Because "we have something to give"
2012 Awaken Guatemala is a national movement that invited all Guatemalans to join the Covenant Against Hunger led by the Government of the Republic and private companies. This initiative engages youth to travel to a rural community and spend a weekend in the home of a family that suffers from malnutrition. According to Emilio Mendez, representative, "today we are completing the fourth phase of the model I have something to give, is the return to the communities visited in April. The goal is to continue to strengthen the links already made. " World Vision was invited to participate in four outlets: Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, Chiquimula and the Capital City, where employees set up information stands on initiatives is driven institution in the country, as well as inviting young people to learn about the problem.
The President, Otto Perez Molina, traveled to the Black community in Pelillo Jocotán municipality in the department of Chiquimula, where he visited four families, two of them, some of the programs and projects that World Vision serves.
Referring to these visits, the president said the nation: we are very happy to have in these places represented World Vision is concerned about the people most in need and is helping people in need. For us it is a challenge that government institutions are not present, but World Vision is helping. I really appreciate it and the practices and experiences that have contributed to communities have been and will be valuable, so we hope to join forces, he said.
Billy Estrada, Director of the Regional Centre of Learning Nutrition, told representatives of the campaign: ¨ has been a dream for many years to align aid in one end, the development of our country. We have a strategic alliance in the area of nutrition, we are doing the Family Heart program that has a nutritional component and a component of recovery. We put at your disposal, he said.
Representatives of the campaign, were received by Federico Martinez, Program Manager Area Development and World Vision staff, who presented the actions in favor of children and youth in Guatemala, which will allow the strengthening of links between the rural and urban Guatemala.
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Cecilio Martinez, Communications Manager World Vision Guatemala