Program areas at Local Hope
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.
Economic Development Objectives: (1)Empower youth to start businesses & secure well-paying employment. (II) Programs & services that generate revenue to support Health & Education programs while they provide job training to youth. (1)Small Business Development:Provide resources to youth to launch & operate successful small businesses. Job Skills Training:Provide training to endure that youth are highly sought after. Placement:Provide training to develop interview skills & develop networks to place graduates in well-paying professional positions. (2)Volunteer Program: Providing profoundly enriching experience for volunteers through service and explore travel. (3)Eco Guest House:Provide room & board for volunteers providing services to critically underserved communities. (4)Fresh Food-Assistance: Sponsorship of fresh food assistance to subsidized access for low-income communities to highly nutritious, locally grown & produced fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy and other farm products.
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.
Emergency Relief: Expenses: $15,318 Revenue: $18,930 Clean Environment: Expenses: $7917 Revenue: $0