In the following report, Foundation Help for Andes would like to inform you of its activities undertaken throughout the year 2006, aiming at improving the quality of life of mankind, the Foundation working as a bridge between the people and institutions with the means to help on one hand, and those presenting the need and lack on the other.

* Several seminars and workshops on personal development took place at the El Faro medical center of Lima, Peru.

* Thanks to doctors Héctor Hernandez and Rosa María Sanfilipo’s voluntary action, medical assistance was given in the town of Pamplona, Lima, benefiting many of the community’s needy inhabitants.

* In the province of Canta, Peru, a social event was carried out and poverty stricken people received food supplies.

* In Chile, Project ‘A Door to Change’ was organized resulting in several seminars and workshops held for the blind and 25 members of the National Library of Santiago who were able to share life experiences through which they established close relations and bonds of friendship with each other.

* Thousands of yoghurts, fruit, and other food were distributed to various needy centers, the children of the community of Maipú, as well as to the residents of the old folks home ‘Hogar Santa Monica’ and other homes and Christian missionary institutions.

* The Help for the Andes Foundation together with the Peruvian consulate, helped support a social event for poverty stricken Peruvian children, who were able to enjoy games, receive animal shaped balloons as well as basic school supplies before the beginning of the school term.

* The Help for the Andes Foundation helped contribute towards doctor Patch Adams’ visit in Valparaíso and is currently working on being able to hold training courses together with the University of Valparaíso, designed mainly for the medical students.

* Significant donations of medical supplies were received by the Parish Hospital of San Bernardo, in Santiago, Chile. Also, in the Middle East, several hospitals affected by the war in the Gaza Strip received a container of medical supplies thus making it possible for the local communities to benefit from better medical assistance and service.

* Language and mathematic workshops plus driving courses were made available to underprivileged young people in the community of Maipú.

* During the year-end festivities, the Foundation participated together with the Peruvian embassy in Chile, in the Christmas event organized for 600 needy children, providing the celebration with a lively Christmas choir to entertain the eager attendees.

* Furthermore, 200 gift packages put together by volunteer workers, were handed out to handicapped children of the National Rehabilitation Institute of Pedro Aguirre Cerda.

In closing, the Help for the Andes Foundation would like to thank those who so generously and unselfishly made these activities possible. You undoubtedly give a boost to our motivation and desire to forge ahead. May great blessings be bestowed upon you!