Causes: Civil Rights, Family Planning, Health, International, International Development, Reproductive Health Care, Reproductive Rights, Women, Womens Rights
Mission: Mission: WINGS provides quality reproductive health education and services to underserved, primarily rural Guatemalan youth, women and men. Vision: WINGS envisions a future where all Guatemalans thrive and are able to fully exercise their sexual and reproductive rights.
Results: Our impact since 2001:
• 339,845 youth, women, and men educated and counseled on family planning
• 69,281 women screened for cervical cancer
• 319,685 unintended pregnancies prevented
• 1,777 child deaths prevented
• 112 maternal deaths prevented
Target demographics: Guatemalan Youth, Women, and Men
Direct beneficiaries per year: Approx. 14,000 women, men, and adolescents in Guatemala
Geographic areas served: Guatemala
Programs: OUR WORKWorking in 16 predominantly rural, indigenous, and underserved provinces in Guatemala, we collaborate with local partners to implement the following activities:YOUTH PEER EDUCATION PROGRAMYoung women and men (ages 13 to 19) trained as Youth Leaders provide accurate reproductive health information and service referrals to their peers through community-based activities. Our evidence-based training curriculum uses an educational strategy that addresses gender and power in intimate relationships, with a focus on pregnancy prevention for adolescents. VOLUNTEER PROMOTER NETWORKOne of WINGS’ longest-standing programs is our network of more than 30 Volunteer Health Promoters: community leaders identified within underserved rural areas to be a local point of service. Through their intimate linguistic and cultural knowledge of the communities they serve, they are able to provide quality contraceptive counseling, low-cost short-acting methods, and referrals to WINGS medical clinics for additional services. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CLINICSOur four mobile units which reach rural communities, as well as our three stationary clinics, provide long-acting reversible contraception, short-acting contraceptives, and rapid cervical cancer screening/treatment. We offer copper IUDs which provide up to 10 years of protection from unintended pregnancies and subdermal hormonal implants which provide 5 years of protection. We use visual inspection with acetic acid for immediate detection of cervical cell abnormalities and same-day treatment using cryotherapy for pre-cancerous cells that may lead to cervical cancer. MOBILE SURGICAL CLINICSAffordable, quality tubal ligations and vasectomies are performed by our Medical Director and contracted physicians at partner hospitals in Alta Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Quetzaltenango, Quiché, Retalhuleu, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Sololá, Suchitepéquez, and Totonicapán. Pre and post-procedure care as well as follow-up in the days after is provided by our nurses.
Mission: Mission: WINGS provides quality reproductive health education and services to underserved, primarily rural Guatemalan youth, women and men. Vision: WINGS envisions a future where all Guatemalans thrive and are able to fully exercise their sexual and reproductive rights.
Results: Our impact since 2001:
• 339,845 youth, women, and men educated and counseled on family planning
• 69,281 women screened for cervical cancer
• 319,685 unintended pregnancies prevented
• 1,777 child deaths prevented
• 112 maternal deaths prevented
Target demographics: Guatemalan Youth, Women, and Men
Direct beneficiaries per year: Approx. 14,000 women, men, and adolescents in Guatemala
Geographic areas served: Guatemala
Programs: OUR WORKWorking in 16 predominantly rural, indigenous, and underserved provinces in Guatemala, we collaborate with local partners to implement the following activities:YOUTH PEER EDUCATION PROGRAMYoung women and men (ages 13 to 19) trained as Youth Leaders provide accurate reproductive health information and service referrals to their peers through community-based activities. Our evidence-based training curriculum uses an educational strategy that addresses gender and power in intimate relationships, with a focus on pregnancy prevention for adolescents. VOLUNTEER PROMOTER NETWORKOne of WINGS’ longest-standing programs is our network of more than 30 Volunteer Health Promoters: community leaders identified within underserved rural areas to be a local point of service. Through their intimate linguistic and cultural knowledge of the communities they serve, they are able to provide quality contraceptive counseling, low-cost short-acting methods, and referrals to WINGS medical clinics for additional services. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CLINICSOur four mobile units which reach rural communities, as well as our three stationary clinics, provide long-acting reversible contraception, short-acting contraceptives, and rapid cervical cancer screening/treatment. We offer copper IUDs which provide up to 10 years of protection from unintended pregnancies and subdermal hormonal implants which provide 5 years of protection. We use visual inspection with acetic acid for immediate detection of cervical cell abnormalities and same-day treatment using cryotherapy for pre-cancerous cells that may lead to cervical cancer. MOBILE SURGICAL CLINICSAffordable, quality tubal ligations and vasectomies are performed by our Medical Director and contracted physicians at partner hospitals in Alta Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Quetzaltenango, Quiché, Retalhuleu, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Sololá, Suchitepéquez, and Totonicapán. Pre and post-procedure care as well as follow-up in the days after is provided by our nurses.
Civil Rights
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