Family Care Foundation :: Other Programs

The Mamitas program (Little mother´s program): On our frequent visits to a social hospital, we get to know a lot of poor mothers who have given birth there. We have been registering them for this program. There are already about 400 families registered. We are able to give them food and sometimes milk as well.
A young mother (right) with her own mother. They are visited by a social worker to verify that they are needy.	Mamitas go home happy with their bag of baby supplies.
Seminars Organized: We host a series of seminars for the "mamitas", the young mothers, at the orphanage "Virgen de Fátima". Martha does regular weekly seminars on Human Relations, and the health-related ones are conducted by local nurses. We organized these seminars because we found out there is a lot of information that these new mothers simply lack concerning basic health prevention and sickness. For example there was an epidemic of Hepatitis in the orphanage, and the mamitas didn't recognize the symptoms until it had already spread considerably. We also organize seminars for university students preparing for a career in social work, bringing in specialists to speak on Reproductive Health, Environment and Legal Aid. This is backed by the CIB (Center of Investigation of Bolivia), where Martha serves on the Board. Additionally, we organize forums such as the Health Political Forum. In this case, the Catholic Church asked us to help organize a forum for presidential candidates, the objective being to stress the priority of Health as a citizen's right, and therefore as an obligation of government. The forum allowed each candidate to present their program on Health issues, as well as answer questions from the floor.
Banners like the above were city-wide, advertising the Health Political Form, as co-organized by CONFIA and Caritas.	Health Political Forum. Participants of each political party
Assistance to Institutions:
Giving sweet bread and words of encouragement to a young patient.	Martha encouraging the hard-working staff
Juan Jose Mamani gently carrying the toy received from Isabel, at the Mixto La Paz orphanage.	Thankful orphan children opening their Christmas gifts.

Medical checkups for students

Many Bolivian villagers offer no medical facilities for their residents, in particular their children. We arrange with universities to involve their medical students in doing general check-ups for the children, as well as their area of specialty, be it dermatology or whatever.

Villagers receiving health
supplements for their children

CONFIA volunteers serving a snack
to 140 children.