2000 Guatemalan Students are going back to their school prevention program!
Wellness
“Give a man a fish, change his day. Teach him to fish and change his future.”
Through Shared Beat’s biannual medical trips along with screening and treatment programs, we change the lives of Guatemalan children. By providing glasses and hearing aids, through our educational programs, and with our scholarship program supporting Guatemalans entering the health care professions, Shared Beat is changing futures.
We empower Guatemalans to change their own tomorrows by teaching them about nutrition, hygiene, and making healthy life choices. Habits started in childhood influence entire lives.
Share the Future!
Safe Passage Wellness Center
The Safe Passage/Shared Beat Wellness Center is a school based center open to the students of Safe Passage during school hours. The staff nursing assistant works Monday-Friday assisting students with:
The doctor works by appointments 2 hours a day, 3 times a week, and is on call during school hours to assist with students health related problems.
The Health & Wellness Center Director coordinates all health related activities at the Safe Passage. A few of his responsibilities include:
Shared Beat provides:
Over 69,800 patients have been seen in the clinic since 2008.
Annie Stephens
The Heart of Juntos Saludables
Ruth Ordon, Health Director
Juntos Saludables/Shared Beat
Juntos Saludables, Healthy Together, is a collaborative preventive health program in and around the San Martin, Guatemala area in partnership with Shared Beat, People for Guatemala, area schools and established community groups.
The first program Health Director, Ruth Orden, is a Shared Beat Scholarship Program nursing school graduate and a former teacher and resident in San Martin.
Mission
To promote healthy behaviors through preventive health programs and education while connecting people, ideas and resources.
Goals:
In communities and populations with limited resources, a school preventive health program provides a first line of defense against disease and illness. Through early detection, illness can be addressed in a timely manner.
The Health Director identifies groups in each community where Shared Beat has School Health Programs. Then establishes class 6 times per year. Lessons include topics of interest to the community groups as well as:
The Health Director is a community resource for preventive health issues.
This is just the beginning for Juntos Saludable. Through growth together and watching our for each other the possibilities are endless.
Juntos Saludables is a program made possible by Annie Stephens. Annie loved people and believed we should all take care of each other. Now the children of Guatemala have an Angel watching over them.
We love you Annie!
