Xela AID Partnerships for Self Reliance

EDUCATION: Objective: Create educational opportunities for children and families so that they may become self reliant 1)Montessori Preschool:maintain a facility where children receive instruction, nutritional supplement daily, and hot meals. 2)LEAP Work-Study Scholarship Program: Provide children and youth with the opportunity to attend school, afforded by sponsorships. Deliver funds twice a year to younger children, and monthly to high school and college students. 3)Leadership Development Program: Provide intensive leadership training and community service opportunities as part of a Leadership Certificate program. Topics include public speaking, small business development, computer literacy, environmental ethics and more environmental ethics and more. 4)STUDY CENTER:Provide tutoring to children needing extra reinforcement 5)SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM: Provide critical services to children and youth with disabiities.

HEALTH Objective: Model Excellence in Rural Health Care and improve health to fuel self-reliance 1)Xela AID Clinic: Provides life-saving and preventative health care to a region of more than 30,000 people. Services include family medicine, OBGYN specialty, dental care, optometry, ultrasound, mental health care, prenatal care, family planning Clinic participates in regional health prgrams, and de-louse/de-worm programs with more than 900 children treated each year. 2)Mental Health Program: Focuses on individual and group therapy, domestic violence prevention and deescalation of violence, prevention of violence against children including sexual abuse Program includes legal services when needed. 3)Newborn Essentials/Infant Gift Pack Project: Newborns in Guatemala are commonly born with nothing to wear but old cloth. These packs provide two changes of infantwear, two diapers, diaper pins, a bib, talcum powder and ointment against diaper rash. 4)Senior Services: Provide health services to critically underdervd seniors.