In the lecture presentation “Wuqu’ Kawoq: Strengthening Mayan Language and Medicine”, by Claire Melvine, improving the health care and communication boundaries were discussed, especially reaching impoverished areas in Guatemala. The Non-Governmental Organization, Wuqu’ Kawoq, works on providing the people of this region with healthcare programs such as child malnutrition, primary pediatrics, and adult diabetes. More importantly, pertaining to the Millennium Development Goal, Wuqu’ Kawoq offers women health care systems including education on contraceptives, the training of midwives, prenatal care, and clinical services. In the outreach to this deprived region, females are gaining the rights to bodies back. By educating the prospective new mothers on the necessity of proper care of their bodies as well as their offspring, they are starting a new generation of healthy children. Instilling the importance of child care, through pediatrics, the child mortality rate has the potential to be directly affected, in a positive way.
Not only aiding women, the Wuqu’ Kawoq has made it a mission to provide disadvantaged areas in Guatemala with clean, drinkable water. The indigenous people have contaminated water supply where fecal matter and dead animals can potentially congregate. In order to prevent viral diseases from spreading, the organization created and helped distribute bio sand water filtration systems that alleviate the quality of water. These cost-efficient systems can be built and used quite simply by the people in deprived areas. Ensuring these water filtrations systems are cheap and an easy design makes it possible to issue numerous structures throughout the land, providing the people with access to the basic health need of sanitary water. The efforts of this organization are directly benefiting the people who are limited to resources and medical care.
The work this NGO is doing sounds amazing. They seem to be hitting most (if not every) problem that is afflicting less fortunate countries. This seems like an organization that should be funded by world governments as it is taking big steps to actually reach the MDGs.
ReplyDeleteWuqu’ Kawoq has made a serious impact on civilians. The organization is taking the correct approach on how to address and improve health of the poor. The help with sanitation and clean drinking water is as key and the primary health care. All the efforts by the organization are helping the people live healthier lives.
ReplyDeleteThe Non-Governmental Organization, Wuqu’ Kawoq will show a big impact reduce the mortality rate in those disadvantaged country like Guatemala. Provide health programs such as child malnutrition, maternal care, primary care, and education women on contraception can reduce people from dying. People who have better educated health system tend to have better health. In order to reduce mortality rate, environment and clean water are thing that need to concern. The Wuqu’ Kawoq organization created and helped distribute bio sand water filtration systems to give people have better quality of water. Again, this non-governmental organization should continue, because it not only helps people live better at the same time it reduce the illness.
ReplyDeleteWuqu' Kawoq is an example of an NGO that is taking the initiative to battle many of the Millennium Development Goals in some of the most effective ways. By offering more women's health care, they are directly making steps towards gender equality, improving child health, improving maternal health, and combating HIV/AIDS, 4 of the 8 MDGs. In addition, their methods towards making clean drinking water accessible should be used as a model internationally, as it is a very cost effective initiative. In the long run, it will probably end up saving even more money for Guatemalans since it will be preventing lots of illnesses carried through unfiltered water.
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