*Call for Students! Placements available in the NAPA-OT Field School in
Antigua, Guatemala -- June 1-26, 2015.*
*Positions are available for anthropology, public health, and clinical
students interested in building research skills! More information and the
application can be found at www.napaotguatemala.org
<http://www.napaotguatemala.org>. Admission on a rolling basis with an
April 1 deadline. Email [log in to unmask]
<[log in to unmask]> with questions.*
*NGO Networks and Perspectives on Child Migration: Examining Perceptions
of Root Causes*
The NGO Networks group will work to explore occupational perspectives on
child migration and its causes drawing from among diverse sectors of
Guatemalan society. The project will be developed in collaboration with
local NGOs to investigate views of precipitating factors for the migration
of Guatemalan children, with particular focus on programming strategies to
improve educational and future employment opportunities. The NGO Networks
group will explore legal and policy approaches to migration used within
Guatemala. By bringing together community, NGO, and legal perspectives,
the group will consider human rights and occupational outcomes for
Guatemalan migrant children.
*Sustainable Social Enterprise for Water: Social Justice, Community
Development, and Household Occupations*
The Sustainable Social Enterprise group will explore Guatemala’s progress
on Millennium Development Goal 7, focusing on Target 7C to halve the
proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe water and
sanitation. The Guatemalan government remains unable to provide adequate
access to safe water for rural populations, leaving them vulnerable to
intestinal infections and poor health outcomes. Transportation of water
and its purification typically falls to women or children within Guatemalan
households, and distant water sources can pose a significant daily
occupational burden. To address these issues, highly-regarded social
enterprise EcoFiltro (http://www.ecofiltro.org/en) provides affordable
household water filters through an innovative rural business model in which
urban sales offset the cost of filters for rural households. Based on
first-hand research, students will highlight trends in community and
household adoption of the water filters, with particular attention to
community adoption rates and household payment rates.
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