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Title: Behrhorst Partners for Development


1
Behrhorst Partners for Development
  • Our Current Projects

2
Partnering with the rural Mayans of Highland
Guatemala in their Quest for Health and Well-being
Our History
  • Founded in 1967 to provide financial support for
    Dr. Carroll Behrhorst's work, BPD works in
    respectful partnership with Mayan Guatemalans to
    have a positive impact on the problems associated
    with Guatemala's history of violence against
    indigenous populations, natural disasters,
    poverty, illiteracy and disastrously high rates
    of infant and maternal death.

Dr. Carroll Behrhorst
3
Millennium Development Goals
Our Future
  • In 2000, the United Nations developed the
    Millennium Development Goals
  • 1) end hunger and poverty,
  • 2) promote gender equality,
  • 3) achieve universal primary education,
  • 4) ensure environmental sustainability,
  • 5) improve maternal health,
  • 6) combat HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses,
  • 7) reduce child mortality, and
  • 8) develop a global partnership for development.

  • BPD strives to address these goals through its
    rural health and development projects and by
    partnering with international and local
    organizations.

4
Strong Families Centers
Combating Hunger
  • BPD has established 7 Strong Family Centers that
    provide nutritious meals to children less than
    age 7 and their mothers, as well as training
    sessions in food preparation, hygiene, and weight
    monitoring in order to track healthy growth.

To date, 255 children and 124 mothers are
attending the Strong Families Centers.
5
Nutritional Crops and Gardens
Combating Hunger
  • BPD trains local farmers to grow amaranth, a
    very nutritious grain, and Moringa, the miracle
    tree, both of which are supplements that help to
    stave malnutrition.
  • BPD helps to establish school, community, and
    family gardens and offers cooking classes and
    training in how to improve nutrition by
    incorporating locally-available fruits and
    vegetables into the diet.

Amaranth farmer
To date, 314 gardens have been established, and
14 farmers are growing these crops.
6
Micro-Credit Projects
Combating Poverty
  • BPD has established a number of micro-credit
    projects, which are used to start or expand small
    businesses. We have projects already established
    in
  • Pig Farming (8)
  • Shampoo Manufacturing (7)
  • Community Store (1)
  • Slaughterhouse (1)
  • Corn Grinder (2)
  • Macadamia crops (111)
  • Organic Fertilizer (Worms and Composting) (40)

A Macadamia farmer
To date, 170 businesses have been started or
expanded.
7
Family Planning and Micro-Credit Giving Power
to Women
Promoting Gender Equality
  • BPD provides family planning education,
    counseling, and contraceptive methods and gives
    talks about self-esteem, legal protections, etc.

Many of BPDs micro-credit loans are centered
towards and offer training to women, allowing
them the opportunity to establish fiscal
authority in the family.
To date, 75 family planning talks given.
8
Scholarships Giving Girls a Future
Promoting Gender Equality
  • BPD provides scholarships to rural children,
    mostly girls, to attend middle and high school.
    Educated girls that stay in their communities are
    more likely to delay having children, have
    smaller and healthier families, and earn more
    income.

To date, we have provided over 400 scholarship.
9
Building Schools
Universal Education
  • BPD works in conjunction with the municipal
    government and partner organizations to build
    schools in rural communities where primary
    education is inaccessible or overcrowded.

To date, our 9 schools will serve 1391 students
and 906 families.
10
Reforestation and Fire Prevention
Saving the Environment
  • BPD has planted 10,290 seedlings in green
    areas surrounding the villages where we work.
    Onil stoves also reduce firewood use by 75,
    saving lungs, time, and trees.

We have also coordinated training and materials
for volunteer forest firefighters, with programs
in 2 villages, and have plans to expand into 8
more coming soon.
11
Rural Health Program
Improving Maternal Health
  • We have trained Traditional Birth Attendants in
    how to recognize life-threatening problems during
    pregnancy and birth, as well as Health Promoters
    who provide basic preventative and curative
    health care.

To date, we have trained 81 traditional birth
attendants, and 42 Health Promoters.
12
Healthy Homes Project
Combating Disease and Child Mortality
  • Gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases are
    the biggest killers in Guatemala. Both are
    exacerbated by poor living conditions and
    malnutrition. BPDs Healthy Homes Project
    consists of

13
Clean Water Projects
Combating Disease and Child Mortality
  • Most rural families are forced to use
    contaminated water in their daily chores. BPD
    brings running, clean water to entire villages
    through community and family water projects in
    rural Guatemala.

Rainwater
A proud family standing on their rainwater
collection system.
To date, we have helped to bring running, clean
water to 989 families.
14
Gray-Water Filters
Combating Disease and Child Mortality
  • These filters change wet, muddy yards that can
    become a breeding ground for disease and
    parasites by removing the grease and soap that
    prevents dish water from draining into the ground.

Grease and soap float
? Dirty Water
?Clean water
Clean water sinks
To date, we have provided 436 families with
gray-water filters.
15
Improved Vented Latrines
Combating Disease and Child Mortality
  • BPD helps families to build economic, clean, and
    sustainable vented latrines that remove bad odors
    and unsanitary conditions.

To date, we have provided 285 families with
improved, vented latrines.
16
Onil Stoves Save Lungs and Lives
Combating Disease and Child Mortality
  • Onil stoves vent
  • the smoke to the
  • outside of the
  • house and cover
  • the flame, lowering the amount of smoke-caused
    respiratory diseases and disfiguring or fatal
    burns that happen when children fall into the
    fire.

BEFORE
AFTER
To date, we have helped to provide 1077 families
with Onil Stoves.
17
Rural Health Clinics
Global Partnerships
  • With international organizations, BPD brings
    healthcare professionals (dentists, family
    medicine doctors, trained nurses) to rural areas
    for health clinics.

This year, we helped to provide two dental
clinics, giving care to 444 students.
18
How You Can Help
  • Make a donation. A dollar goes very far in this
    poor country.
  • Visit our website at www.behrhorst.org
  • Visit Guatemala see for yourself the beautiful
    people and culture that need your help.
  • Sign up to receive our quarterly newsletter.
  • Send an email to BehrhorstUS_at_yahoo.com to receive
    a paper copy.
  • Read about Guatemalas history. There are several
    books listed on our website www.behrhorst.org
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