Capacity building and community development

Strengthen the capacity of individuals and families through social guidance to promote their personal development and improve their decision-making capacity.

• Group training workshops on family, education, nutrition, work, and health topics.
• Training on socio-emotional skills such as stress management, conflict resolution, and decision-making.
• Workshops on financial education, personal planning, and healthy lifestyle habits.
• Training on self-care and the importance of health status.
• Training on self-esteem and healthy relationships.

Food and nutritional security

Improve the nutrition of indigenous communities and vulnerable groups, with special emphasis on early childhood, women of childbearing age, and their families, to ensure comprehensive childhood development, guarantee healthy pregnancies and births, and prevent diseases.

• Rescue, harvest, select, and distribute nutritious and safe foods.
• Recreational training in food and nutrition education for parents, caregivers, and community leaders.

Community Health and Wellbeing

Expand access to clean water and basic sanitation systems in homes and community spaces in Indigenous communities and vulnerable groups to meet basic subsistence needs, improve health, prevent disease, reduce inequalities, empower communities, and strengthen resilience to climate change.

• Installation of rainwater harvesting systems in homes and community spaces.
• Training of community committees in water resource maintenance and management.
• Awareness campaigns on hygiene, health, and efficient water use.
• Installation of ecological toilets in homes and schools.
• Training of health promoters in hygiene practices and facility maintenance.
• Conducting participatory workshops in schools and community centers.
• Implementation of reforestation actions in key aquifer recharge areas, ensuring the sustainability of the resource.
• Training of community health promoters.

Ensure the inclusion, autonomy, and comprehensive development of persons with disabilities, with particular attention to visual, hearing, and mobility disabilities, through prevention, early detection, diagnosis, referral, and follow-up, as well as the provision of assistive devices, assistive technologies, rehabilitation services, and the strengthening of community support networks, thereby helping to reduce the barriers that limit the exercise of their rights, social participation, and quality of life.

• Conduct community-based eye and hearing health outreach programs, prioritizing Indigenous and rural communities and populations in vulnerable situations.
• Implement eye health promotion and prevention initiatives aimed at avoidable visual impairment, including education on risk factors, self-care practices, and warning signs.
• Conduct vision screenings and eye health assessments for the early detection of refractive errors, visual impairments, and potential eye diseases, with particular attention to children, older adults, and people living with chronic diseases.
• Establish referral pathways and linkages with optometry, ophthalmology, and specialized eye care services for individuals requiring further assessment, diagnosis, treatment, or complementary interventions.
• Conduct community-based hearing health outreach programs, including prevention, assessment, early detection, diagnosis, and follow-up services.
• Provide diagnosis, referral, support, and follow-up for persons with visual, hearing, and mobility disabilities, as well as other conditions that may limit their autonomy and social participation.
• Provide and facilitate access to assistive devices and assistive technologies, based on individual assessments and needs, including hearing aids, eyeglasses and optical aids, wheelchairs, and other devices that enhance mobility, communication, and autonomy.
• Provide guidance and training to persons with disabilities, their families, and caregivers on the proper use, care, and maintenance of assistive devices and assistive technologies.
• Develop rehabilitation, habilitation, and support interventions that promote personal autonomy, communication, mobility, community participation, and quality of life.
• Train families, teachers, caregivers, community leaders, and community health workers on disability, inclusive education, accessibility, prevention, identification of warning signs, and referral pathways.
• Develop community awareness campaigns to promote the rights of persons with disabilities, inclusion, accessibility, equal opportunities, and respect for diversity, while helping to prevent discrimination and stigma.
• Establish and strengthen community support networks for persons with disabilities and their families, facilitating linkages with health, education, rehabilitation, social protection services, and other available resources.
• Train community health workers to support health promotion, prevention, early identification, guidance, referral, and follow-up for persons with visual, hearing, and mobility disabilities.

• Implementation of essential health, food, and psychosocial support services.
• Establishment of collaborative mechanisms between authorities, organizations, and communities for efficient management of efforts during and after disasters.
• Training and drills to strengthen resilience and reduce the impact of future events.

• Promoción del reconocimiento y valoración de la identidad cultural.
• Promoción de la transmisión intergeneracional de saberes y prácticas culturales.
• Fortalecimiento de la participación comunitaria en la gestión y promoción cultural.