WINGS creates opportunities for Guatemalan families to improve
their lives by providing them with family planning education and
access to reproductive health services. Since 2004, WINGS has
trained over 380 youth aged 13-19 as peer educators, who in turn
have shared accurate information about sexual health with nearly
56,000 young people. In 2011, WINGS began to use street theater
as part of its youth outreach. Based on this success, it sought
a collaboration with ArtCorps to expand and deepen creative
methods throughout its Peer Education program. New arts-based
tools developed by ArtCorps are enabling young leaders to
explain technical concepts, such as the functioning of
reproductive organs, and facilitate discussions on sensitive and
often taboo topics like gender roles and domestic violence.
ArtCorps will provide Art for Social Action tools that increase
knowledge about sexual and reproductive health and foster
dialogue among peers and couples. In a country where 34% of boys
and 22% of girls are sexually