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Mides implementa programa “Mejores Familias” de Fundazucar

05 Dec

The Guatemalan Government implements Fundazucar’s “Better Families” program thanks to an inter-institutional alliance.

On Monday, December 5th, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar-, and the Ministry of Social Development for the transfer of the Better Families program free of charge.

With the objective of promoting nutritional food security, self-esteem, self-management and leadership in women (of reproductive age or with children under five years of age), as agents of change for the development and well-being of their families and communities; The Ministry of Social Development -Mides- implemented this year the “Better Families” program.

It was agreed that Fundazucar will transmit knowledge, experiences, methodologies, techniques and technologies to the Mides technical team free of charge, so that they can execute it.

The Ministry is responsible for replicating the behavior change training for personnel from the Coordination and Organization Directorate, so that they, in turn, replicate the knowledge of women beneficiaries of institutional social programs, to provide them with skills and opportunities that improve their quality of life.

Organization and implementation

In search of an efficient application, a technological platform was designed that registers the users of the social programs to be trained: Social Bonus and Social Scholarship (Media Education, Higher Education and Artisan).

It was determined that 54 thousand 141 women from the 114 municipalities prioritized by the Great National Crusade for Nutrition would benefit in the first phase and 33 thousand 608 from the rest of the municipalities nationwide in the second: for a total of 87 thousand 749.

For the execution of “Better Families”, it will work with funds from the Ministry, which will be transferred to the United Nations Development Program -UNDP- to be invested in concrete actions that promote institutional transparency.

The International Organization will hire a consultant for the survey of the Initial Baseline and Evaluation of the Final Baseline on the results of the Strategy; and it will buy the didactic material for the public servants of the Mides and for the beneficiaries.

This will make it possible to develop strategies that make institutional budgetary execution clearly visible and improve the quality of public spending.

*Fundazucar’s cooperation consists of training Mides staff pro bono, that is, it does not charge any fee for transferring skills.

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Salubristas de la Costa Sur son capacitados gracias al programa “Mi Salud Primero” de Fundazúcar

10 Feb

Fundazucar trained 535 health professionals in COVID-19 prevention and health promotion in 2021

Fundazucar trained 535 health professionals in COVID-19 prevention

and health promotion in 2021

Last year, 535 health professionals from the South of Guatemala were trained by the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar-, in alliance with the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance in methodologies for the prevention of COVID-19 and strategies for the promotion preventive health in diseases such as dengue, zika and chikungunya; as well as monitoring of pregnant women and women with children up to two years old in what is called the “window of a thousand days”.

The training covered the five departments on the South of Guatemala and included the promotion of preventive health in diseases transmitted by animals such as mosquitoes, spiders, flies, fleas, and lice, among others, these are called “vectors”.

They were also trained to develop technical skills to prevent the spread of COVID-19; this due to the pandemic we are facing worldwide.

Similarly, support for women and children was promoted in the so-called “Window of a thousand days” which, according to the Pan American Health Organization, covers health care and nutrition for mothers and children during pregnancy and up to two years of the child, with this it is sought that they have good feeding practices, through prioritizing breastfeeding, taking vitamins and minerals, and the treatment of acute malnutrition, among others.

In addition, Fundazucar supports the workers of 65 health posts and centers, with advice for the control and updating of the Situation Room, which means keeping community health statistics such as: control of vaccinations, child malnutrition, number of pregnant women, diseases local authorities, among others, this allows them to better focus their efforts.

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By Fundazucar Uncategorized children, fundazucar, Guatemala, health, health comes first, health workers, Nutrition, training 0 Comments

Alcalde de Tiquisate firma convenio de transferencia del programa Mejores Familias

03 Nov

Six municipalities of Guatemala will replicate the Best Families Program

Six municipalities of Guatemala will replicate the Best Families Program

The local government of Tiquisate, Escuintla, located at 146 kilometers (91 milles) at the South of Guatemala, signed the agreement for the transfer of the methodology of the Better Families program of the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- making it the sixth municipality to implement this successful program to promote Nutritional Food Security.

Since the beginning of the transfer of the program, 36 facilitators from the Municipal Directorate for Women and the Municipal Office for Nutritional Food Security have been trained of the municipalities of Escuintla, Masagua, La Democracia and La Gomera; Escuintla and San Lorenzo, Suchitepequez.

The objective is that municipal facilitators can teach the women of their localty the best practices for the proper selection, preparation, and consumption of food. As well as educating mothers in preventive health with sustainable actions to improve the conditions of their children, family and community.

