Supported Organizations in 2005

In 2005, we supported:

Asociacion Kerispen
Asociacion Kerispen is located in the southernmost part of Argentina known as Tierra del Fuego. This project serves 240 children daily by providing them with much needed food and clothing. Part of the Operation Canasta funds were used to train mothers and to find a self sustaining micro-enterprise making such products as jewelery, hats, bags, and knit goods.

Casa de Galilea
Casa de Galilea, Parroquia Ntra Sra. de la Cava, has developed programs to assist the needs of 2000 families that live in the slum called La Cava, in the suburbs of Buenos Aires.

Fundacion Ideas
Fundacion Ideas, assists the “Toba” etnic group from the Chaco Province. They work with a group of 60 children that suffer malnutrition.

Casa del Nino
Casa del Nino, in the province of Jujuy, is a center that takes care of children at risk offering them school tutoring, an extra meal, and social and cultural development.

Comedor los Pajaritos
Comedor los Pajaritos in the province of Mendoza, attends 100 children from a poor neighborhood, giving them food and some schooling.

Centro Educativo Complementario Maria T. Maciel
Centro Educativo Complementario Maria T. Maciel in Tres Arroyo, Province of Buenos Aires. The center helps 193 children that attend this house after school. These children are needy, from marginalized families, with lack of financial support and educational deprivation. The Center provides food, activities, clothes, psychological and educational support.