After the excellent work and relationship between Paz y Bien and the municipality of San Jacinto, an institutional cooperation agreement was signed this year in order to work together in the areas of health and training workshops for the residents of aforesaid municipality.
The volunteers carried out by the Chiquimula military reserves reach Paz y Bien Association, supporting the different needs of our center. On this occasion, 59 reservists have been displaced, carrying out their work in painting or cleaning gardens.
The new Paz y Bien bakery in Guatemala has ample space for on-the-job training and storage that enables sustainable and environmentally friendly production of bread, pastries, and other cereal-based products. With all this, not only a basic product is achieved for the nutritional consolidation of a population from the Programs to Fight Malnutrition and others in synergy (Food Program), as well as the Social Dining service, promoted by the Entity in the area; also, it is achieved the training of more than a hundred very vulnerable people, mainly young women from rural areas coming from actions against abuse, and who would be trained on the job with a view to their self-entrepreneurship. The bakery was financed by the Seville Provincial Council (Diputación de Sevilla) and the Alcalá de Guadaira City Council, Spain.
26 future professionals completed their internships
at Paz y Bien Association:
A Pediatrician, from the San Carlos de Guatemala University.
Five Nutritionists, from Rafael Landívar University, Universidad de Occidente.
Three Clinical Laboratory Technicians, from the Galileo Extension, Chiquimula University.
A Dentist, from San Carlos de Guatemala University.
Three Physiotherapists, from Oriente School of Physical and Occupational Therapy.
Six social workers from Mariano Gálvez University and Rafael Landívar University.
Eight Nurses and Auxiliary Nurses from Roca Eterna Nursing Academy and Maranatha School.
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During the period of 2021 it was possible to maintain a good production both in sowing and in raising animals, this allowing self-consumption for other services of Tuncushá. Production includes cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, radishes, chard, chipilin bushes and vegetables. It were also achieved 150 laying hens, large rabbits and ducks that have been used for the consumption of our residence. Due to the current pandemic our complex was closed for visits of educational institutions and individuals.
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8250 people were benefited with food, discounts on medicines and/or medical consultations
Paz y Bien supports the most vulnerable people who come to our facilities in order to get help from aid programs, including food and medical attention. Many of them arrive only with the ticket of travel and some even without breakfast, and it is there that our motto is fulfilled when they are cared for attentively by our social worker, who listens to their needs and follows up them. Being low-income people, many cannot undergo medical tests or acquire the medicines that the doctor has prescribed, therefore, during 2021, support was provided with food bags that receive monthly, discounts or/and exoneration in laboratory tests, discounts or/and donation of medicines, and free medical care.
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We close the month of December with a celebration that brings joy to our resident boys and their families, with our get-together party, an activity in which the staff is also involved in different artistic points that make the night a very special one.
100 young boys and girls were benefited with scholarships during 2021, including free monthly medical consultation, packs of supplies, school uniforms and dental care
Education has been affected by the Covid-19 situation since it began in the first months of 2020 extending to 2021, so many families were affected and this aggravated the situation to the point of suspending the education of their sons and daughters. As for as the new modalities of receiving classes, rural areas do not have internet or suitable electronic devices in order to receive classes. It is there that Paz y Bien has managed to continue for 14 years uninterrupted by supporting them with school supplies, medical assistance, provision of food bags and, for some young people, with computers or tablets.
Graduates
Sharing with Paz y Bien the joy of obtaining their diversified diploma brings great satisfaction to the association, after seeing the fruits of many young people who were about to abandon their studies and thanks to this Program of Scholarships may continue their studies until graduation.
Material Support
After the requirements of the new modality for receiving classes, many of our young people has found it even more difficult it, after not having the equipment necessary. So, Paz y Bien continues its accompaniment donating tablets and computers for some of our scholarship recipients. Such is the case of the student Delmi Cruz, who will be able to continue her studies virtually.
Excellence
The Scholarship Program reaps fruits of the effort of the young men and women with scholarships, an example of this is the student Lilian Mariela Miguel Cruz, who has completed the 5th year of the Baccalaureate in Sciences and Letters with Orientation in Physical Education achieving recognition of excellence academic and having obtained first place in her promotion.
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Anti-Abuse Program is a comprehensive program
in order to fight abuse and favoring promotion
of rural women and children at risk
1281 women participated in the different workshops and activities within the framework of the project. 10 clips including interviews, training videos and video presentations were part of the communication tools for the continuity of the project
Paz y Bien Association continued to work for the economic empowerment of women in the department of Chiquimula, and this has been possible thanks to the support of Manos Unidas, Spain, through the Comprehensive Program to Fight Abuse and for Promotion of Rural Women and Children at Risk. The pandemic was not an impediment for seeking strategies and continuing the process, benefiting women in different activities and programs, and taking into account biosafety protocols, and dissemination mechanisms through social networks. Within the framework of the programme, psychological care, employment courses and social assistance are provided.
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