Through this program, the implementation of inter-institutional coordination mechanisms for Food and Nutrition Security in the signatory municipalities is facilitated. Each municipality has signed a cooperation agreement with Fundazucar for a period of 15 consecutive months.

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By Fundazucar Uncategorized better families, chronic child malnutrition, community development, food security, fundazucar, Guatemala, Nutrition 0 Comments

Capacitación programa Mejores Familias - San Lorenzo Suchitepéquez

01 Sep

Fundazucar trained 36 municipal workers on the methodology of the Better Families program

Fundazucar trained 36 municipal workers

on the methodology of the Better Families program

Fundazucar began the transfer of the Better Families program with the training of 36 facilitators from the Municipal Directorate for Women -DMM- and the Municipal Office for Nutritional Food Security -OMSAN- of four municipalities of the department of Escuintla and one of the department of Suchitepequez after signing a cooperation agreement with municipal authorities.

The training program addressed the subject of Nutritional Food Security Policy and its four pillars, as well as the appropriate techniques for teaching adults.

In March 2021, the Guatemalan Sugar Industry, through its Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar-, signed a cooperation agreement with municipal authorities of Escuintla, Masagua, La Democracia and La Gomera for the transfer of the methodology of the Better Families program with a validity of 15 consecutive months.

The Municipality of San Lorenzo, Suchitepequez joined this agreement in July and began the initial phase of the program in August with the aim of promoting Nutritional Food Security and recognizing women of reproductive age as an agent of change in the community.

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By Fundazucar Uncategorized better families, food security, fundazucar, Guatemala, local governments, Nutrition, training 0 Comments

05 Aug

IADB allies with Fundazucar to prevent chronic child malnutrition

IADB allies with Fundazucar to prevent chronic child malnutrition

The Inter-American Development Bank -IADB- signed an alliance with the Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- of the Guatemalan Sugar Industry for the execution of the SPOON program (Sustaining Program for Improving Nutrition) that seeks to prevent chronic malnutrition and reduce the risks of future obesity in children from 0 to 24 months of age living in areas of high poverty in Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico.

In Guatemala, the SPOON initiative was implemented in the department of Baja Verapaz in the context of “Better Families” program of Fundazucar because it shares the same objectives and is an innovative self-management model driven by women that promotes behavior change to improve Safety Nutritional Food.

The program ended in May 2021 with a duration of 24 months and the participation of 604 women from 39 communities of the 8 municipalities of Baja Verapaz. These women successfully completed the training for behavior change in the programmatic axes of: Self-esteem, Health and Nutrition, Responsible Motherhood and Fatherhood, and Reproductive Health.

The Sugar Foundation has worked with more than 532,000 women who have been empowered and trained in food security and development for their family and community. This program is executed through alliances with authorities and institutions and, in this case, with social investors who relied on field experience to develop effective behavior change strategies.

The positive results and success stories of the Better Families program of the Sugar Foundation – Fundazucar- has led to the implementation by social investors: companies, foundations, and international organizations, to prevent chronic child malnutrition.

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By Fundazucar Uncategorized better families, chronic child malnutrition, fundazucar, Guatemala, Nutrition, social investors 0 Comments

02 Jun

604 women graduate from the Best Families-Spoon program

604 women graduate from the Best Families-Spoon program

As part of the alliance between Fundazucar, the Inter-American Development Bank -BID- and the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala -MSPAS-, on June 5th, 2021, 604 women graduated from the Better Families Program– Spoon.

This program promotes the training of women for behavior change from the individual, family, and community level, in which it is recognized as a key agent to promote the health and nutritional status of children.

In the program, which lasted 24 months, participated 604 women from 39 communities in 8 municipalities of the department of Baja Verapaz in the North of Guatemala. These women successfully complete the training for behavior change in the programmatic axes of: Self-esteem, Health and Nutrition, Responsible Motherhood and Fatherhood, and Reproductive Health.

“The women graduates participated in 14 training sessions, with home visits and monitoring of the Nutritional Status of their children, which will impact the social indicators of the department,” said Maria Silvia Pineda, director of Fundazucar.

Pineda added: “We motivate the graduates to always be women who with Better Families build Better Communities every day.”

The Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- executes its programs through alliances with authorities and institutions and, in this case, with social investors who relied on field experience to develop effective behavior change strategies.

