Global Connections for Change

The Mayan Mayor and Council work within a small municipality located in the department of El Quiche, Guatemala to empower the municipality's indigenous population through educational workshops, counseling services and cultural activities.  Furthermore, they work to preserve the incredibly rich Mayan culture that unfortunately is dying out due to racism and discrimination.  Currently, GCC is partnering with the Mayan Mayor and Council to build a Mayan Educational Cultural Center that will include a bilingual library, a natural medicine pharmacy and a space for the Mayan Mayor to provide its services to the people.  Our goal is that through education we can combat the discrimination against Mayan populations while also giving them the tools and knowledge they need to be empowered.

Click here for information on how to donate and more details about the Mayan Educational Center.

KIWAKKUKI is an NGO established in 1990 in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania and collaborates with Duke's Global Health Institute.  It is a membership organization for women who want to do something about AIDS.  In particular, KIWAKKUKI addresses teh issues which affect women, provides care to HIV/AIDS orphans, educates about AIDS prevention and helps restore dignity, self respect and purpose to the lives of individuals and families affected by AIDS.  With the assistance of collaborators at Duke University, KIWAKKUKI began an HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) service in March 2003.  This program has provided testing to over three thousand clients. KIWAKKUKI is an amazing organization that teaches women more than just prevention of AIDS and how to cope the disease but also empowerment, education, financial stability and resources to strive ahead.

The DAP program is a comprehensive substance abuse program in Durham, NC that is overseen by CADET (The Carolina Alcohol and Drug Expansion Team). DAP & CADET help rehabilitate substance abusers and HIV positive people so that they can lead healthy and active lives. CADET is a program house under the Center for Health Policy and Health Inequalities Program at Duke University.  This program not only helps HIV/AIDS survivors and recovering substance abusers by providing holistic treatment, outpatient services and therapy but more that anything helps participants reintegrate into their community through vocational training, counseling, and support services.  By ensuring that life changing programs such as DAP continue to receive funding to survive, you are helping strengthen the Durham community.

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