Guatemala
Changing Lives
Disarm is playing a crucial role in bringing health, dignity and human rights to Guatemala.
With the help of Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchuú Tum and the Rigoberta Menchuú Tum Foundation, we're developing primary care programs to address the extreme lack of medicine, medical personnel, and common health delivery available to the indigenous Indian population.
The country's acute lack of health care services is directly connected to government neglect, corruption and discrimination against the indigenous majority. Disarm's medical initiatives seek to expose these injustices, while advocating for equal rights and equal access to healthcare for every Guatemalan citizen.
Our Health Services will include:
- Vital Medicines
- Medical Supplies
- Ongoing Pediatric and Primary Care
- Seminars/Workshops/Certification courses
- Educational Materials – Texts and handouts translated into the country's native language
Disarm also supports the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation's efforts with the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to bring to justice those responsible for genocide, torture, and kidnapping during the civil war.
Disarm continues to work closely with our partners in Guatemala to bring an end to hostility toward Guatemala's indigenous majority and create a future without fear.
