Organizations Filed Purposes:
WINGS WAS FOUNDED IN 2001 AND OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GUATEMALAN FAMILIES TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES THROUGH FAMILY PLANNING EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES. WE ACHIEVE THIS BY PROVIDING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WITH SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION, CAPACITY BUILDING AND DIRECT SERVICES. WE SELECT COMMUNITIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINISTRIES OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TARGETING AREAS WITH PARTICULARLY HIGH LEVELS OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CHILD MALNUTRITION. OUR MODEL ENGAGES A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP WIDESPREAD UNDERSTANDING OF AND SUPPORT FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING. BENEFICIARIES AND ALLIES INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITY LEADERS, SCHOOL STUDENTS, TEACHERS, HEALTH STAFF, PARTNER NGOS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES. WINGS OPERATES TWO CORE PROGRAMS: EDUCATION/CAPACITY BUILDING AND DIRECT SERVICE PROVISION.
TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF GUATEMALAN FAMILIES THROUGH FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.
EDUCATION PROGRAM: REACHED CLOSE TO 5,000 MEN, WOMEN, AND YOUTH THROUGH EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND COUNSELLING. INCLUDED IN EDUCATION PROGRAM ARE: YOUTH PEER EDUCATION PROGRAM IN ANTIGUA AND REGIONAL SERVICE PROMOTION.
SERVICE PROVISION: PROVIDED LONG-TERM REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION AND VOLUNTARY SURGICAL CONTRACEPTION TO 3,925 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING 1,096 ADOLESCENTS AGES 14-19, AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING TO 1,652 WOMEN THOUGH MOBILE MEDICAL CLINICS AND STATIONARY CLINIC SERVICES. OUR CLINICS, MOBILE UNITS, AND NETWORK OF 30 VOLUNTEER HEALTH PROMOTERS DISTRIBUTED 8,930 SHORT-TERM CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS, 250 EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION DOSES, AND MORE THAN 25,458 CONDOMS.INCLUDED IN SERVICE PROVISION ARE: ANTIGUA-BASED MOBILE UNITS, ANTIGUA CLINIC, COBN CLINIC, ANTIGUA VOLUNTEER PROMOTER NETWORK, AND COBN VOLUNTEER PROMOTER NETWORK.
COVID-SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM: THROUGH MASS RADIO SPOTS, AND PODCAST-STYLE INTERVIEWS, WE REACHED CLOSE TO 2,000,000 INDIVIDUALS IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN HIGHLANDS, AS WELL AS THE PACIFIC COAST. RADIO SPOTS WERE TRANSMITTED THOUGH NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL RADIO STATIONS, AND WERE TRANSLATED TO THE MAIN MAYAN LANGUAGES. THIS PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THREE OTHER LOCAL NONPROFITS, AND TOGETHER THIS INITIATIVE IS CALLED THE COLECTIVO.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Richard Yankwich | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Joel Weinthal | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Theresa Weimerskirch | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Jackie Verity | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Silvia Tum | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Tonia Papke | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Anne Kraemer | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Lisa Van Dusen | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Kate Flatley | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Alejandra Colom | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Estuardo Molina | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Austin Anderson | TREASURER | 4 | $0 |
Marilyn Edmunds | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
Holly Myers | PRESIDENT | 4 | $0 |
Sue Patterson | FOUNDER | 1 | $0 |
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