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Help For The Andes Foundation


Annual report for 2010

Thanks to the generous and invaluable cooperation and support from various organizations throughout the year 2010, the Help for the Andes Foundation has been able to form and further consolidate projects in the areas of health, education and housing, changing lives and making a difference in the most vulnerable and destitute communities.

In order to reach the goals which we had set, we designed specific projects and designated responsibilities to specialized personnel, whilst establishing a system to indicate the development of these.
The projects, goals and tasks accomplished in the year 2010 were the following:

POST EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

In March, our foundation collaborated with a group of doctors, nurses, young volunteers and missionaries, who generously dedicated their time and efforts to help the areas which were most affected by the 2010 earthquake and tsunami.  These teams carried out the following activities:

  • Distribution of food and supplies for the families affected by the earthquake in Constitución, Region VII (Maule)
  • In Constitución and Talca (Region VII), the Foundation organized activities and workshops for the children still affected by the earthquake; and with the collaboration of young volunteers, we donated and distributed food, supplies, educative books, toys and Easter eggs
  • In Valparaiso (Region V), O’Higgins (Region VI), Maule (Region VII) and Bio-Bio (Region VIII), volunteers visited six health service centers and four schools, delivering 1020 coloring books with fun and educational stories for children affected by the earthquake and tsunami
  • In collaboration with the General Chilean Consulate of Melbourne, Australia, the Medical Development Humanitarian Aid project delivered 150 electric hospital beds to the regional hospital of San Antonio Pedro Vicuña, the Van Buren hospital in Valparaíso, and three health service centers along the affected coast.

During this time, we also delivered hospital bed mattresses, medical supplies and equipment, provided hospital bed maintenance and examinations, cleaning supplies, children's clothing, shoes, sheets, towels, shirts, diapers and thermal blankets.

Throughout 2010, our Foundation did not only coordinate the support which would benefit various public hospitals and health care centers in earthquake affected zones, but we also focused on the creation of a mobile clinics project which would bring steady solutions in health care and allow adequate and timely treatment for patients.

TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN

1.  In the providence of Maipo, one of our volunteers, Nikki Mahoney, a professional basketball player from Santa Monica, CA (USA), taught basketball classes and other recreational games to children attending the Fundación Sagrada Familia school.  These activities where given to help the children to recuperate emotionally from the earthquake.
2.  On Children’s Day in July and August 2010, our foundation donated educational books to 46 children studying 3rd grade in the school of the “Corporación Municipal de Providencia”.
3.  Furthermore, 1.200 story books for children were donated to various communities affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Thanks to the efforts and collaboration of international organizations, translators and experts in creating special educational materials, children from various communities were able to benefit.

THE HUMAN TOUCH

1.  This year, our Foundation continued its work in the rural areas of Lima (Peru) in partnership with the El Faro medical center, providing seminars, workshops and special family coaching in personal development.
2.  In joint efforts with the Wiener University of Lima and with the support of the Professional Institute Carlos Casanueva, Help for the Andes has continued its educational programs for women. During the Nursing courses, women immigrants carried out their hours of practice with a great level of satisfaction in the Hogar de Ancianos de la Unión Árabe de Beneficiencia (home for the elderly. And during the months of November and December, they also provided recreational activities for the elderly.

Our Foundation continued to raise the funds to support this project in partnership with Global Giving.

COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS

Throughout October and November 2010, the directors of the Foundation held extensive meetings with other non-profit organizations with expertise in the philanthropic field.  These organizations included:

  • PNUD (United Nations Program for Development)
  • FOMIN (Chile)
  • Avina Foundation (Chile)
  • Help for the Andes, Inc. (CA, USA)
  • Harvard Kennedy School of Government (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
  • El Faro Medical Center (Lima, Peru)
  • Servicio Nacional del Adulto Mayor
  • SENAMA Public Service for the Elderly
  • Institute for the Aged (“Instituto del Envejecimiento”)
  • “Vamos que se puede” Social Program, conducted by Senator Francisco Chahuán, member of the Health Committee of the Senate (Chile)

The primary objective of these meetings was to create new concepts, and programs destined to help alleviate poverty in Chile, and raise awareness to the pressing needs of the country and its inhabitants.

This year our organization has continued to uphold the work of the ECOSOC, and has presented reports and a written statement on the subject of Empowering Women of the Andes with Education and Opportunities. This statement will be distrubuted in six languages to all participants of the ECOSOC, High Level Segment of 2011.

In 2010, the Help for the Andes Foundation’s fundamental goal was to support the reconstruction of Chile which followed the earthquake of February 27th, as well as providing aid to the most vulnerable communities  with our established programs and initiatives.

Our work this year demonstrates the commitment of our great team of beneficiaries, collaborators and volunteers. Help for the Andes foundation would like to thank everyone who helped make all of this possible.