Supported Organizations in 2009

In 2009, we supported:

Hijas de la Caridad de San Vicente de Paul (San Juan)
Provides care for 60 children and allows their mothers to go to work and help the household with the income they make.

Comedor los Pajaritos (Mendoza)
Feeds 100 children in an extremely deprived area and also provides children with tutoring and help with school work as well as general support. It gives training to mothers and older girls in the activities related to the care of the children.

Comunidad Huarpes de Guanacach, Lavalle Desert (Mendoza)
Provides food for families living in this Indigenous Reservation. This year we also provided medical assistance, eye screening and glasses for the children living in the community.

La Casa del Nino (Jujuy)
It provides food, clothing, school help, computer training and instruction on how to grow vegetables. Also provides a scholarship for one gifted student to attend a university. Additionally, parents and youngsters make bread which is then sold in the neighboring areas. 80 children attend this Center. It keeps them off the streets.

Centro de Apoyo Familiar Sta. Clotilde (Pacheco, Provincia de Buenos Aires)
Provides food, academic mentoring, and sports training to 350 children. Funds will go to the construction and enhancement of the Center’s premises in this after school program.

Fundacion Cooperativa para la Nutricion Infantil “Conin Chaco” (Chaco)
Provides nutritional education to mothers, assistance, and medical exams to malnourished children who are less than 3 years of age. Funds will be used to expand the facilites and provide new medical equipment.

Jardin Maternal de las Damas Rosadas (Beccar, Province of Buenos Aires)
Provides full time day care to babies from very poor families. More than 60 children attend this Center. Funds will be used to purchase equipment for a newly built playroom.

Banco de Alimentos (Cordoba, Province of Cordoba)
Provides milk for a 100 children on a daily basis. This is a Food Bank.

Fundacion Leer
Promotes reading among under-privileged children. Funds were used this year to buy books to distribute in rural areas.

Caminemos Juntos (Tres Arroyos, Province of Buenos Aires)
Provides support to 27 disabled children and young adults. This day care center needs improvements in the facilities, heating system, and basic necessities.

Grupo Encuentro (Bariloche, Province of Rio Negro)
Provides fund for improvements and a workshop center for this Day Care facility for 90 teenagers that would otherwise be wandering in the streets of Bariloche.