ADES Santa Marta - Presenting a plan to reduce teenage pregnancy in Cabañas

Published: April 18 2017

The Asociación de Desarrollo Económico y Social Santa Marta (ADES), along with other organizations that operate in Guacotecti, Cabañas are concerned about the high rates of teenage pregnancy in the district.

According to the statistics from the Guacotecti Community Family Health Clinic, the city ranks second with teenage pregnancies in the department and is only surpassed by Ciudad Dolores.

Facing this situation, ADES, Guacotecti´s Community Family Health Clinic, the National Civil Police, and other institutions from the municipality, together with community leaders have designed a plan to educate young people about the consequences of pregnancy at an early age.

Tulio Torres, part of ADES’ technical team, said that the institution has committed to including the subject in the “Youth Leadership School,” which is being implemented in Cabañas and Cuscatlán.

In the same way, other institutions have based their annual activities on the plan.

According to the representatives from Guacotecti´s Community Family Health Clinic, the plan to reduce teenage pregnancy in Guacotecti will be carried out over the period of a year. They are looking to reduce the rate of young pregnancies, which remains at 25%.

Leadership organization and incidence

Throughout 23 years of community work, ADES Santa Marta has been accompanied by organizations, churches, national and international social groups, with whom, through cooperation and strategic partnerships, we have been able to carry out our community development initiatives.

The fields in which we have focused the most are education, community organizing and popular communication, solidarity economics, health, and organic agriculture.

Esther Ávalos Mesa

Invitation to the Utopia

I couldn’t avoid it. The famous words of Galeano were frolicking in my memory this Sunday as I attended the impressive Utopia Festival, brought to life by the Asociación de Desarrollo Económico y Social Santa Marta (ADES) and carried out by the youth from Cabañas and Cuscatlán. It took place in the Santa Marta Community Center.

Leadership, organization and incidence

Promote inclusive and horizontal leadership, with an emphasis on women and youth, that strengthen community organization. • Promote processes of political incidence, vindication of human rights and defense of the territories, in alliance with social movements.

Food sovereignty and agroecology

Promote the adoption of an agroecological model that contributes to the achievement of sustainable local agricultural systems that optimize and stabilize production, as the basis of food sovereignty.

Comprehensive water and sanitation management

Strengthen community participation in improving water and sanitation management, contributing to the exercise of the human right to water.