Meet Yanci, a two-year-old girl from Guatemala and a patient with our medical partner Wuqu’ Kawoq (WK). She is the youngest of three children, and loves to play with her older brothers.
“Yanci’s two older brothers are deaf, and now as she is starting to learn how to talk, her parents are seeing similar issues,” explains our medical partner, WK. “She is having issues forming words and although she does respond to noises, they have to be louder than what a normal child seems to respond to.”
$386 funds a multifaceted intervention for Yanci’s condition. “She needs testing and speech therapy now to prevent permanent damage to her ability to communicate with others,” WK says. “ Language therapy will give her tools to communicate, and will provide additional testing to rule out any complications that may need to be addressed.”
WK continues, “Her family is poor and not only can they not afford the therapy, but they cannot afford the transport to the language center. This therapy will provide Yanci tools to communicate with her family and siblings.”
Yanci’s mother shares, “I am so worried that she may not be able to hear. I hope this therapy will help her to communicate and help us understand how we can help her more.”

