Community Health Worker Program

Dear GlobalGiving Friends and Supporters,

Since launching our Community Health Worker Program, our dedicated medical volunteers have been working hard to improve health outcomes in the rural town of Lobitos. They’ve developed public health interventions and led workshops that empower residents with life-changing knowledge and skills.

Our work aligns with Peru’s national health priorities, especially the identified urgent priority to reduce paediatric and maternal anaemia. With the help of community leaders, we identify beneficiary families and train community health workers to reach those most in need.

In our most recent workshop last November, five local women were trained to measure and monitor haemoglobin levels. Our medical volunteers also delivered sessions on basic nutrition and how to detect and manage anaemia. We conducted three-month follow-up checkups and collected qualitative feedback from participants of earlier workshops.

Thanks to the generous support of Lucky Iron Life, we distributed 30 Lucky Iron Fish to families—simple, reusable tools that add essential dietary iron during cooking. Families were trained on their use to safely improve iron intake at home.

Next month, we’ll expand this program to reach 30 more households, conducting more workshops on anaemia and follow-up checkups. In parallel, we continue to run public health initiatives such as sexual health education and testing, and our HPV vaccination program, which is a critical intervention in a country where cervical cancer is the second leading cause of death for women.

Your ongoing support makes all of this possible. Together, we are making a meaningful and measurable impact in our community.

With gratitude,
Alejandro Pizarro