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Serving Guatemala

Guatemala  has one of the highest rates of chronic malnutrition among children in  the world. This is not just a matter of not enough food intake; it means that children are not receiving the proper amounts of micronutrients -  the vitamins & minerals necessary for physical and mental health and  development. It is imperative that children receive proper nutrition to develop to their full potential.  


Ancora Ministries is working to maximize this development through nutrition programs in the rural southern region of Guatemala. But access to sufficient nutrition is only one part of the battle: From  water sources contaminated with pathogens to a lack of  latrines/bathrooms, to open cook fires that leave children inhaling  smoke for hours each day, these families face health challenges that  significantly hamper their ability to grow and develop to their full  potential.


Our goal is to offer help that is otherwise unavailable to these vulnerable populations: 

  • Water filters to purify contaminated drinking water.
  • Latrines to offer sanitation (and privacy).
  • Safe cookstoves to replace open fires. These "safe stoves"  redirect harmful smoke to the outside of the house, minimizing household  pollution and the danger of burn accidents.


We  believe that clean water, latrines, and safe cookstoves, combined with  nutrition programs, can create the kind of impact that will change  generational impact in entire communities.

Did You Know?

Research  has shown that the first 1,000 days of life - the time between  conception and a child's 2nd birthday - is a unique window of  opportunity when the foundations of optimum health, growth, and  neurodevelopment across the lifespan are established. While the human  brain continues to develop and change throughout life, the most rapid  period of brain growth and its period of highest plasticity is in the  last trimester of pregnancy and the first two years of life. ("The first 1,000 days of life: The brain’s window of opportunity," Sarah Cusick, PhD and Michael K. Georgieff, MD, via Unicef)


In  other words, a child's nutrition in the first 1000 days of life will  have a permanent impact on his or her cognitive and physiological development.

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Our Impact

Child Nutrition Program

By the Numbers in Guatemala

Child Nutrition Program

We have 100 children enrolled in our nutrition program in the  rural area  outside of Cuilapa, about 50 miles south of Guatemala City,  and 100 children enrolled in nutrition programs in communities in and  around Guatemala City. The nutrition programs provide a daily supplement  containing all of the  vitamins and minerals essential to brain growth  and physiological  development to children between the ages of 6 months  and 6 years.

Urban Food Programs

By the Numbers in Guatemala

Child Nutrition Program

We provide nearly 500 meals each month to senior citizens in San Miguel Petapa, an urban community just outside of Guatemala City. These individuals are unable to work and do not have family close by to support them. 






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By the Numbers in Guatemala

By the Numbers in Guatemala

By the Numbers in Guatemala

OUR TOTAL IMPACT IN GUATEMALA 

SINCE 2020: 

  • Over 3400 families helped. 
  • Nearly 6,000 people impacted. 
  • Over 115,000 meals provided and counting. 
  • Limited medical care provided for more than 400 children.

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