WUQU KAWOQ SA
TOP-RATED 2011
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Target demographics: Kaqchikel and K'ichee' speaking indigenous communities in Guatemala.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 15,000
Someone who had 3 hours of volunteer time could: We do not currently have opening for short-term volunteers. However, we do take long-term volunteers on a case-by-case basis.
Geographic areas served: Guatemala
Mission:
The NGO Wuqu’ Kawoq is committed to facilitating excellence and linguistic competence in medical care delivery in the indigenous highlands of Guatemala. There are currently few medical programs in Guatemala that provide care or educational in indigenous Mayan languages. We believe that the provision of first language services is the first step toward excellent care.
We cultivate partnerships and fund targeted projects at the intersection of indigenous language rights, literacy, and the provision of medical care. Such projects include: primary care systems development, support for indigenous community health workers, dissemination of written medical resources in indigenous Mayan languages, and literacy and continuing-education training for community health practioners.
We cultivate partnerships and fund targeted projects at the intersection of indigenous language rights, literacy, and the provision of medical care. Such projects include: primary care systems development, support for indigenous community health workers, dissemination of written medical resources in indigenous Mayan languages, and literacy and continuing-education training for community health practioners.
Results:
We have especially developed expertise in the areas of child malnutrition treatment and prevention, maternal-child health programs, diabetes and chronic disease management,
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Rachel234567
10/19/11
As a donor, I had the chance to visit Wuqu' Kawoq this summer (2011) to see the child nutrition programs - community-based screening of child growth, micronutrient and nutrition supplementation, and deworming treatments.
What I saw was an organization that knows the in-depth issues facing each ...
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bairdc
06/29/11
I was lucky enough to be able to work with Dr. Rohloff and the clinic staff for a short time last summer, and I came away very impressed with WK's personnel, staff, and mission. Not only are they providing a much needed service, but they are doing it in ways that are culturally and linguistically ...
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karent
06/27/11
First learning about Wuku'Kawoq in its infancy, I have watched it grow from a tiny grassroots organization with minimal infrastructure, into a thriving force for the delivery of healthcare to the rural poor of Guatemala. One of the main reasons for its continuing growth, I believe, was the ...
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