Pediatric Services in Remote Areas of Argentina

Dear Friends: We have been very busy over the summer!

We want to thank you for collaborating with our Infrastructure Project and tell you about the result of the construction/repair of different schools in Chaco and Misiones.

EEP483 “Ramón Agustín” Lot 19, Villa Berthet, Chaco -Construction of bathrooms – School painting.

-       EEP 373/1, Guillermo Donaire, Paraje el Botón. El Soberbio, Misiones: Renovation of painting and arrangement of gutters for drainage. 

-       Our always, our well-disposed warehouse team in Argentina was very busy!! Classes started and school supplies arrived on time for the children.

SOUP KITCHENS:

Fundación Pequeños Pasos

1-    Centro Tilcara – Provincia de  Jujuy

In Tilcara, the year began with two own courses, Cooking and Sewing, to later be able to take the "Kitchen Helper" course, which has a certificate from the union. 

2-    Centro Loma Hermosa en San Martín – Provincia de Buenos aires

Nutritional bags with balanced meals were distributed for the good nutrition of children in early childhood. The tasks for the beginning of the activities of the year were organized: control of merchandise, conditioning of the space, registration in the childhood/adolescence and trade programs. Neighborhood tours were also carried out to recognize the reality of families.

Fundación Sai

Original Communities and Service Centers throughout Argentina: Mbya Guarani Pindoty Community and Tava Mir Community (San Ignacio-Misiones) - Quoms o Tobas Community-(Derqui-Bs As) - Mocovi Community (Nocan Kani--Santa Fe) – Casita Sai Feliz (Gonzalez Catan-Bs As) – Las Talitas-Tucuman - Picnic area Belen-Salta - Los Sauces-San Marcos Sierra-Cordoba - Casita Sai Feliz-Florencio Varela-Bs As- Picnic area "A Light on the Road"-Jose C. Paz-Bs As.

In Misiones: “Creacion” Association = Hogar San Francisco “Mamitas” - Eep166: Cerro Santa Ana

All mentioned services are sponsored by the donations they receive from sumando manos. In these places the following activities are carried out:

-        Monthly food delivery. Periodically support supplies, clothing and footwear. Human values workshops.

-        Sewing, pastry, photography and knitting workshops. children and adolescents participate in a weekly task. Food is distributed to the children's families and snacks are prepared on each day of activities.

-        Medical care for children and adults.

At the Children's Hospital with cancer, they help with cookies, "chocolate" and bags of food for the children's families, who generally live in the mountains on the outskirts of the city or in distant places in the province. Toys and sweets are coming since the children sometimes have to stay more than a day for their treatment and they are from very needy families.

Thank you very much for the support you always give us, without which we could not carry out any of the projects we are developing.

Sumando Manos Foundation

Thanks to your collaboration, the year 2022 was INCREDIBLE. We continued supporting several projects. Here’s the compilation of what we’ve done since the summer.

Trips to Chaco and Catamarca were completed. Dental care and medical assistance were provided to the students, they delivered to each school: food, toothpaste, medicine, school supplies, elements of physical activities and entertainment, and they were given candy bags and t-shirts.

A party was held at each location and the members of Santa Clara lovingly cooked lunch and snacks for each school.

1. Chaco: The trip to Chaco took place from August 22 to 25, they visited the following schools: 616,  676, 734 and 589. At this time they determined that there is a real need to build a classroom with a bathroom to accommodate Kindergarten students in School Anexo Lote  4.
2. Catamarca: The trip took place from October 9 to 15, they visited the following schools: 169, 305, 479, 489, 311, 435, and 429.

 Different activities were carried out during which workshops on these different skills – circus, clay, sports, bakery and pastry, hairdressing, and sewing for mothers. Clothes, bags of food, and toys were distributed. Besides offering breakfast and snacks they also provided powdered milk, rice, sugar, cocoa, alfajores, and cookies. Cleaning elements were also distributed in the different assistance centers where the Organization provides help: Florencio Varela in Buenos Aires, Los Sauces in Córdoba, Las Talitas in Tucumán, Merendero Belén in Salta, Guaraní Community in Misiones, Noccan Kani in Santa Fe.

SCHOOLS

Monthly food purchases for lunch have been sent to the following schools:

School # 905, El Soberbio, Misiones – Number of Children: 246

Ygua Pora Village Satellite Classroom

Aldea Caramelito Satellite Classroom

Aldea Chafariz Kindergarten Satellite Classroom.

Director: Diego Carballo

School Guillermo Donaire Nº 373/01 Paraje El Botón El Soberbio, Misiones                                    Bags of food delivered: 140

Schools in several cities, Chaco Province – amount of children: 625

• School #239  Paraje Pampa Chica, Director: Children: 105         
• School #916, El Gramillar, Pampa del Indio, Chaco, Children: 22  
• School #395 Pampa del Indio, Chaco, Children: 13   
• School #1015, Pampa del Indio, Chaco, Children: 120 
• School #616, Paraje El Salvaje, Pampa del Indio. Children: 10
• School #371 "Ernesto Ocampo", Villa Berthet. Children: 30      
• School #932 Pozo el Algarrobo, Paraje Las Margaritas, Miraflores. Children: 47 
• School #55 Paraje Rincon del Zorro, La Leonesa. Children: 9
• School #718 “Ex-combatientes”, Lote 18, Villa Berthet. Children: 48
• School #201 “, Ruta Provincial 4, Lote 8, Children: 48
• School #395 Paraje Pampa Ombu, Machagai, Children: 9
• School #409 Campo La Aurora, General San Martin– Children: 59  

 SOUP KITCHENS

Throughout the different centers of the Foundation bags with nutritional food and balanced meals are distributed monthly to support the nutritional needs of young children. The centers are the following : Loma Hermosa in San Martín,  Valle de Andorra in Ushuaia and  El Soberbio in Misiones.

Different workshops  to teach different skills were held, and various artistic activities were planned using different techniques and materials (temperas, watercolors, markers, colored paper, etc.). The objective of these activities is always to help the children to express their emotions through art.

As always, thank you very much for the support you always give us, without which we could not carry out any of the projects we are working on.

Sumando Manos Foundation