultaneous natural disasters have forced children to abandon their education, eventually leading them to a lifetime of working for an unlivable wage.
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this causes the doomed cycle of generational poverty.
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Girls are even further affected, becoming pregnant at a young age.
GO WOMAN
Our program seeks to disrupt this vicious cycle. We focus on girls and women’s education, skill building, family planning, prenatal care, nutritional support, along with preventative services such as cervical cancer and breast cancer screening.
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Fighting against cyclic malnutrition compounded with a pandemic and natural disasters is a national emergency that cannot be ignored.
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Our goal is to work with the most vulnerable and protect the future of thousands of mothers and their current and future children doomed to cyclic suffering.
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In addition to maternal and child nutritional therapy, this program includes: Immediate medical attention to pregnant mothers
Free professional training and career opportunities for midwives
Emotional and medical support during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum Nutritional supplementation during breastfeeding for the first year
And nutritional supplementation for infants for up to two years
​A separate program, Sponsor a Child, picks up from that point. Learn More
SPONSOR A CHILD
Malnutrition plan in children 2-5 years old:
1. Conduct a physical to assess effects of malnutrition including cognitive screens
2. Make a nutritional plan and provide food supplementation for
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3. Regularly reexamine the child’s health, growth and progress
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Malnutrition plan for children over 5 years old:
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1. Conduct a physical to assess effects of malnutrition
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2. Create a nutritional plan and provide food supply to overcome malnutrition including cognitive screens
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3. In collaboration with the ministry of education, develop an individualized educational curriculum that ensures the child can succeeds
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4. Provide scholarships, school supplies, uniform, footwear, and educational reinforcement as needed