LATIN AMERICA 2023

Health and nutrition program in Cuzco, Perú
With Amantani Association

For 26 years, the Amantaní Association has focused its work on four homes that welcome and provide comprehensive care to babies, children and adolescents without family protection in Cusco. State centres are very few, the reception of children in a situation of lack of family protection is an urgent need. Poverty accentuates the problems of gender violence, sexual abuse, abandonment, child abuse, maternal mortality, child labour, begging, addiction problems, etc. Since 2019, the Nuria García Foundation has guaranteed health care for babies, children and adolescents housed in the Amantaní shelters in Cusco. The funding covers paediatrician home visits, laboratory analyses and tests, consultations with specialists and hospitalizations, physical therapy, medications, oxygen, ophthalmology, glasses and dentistry, as well as the purchase of balanced food to care for 60 children.

Contribution: 14.465€ + 2nd phase 2024: 6.908€

Community family centre equipment in Guatemala
With Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos Foundation

During 2023 we conclude the collaboration in the Padre Wasson community family centre project, located in a conflictive area of ​​Chimaltenango, which provides education, health, nutrition and training services to families without resources in the area. A 3-story building that houses the family centre was rehabilitated and a multidisciplinary team of professionals specialized in psych pedagogy, physical and occupational therapy, youth and community development has been hired, in which we have financed all the equipment. The beneficiaries have been 300 vulnerable children, young people and single-parent families, who have received tutoring and school reinforcement services, reception, diagnosis, therapy and integration for children with disabilities, and psychosocial and professional development.

Contribution: 1st phase 2022: 7.500€ + 2nd phase 2023: 7.500€

Care and protection of vulnerable children in Honduras
With Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos Foundation

In this seventh collaboration with NPH, we have focused on the “Casa Mi Esperanza” (CME) transition home project, which was founded in 2017 to temporarily house children living at social risk in Olancho, Honduras. Recently, the minors housed in the home have had to urgently move to new accommodation. NPH Honduras has rented a new space, in the town of Sta. María del Real, where they will stay temporarily while waiting to build a new home suitable for their needs. The Nuria García Foundation has financed the support, medical care, education and transportation services of 130 vulnerable children.

Contribution: 5.000€ + 2nd phase 2024: 5.000€