Nursing Heart Friends,
Our second week of covering community leader profiles includes a group of eight amazing women; Doña Magalí Tay, Doña María Puy, Doña Ángela Hernández, Doña Lesvia Cruz, Doña Irma Coty, Doña Eliza Sutuj, and Doña María Julia Champen.
These women are the leaders of the Chigonzales Community in San Martín Jilotepeque, who have been working for 5 years in different leadership positions in projects such as: maintenance of water distribution lines, support to the nurse of the health post with taking weights and heights of the children, ensuring children are vaccinated, supporting the local school in it’s work, and maintaining the drinking water storage tank project for the primary school.
Because of the leaders’ impeccable work, they have been demonstrating to the community examples for the future generations and the importance of getting involved in projects that benefit the entire population.
Written by Sara Casteñada
This past season, we fundraised and built a multi-use clinic for the Chigonzales Community and provided the schools first wellness program.
It’s empowering to see strong leaders, especially women, in these communities. In Guatemala it is not common to see women in leadership as the roles are traditionally for men. How wonderful it is to see empowered women, being role models for the future and helping their communities thrive. We are so happy to be in partnership with them and support their communities projects.
Jade Parker-Manderson & the ACE team
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