Hello! I’m Elmer, and I want to share my experience at the NPH clinic. I received my primary and basic education at the educational center of the Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH) Guatemala foundation. Then, I provided a year of service in the bakery area in gratitude...
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Guatemala
Beyond Medical Care
Guatemala, a culturally rich but unequal country, struggles with a weakened healthcare system that disproportionately affects the most vulnerable. Especially in rural communities, many Guatemalans lack access to quality healthcare, meaning they don't receive the help...
How NPH Guatemala, as a UN CSO, Drives Impact Through Strategic Partnerships
NPH is a UN associated Civil Society Organization (CSO) organization, linking arms with a great number of other organizations to create a better world. Each of the 9 NPH countries in Latin America and Haiti do their part to work together with other organization for...
We Can Change a Child’s World
Darlyn Guadalupe Irungaray Ajpop, born on November 9, 2012, lives in a small community near NPH Guatemala. Her life changed when she was given the opportunity to attend the NPH Guatemala Educational Center on September 17, 2018. Darlyn was born into a large family...
Every child has superpowers
In a land up in the mountains of Guatemala, where trees are abundant, the diversity of plants is rich, and between some of the highest volcanoes in the area, there is a small village called Parramos, labeled of serving the best beans, a town of constant movement. At...
Creating Opportunities and Promoting Inclusion in Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Guatemala is a culturally rich country. It has 24 ethnic groups who maintain their ancestor’s traditions. A country abundant in biodiversity, nature, and fertile land, it nevertheless faces several socioeconomic challenges. In recent years, due to the Covid-19...
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...