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By Fundazucar Uncategorized better communities, better families, fundazucar, Guatemala, Nutrition, social programs 0 Comments

Municipalidades firman convenio para transferencia del programa Mejores Familias

23 Mar

“Better families” a social program developed by the Guatemalan Sugar Industry that promotes food and nutritional security, will be implemented by local governments

“Better families” a social program developed by the Guatemalan Sugar Industry

that promotes food and nutritional security, will be implemented by local governments

The Guatemalan Sugar Industry, through their Sugar Foundation – Fundazucar-, signed a cooperation agreement with municipal authorities of the sixth bigger department of Guatemala, called Escuintla for the transfer of the methodology of the Better Families program, which promotes food security and nutrition, as well as the empowerment of women as agents of change and catalyst for development.

Better Families is a program certified by the Guatemalan Ministry of Education and promotes the training of women for behavior change from the individual, family and community level, recognizing in her a key agent to promote the improvement of health and nutritional status of the family, especially of the children.

The Better Families program has empowered and trained more than 532,000 women since its implementation in 1998. Due to the positive results, it was transferred to the Government of Honduras and was implemented twice as a public policy of the State in Guatemala. Likewise, 14 companies, foundations and international organizations have carried it out in different areas of the country with the aim of reducing chronic child malnutrition.

The objective of this cooperation agreement is to replicate this social program that provides education to women, so they get to know practices for the proper selection, preparation, and consumption of food. As well as educating mothers in preventive health with sustainable actions to improve the conditions of their children, family, and community. Through this program, the implementation of inter-institutional coordination mechanisms for Food and Nutrition Security in the signatory municipalities is facilitated.

The agreement was signed by the mayors of four municipalities of the Department of Escuintla in the South of Guatemala, as well as by Luis Miguel Paiz, General Manager of the Guatemalan Sugar Producers Association and Maria Silvia Pineda Molina, Executive Director of Fundazucar.

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By Fundazucar Uncategorized better families, Nutrition, social programs, women 0 Comments

Cierre de la Gran Cruzada Nacional por la Nutrición 2020

18 Jan

Crusade for Nutrition in Guatemala reached more than 9,900 children with the assistance of the Sugar Foundation

Crusade for Nutrition in Guatemala reached more than 9,900 children

with the assistance of the Sugar Foundation

The Sugar Foundation -Fundazucar- supported the Great National Crusade for Nutrition in Guatemala after signing an alliance with the Secretariat of Food and Nutrition Security of Guatemala -Sesan- and the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance -MSPAS-, in which more than 9 thousand children were tested to detect cases of malnutrition.

This strategic alliance made possible the detection of cases of acute malnutrition in boys and girls; and to achieve so, Fundazucar formed brigades to search for such cases in four departments of the South of Guatemala between August and December 2020.

Fundazucar’s brigades reached 112 communities located in 16 municipalities on the South of Guatemala where they tested 9,919 children for signs of malnutrition.

After the tests, 65 cases of children with acute malnutrition were detected, their mothers received a food plan through a nutritionist, counseling, and the children are now under the surveillance of the Government Ministry of Health, with weight and height monitoring.

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By Fundazucar Uncategorized children, health, Nutrition 0 Comments

17 Aug

Fundazucar joins the Guatemalan Great National Crusade for Nutrition

FUNDAZUCAR joins the Guatemalan Great National Crusade for Nutrition

Fundazucar, the social arm of the Guatemalan Sugar Industry, joined the Great National Crusade for Nutrition by signing a letter of understanding with the Secretariat of Food and Nutrition Security of Guatemala – Sesan -. With this alliance, Fundazucar will help facilitate nutritional counseling in the departments of the South of Guatemala.

The detection of cases is led by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS) with the support of the Sesan. Its goal is to serve 100% of the girls and boys under 5 years of age diagnosed with malnutrition acute, moderate or severe.

Fundazucar and Sesan come together with the aim of contributing jointly to the active search for cases of girls and boys with acute malnutrition. Fundazucar will form brigades to develop the active search in 57 municipalities in the south of the country, in which it has a presence with the Communities in Development program.

Alfredo Vila, president of the Guatemalan Sugar Association – Asazgua -, stated: “The Foundation has been collaborating since 1998 with food security, and this event allows us to participate and collaborate with the goals proposed by the Guatemalan Government.

Also, Maria Silvia Pineda, representative of Fundazucar, highlighted that as a productive sector representing the Guatemalan sugar mills, it is expected to be an instrument of collaboration and integration of efforts.

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