Maya Health Alliance/Wuqu’ Kawoq is an healthcare organization working in the indigenous Mayan communities in Guatemala expressly respecting their culture and speaking their Mayan languages. Since the beginning of their efforts in 2016 infant deaths have gone from 8 to 4 to 0. 50% of all Guatemalans speak a Mayan language.
The mother mortality rate remains at 0.They are the only organization in Guatemala conducting healthcare in the Mayan languages. The Mayan people are among the poorest and most underserved sector in the country. The Mayan women are ten times more likely to die from childbirth than in the US. There is no high quality women’s healthcare available. Indigenous women make up 50% of Guatemalan women. They are one of the most vulnerable populations in the world. 75 % of these women give birth at home.