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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black">I am pleased to announce that U-C Friends Meeting is co-sponsoring a presentation on Wuqu’ Kawoq, a nonprofit, nongovernment organization in Guatemala founded by a member
of our meeting, Dr. Peter Rohloff.<span style=""> </span>Please come to Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon, Urbana, on Wednesday, February 22 at 7 PM and learn more about this innovative approach to providing health services in rural Guatemala.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black">Claire Melvin will make the presentation, complete with slides, about Wuqu’ Kawoq. The organization is dedicated to providing healthcare and human services to indigenous
Maya populations in Guatemala in their first, and for many, only language.<span style="">
</span>The program’s founder, Dr. Peter Rohloff, is a U of I graduate who was convinced that because of language and cultural barriers typical medical aid programs in Guatemala often don’t work and thus focused on developing more holistic models of intervention.
Wuqu’ Kawoq focuses on five major areas:<span style=""> </span>women’s health, combating child malnutrition and providing primary pediatric care, treating chronic diseases in adults such as diabetes, health education, and clean water initiatives.<span style="">
</span>Claire Melvin is a U of I graduate in sociocultural anthropology who spent a year living in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:17px">Guatemala and working as an intern with Wuqu’Kawoq.<span style="">
</span>The major focus of her work was to create a women’s sexual health program.<span style="">
</span>Her presentation will focus on women’s healthcare and education in the Guatemalan highlands with Kaqchikel and K’ichee’ speaking women; she will also discuss the work that Wuqu’ Kawoq does as a whole.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:black">The public is invited, and light refreshments will be served.<span style=""> T</span>he event is free, but donations to Wuqu’Kawoq will be gladly accepted.</span></p>
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