Aldea Advancing Local Development Through Empowerment and Action

Advancing Local Development Through Empowerment and Action partners with the guatemalan organization asociacion bpd to address health and Development issues affecting mayan communities in rural guatemala. We employ a communityled Development approach that targets chronic childhood malnutrition, a problem affecting 50-90% of children in the areas where we work, while building the community's capacity to address future challenges on their own. We work alongside participating families to install basic water and sanitation infrastructure, implement nutrition and sustainable agriculture initiatives, and ensure everyone in the community including women and youth has a voice in the decisionmaking process. Since 2003,we have supported more than 131 rural communities with over 13,680 families.

Advancing Local Development Through Empowerment and Action supports our partners at asociacion bpd in guatemala in planning and implementing community Development programs as outlined in our joint strategic plan. We work to raise awareness in the u.s. on the healthneeds in rural guatemala and the importance of supporting communities to address them. Through tours and other outreach initiatives, we educate donors and others on the effectiveness of initiatives like preventing infectious diseases by building potable water systems that bring running water to communities and homes; preventing respiratory illnesses, burns, and deforestation by constructing efficient, vented stoves; improving sanitary conditions by constructing gray water filters and latrines; supporting families in providing good nutrition to their children during the first 1,000 days of life Through education and projects like family gardens and dairy goats; providing family planning methods and information; and training women, youth, men, and Local authorities in leadership Development and Empowerment so they can continue to improve their health and wellbeing after our work together is finished.