ASSADE Utz Friends Newsletter November 14, 2025 Dear Reader, Welcome to the Utz Friends family! In numerous Mayan languages indigenous to ASSADE’s home country of Guatemala, including K’iche’ and Kaqchikel, the word “utz” means “good,” thus we invite you to join ASSADE as an “Utz Friend.” This newsletter is intended to keep you in the know on ASSADE’s work and its impact on the Guatemalan community. Written in collaboration with Julio, outreach coordinator of ASSADE, the publ

Written by Julio Letona, Project Director Sitting in the courtyard of the organization, I take a moment to think to myself about how any...

Written by Julio Letona, ASSADE; The public health care structure in Guatemala can be thought of in terms of a three-step stair: the...