Home for parentless children in Caracas.

At Hogar Bambi’s fifth house, we provide comprehensive care to at least 36 boys and girls ranging from newborns to 2-year-old infants, whom from an early age have been deprived of a family structure. Given the nature and importance of our mission, we have had to undertake various construction projects and make detailed adjustments to our facility to ensure we have the appropriate spaces that are in line with the needs of the children cared for at the home.

Its important to remember that Hogar Bambi embarked on this project to properly shelter and care for the babies and young children that enter the institution. These infants most of the time arrive with critical health challenges, malnutrition, the absence of the appropriate childhood vaccinations and pediatric care, among other challenges. They require specialized and personalized attention, as well as a safe space that is warm and comforting to facilitate their adaptation, rehabilitation, and cognitive and psychomotor development.

To achieve this, we have invested our time to achieve positive results for the children whilst gradually allocating our resources to this end. At Hogar Bambi’s fifth house, the:

1. Direct beneficiaries: include 36 boys and girls, deprived of a family environment (nursing infants aged 0 to 12 months; nursing infants aged 12-24 months), which as protective measures were referred to Hogar Bambi through the various child protection services and institutions of the government.
2. Indirect beneficiaries: include the family of origin that maintains a relationship with the child; or a foster family that could receive a child through foster placement or adoption. The Bambi caregivers, who are responsible for providing direct and continuous support to the children are also indirect beneficiaries of our installation.

Hogar Bambi 5 is a safe and warm home for babies who are separated from their family due to mistreatment, neglect and abandonment. Since September 2021, babies have occupied this new house. A group of caretakers, maintenance and logistics staff, pediatric staff, social workers and operational management take care of these babies. Bambi 5 has the capacity to shelter 36 babies. For the trimester September-November of this year, at least 4 babies (3 females and 1 male) were admitted. A total of 6 children were also sent with different families. This is a great satisfaction because we break the cycle of institutionalization and restore their right to grow up in a family.

During their stay, all babies are fed according to their age and health condition. In order to develop their sensory self-regulation abilities to produce adaptive responses, better functional grasp and security when taking their first steps, these babies have early stimulation and intervention in fine and gross psychomotor skills.

Keeping Bambi 5 doors open depends on the help of many. Therefore, once again we reiterate our gratitude for joining the task of providing second chances to children victims of poverty and family abandonment. Thanks to the collaborators, today  Bambi 5 "Tio Paco" house has the equipment and the human talent committed to the social work of protecting the life and development of these babies in vulnerable conditions.