Conditions
In this remote mountainous region of Guatemala, health care is not available to the Mayan people. There are no hospitals, clinics, doctors, or nurses. Health care is simply not available. Women have little or no aid in childbirth and mother and baby frequently die during birthing. Even preventable childhood diseases bring death. Tuberculosis is pervasive and often fatal.

How We Have Been Helping
Since the inception of Adopt-a-Village, the organization has constructed clean water systems, built family latrines, provided health training to village medical aides, and brought doctors, dentists and medicine to impoverished villages.

Children at Risk
The “Children at Risk” program is another initiative by Adopt-a-Village to improve health conditions of Mayan children. Intestinal worm infection is epidemic in the villages. This debilitating infection robs children of appetite and nutrition, lowers their ability to fight disease, and impairs their immune systems. Ultimately, the disease kills. The local public health department lists parasitic infection and its consequences as the leading cause of death of children between the ages of two and five.

Emergency Medical Fund
This fund provides for children and parents who become gravely ill. Donations enable our organization to transport patients to medical help, fund the treatment of life-threatening illnesses and injuries from accidents through needed operations, and help pay for necessary medicines.

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