Support 12 kids with hearing loss in Medellin

Dear friend of the Patronato Foundation.

We want to share today the story of Sara, one of the girls who receives support from our Foundation.

Sara is 8 years old and lives with her parents, siblings, cousins, uncles and grandparents in Medellín, Colombia. She was diagnosed with Down syndrome, which is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of an extra chromosome in pair 21. This diagnosis affects brain and body development, it is also the main cause of intellectual disability, and is usually associated with problems such as digestive and immune system disorders, heart disease, hearing and vision difficulties, among others.

Your donation helps to keep our rehabilitation program running. Sara has been part of this program for two years. In the program, she has received physical and occupational therapy, specialized consultations in cardiology, neurology, pediatrics, exams, and medications that help her improve her health, independence, and functionality in day-to-day activities.

The support she receives in health also contributes to Sara's mental health and emotional balance. She is characterized by being a very happy girl who likes to sing, paint and build objects with legos.

Thanks to your generosity, Sara and more children like her will be able to continue being part of the program for the rest of the year. ¡Thank you so much!

Best regards.

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Matías is two years old and lives with his father and grandparents; He is a cheerful and sociable child, he loves to play with sand and vanilla ice cream. The child has a hearing impairment and was diagnosed with significant hearing loss since birth.

Matías requires constant treatment, although its condition hasn't cure, it can significantly improve your hearing with therapy. His family has found many barriers to access these treatments by the health system and for this reason, he is a beneficiary of our Foundation.

Thanks to the support of people like you, Matías's family receives guidance to strengthen the strategies given, stimulate and develop skills in the child, through the proposed activities and reinforcing therapeutic work at home, observing in Matías achievements such as:

- Produce many sounds, babbles and calls to his dad

- It is evident that he understands the dynamics of the situations of his surroundings.

- When people like his dad or his aunt ask you to produce animal sounds or some objects he does.

- Follow simple commands such as moving, pointing, throwing objects in different directions according to the instruction.

Thanks to the support received from people like you, Matías can continue his rehabilitation process, increase his auditory capacity and develop the language to interact in a better way with the environment and the loved ones around him.

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• Matias in his rehabilitation (DOCX)