Iniciativa Guatemala

Iniciativa Guatemala prepares pregnant teens and young mothers for childbirth, breastfeeding, first aid, caring for their newborn, and family planning through educational workshops ($46,068). Young parents have access to workshops about healthy parenting practices and caring for their own personal wellbeing during parenthood ($32,718). The program also provides young parents with early childhood development classes for their children and to foster the parent-child bond ($54,836). Iniciativa Guatemala provided 56 workshops to pregnant teens reaching 78 expecting mothers; 458 classes for early childhood development reaching 171 children; and 50 workshops focused on teen parenting, wellbeing, and gender equality for 325 youth living near the Guatemala City landfill. A local pediatrician, nutritionist, and dentist also provided pro-bono services to young mothers with a fair market value of $5,019 providing 186 free consultations. A local clinic provided prenatal vitamins for pregnant women and pediatric medicine with a fair market value of $11,406.

Iniciativa Guatemala empowers adolescents and young adults to promote sexual and reproductive health. Iniciativa Guatemala teaches comprehensive sexual education in at-risk communities through workshops, training events and engaging youth activities to promote sexual and reproductive health among adolescents. Iniciativa provided 250 workshops for comprehensive sexual education to 1,219 adolescents during the year.

Iniciativa Guatemala supports youth-friendly consultation about sexual and reproductive health, making short-acting and long-acting reversible contraception available in marginalized urban communities in Guatemala City. Iniciativa Guatemala reached 212 patients through the youth-friendly space and provided 2,245 free consultations about sexual and reproductive health, serving 1,262 patients, and contraceptive services prevented an estimated 1,320 unplanned pregnancies.

Iniciativa Guatemala empowers adolescents and young adults to promote sexual and reproductive health in their communities through a youth leadership program, where participants learn about a range of topics related to sexuality, consent, abstinence, STIs, contraception and communication. Iniciativa Guatemala trained 32 youth leaders during the year who in turn reached youth in their communities through 325 peer-to-peer conversations about sexual health and informed decision-making.