The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being”. This principle emphasizes the importance of a holistic approach that encompasses not only medical care, but also the social, economic, and environmental...
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Thomas Hartig, Guatemala
Education in Latin America
Despite the important educational advances of recent decades, in 2019 Latin America and the Caribbean was far from reaching the “Quality Education” SDG (#4), which urges to “guarantee inclusive, equitable and quality education and promotes learning opportunities...
Christmas in Guatemala – colors, flavors and traditions!
Christmas in Guatemala is such a special time of the year filled with delicious food, traditional Christmas songs and different holidays and customs. The Christmas holidays in Guatemala usually kick off with the “Quema del Diablo” (burning of the devil) on December...
Rosendo, a young boy at NPH Guatemala opens his first “business” preparing for future
All children who come to our home Casa San Andrés have their individual story to tell. They come from difficult backgrounds with social instabilities, abuse and neglect of their universal child rights in their lives before NPH. Within our population we have children...
NPH youth on track of their professional preparation
In Guatemala, the right to an education is enshrined in the constitution. Primary schooling is mandatory, the law states that children must go to school for six years. However, absenteeism is not prosecuted. Tuition is free at public schools. However, school uniforms,...
Empowering women improves rural communities
Economic empowerment is key to transforming the discrimination and deficiencies that women continue to face in Guatemala. Less access to services, particularly to education, limits the employment and income potential of women, particularly indigenous and mestizo women...
Learn about the Chicas Poderosas Program and Our Tutors
As part of the graduation modality Ejercicio Práctico Supervisado - Supervised Practical Exercise - Nuestro Pequeños Hermanos provides pathways to conduct the activities in different areas. One of them being is Psychology, where this year, Dulce Tubac and Kiara...
A Mother Fights for Justice for her Children
Violeta Guerrera*, 35-years-old, was born in a semi-urban town in the state of Chimaltenango. She grew up as the second youngest daughter with her ten brothers and sisters. Her family’s extreme poverty did not permit Violeta to have a proper and happy childhood. When...
José Luis Barán: An NPH Graduate Committed to Zero Hunger
José Luis is affectionately known as “Chepe”. He entered NPH Guatemala in January 2001, when he was 14-years-old, after an impoverished childhood with an inadequate education. He grew up in the state of Chimaltenango in the highlands of central Guatemala, in a small...
A Guatemalan Christmas with NPH OneFamily
Since 2016, NPH’s OneFamily program has provided support for struggling families. It has also helped reintegrate children who had previously lived at Casa San Andrés in NPH Guatemala back into their biological family homes. The virtues of this program are never more...