"Centro Salud Integral Sangre de Christo"
La Paz, Bolivia
 

INFANT DAY CARE
The two infant day care centers offer protection, health care, headstart learning, and nutritious food for children under the age of six. This service is offered to the community year round.
TUTORIAL PROGRAM
The Tutorial program is for children from the ages of 6 to 14. It offers protection, health care, nutritious food, formation in values and healthy habits, orientation in the resolution of their learning problems, psychological support, social-legal aid, and religious formation.

REHABILITACION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Casa de Luz y Esperanza, House of Light and Hope, is a center for children with special needs. The Center offers physical therapy, speech therapy, special education, psychological support, and occupational therapy. In the future we will offer water therapy, a hot lunch program, and temporary shelter. The latter is for those families with limited resources who come in from the rural areas for rehabilitation services. One of the characteristics of House of Light and Hope is that it works hand in hand with the families in the rehabilitation of their child into the community.

PROGRAM FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
Senior citizens are an important part of our Center. We offer them health care, physical therapy, hot lunch program, food coop., home visits, and social-legal aid and the opportunity to learn new crafts. The Senior Citizen who participate in the program know they are valued and accepted for who they are.


The revised project proposal (submitted March 25)

PRESENTATION OF PROJECT—March, 2011
FURNITURE, RUGS, AND COMPUTER/PRINTER, and GAMES

 1.                  NAME OF PROJECT:  Project for the  CENTER OF REHABILITION “CASA LUZ ESPERANZA”
2.                  BENEFICIARIES :  Children and adolescents of both sex
3.                  LOCATION:  La Paz, Bolivia,  Northern Zone,    
4.                  ADDRSS:   BATALLA DE  IRUYA  Nº 620
5.                  PERSON RESPONSABLE  FOR COORDINATION OF PROJECT:  LIC. Oscar Maldonaldo and  Sister Anita Fearday
6.                  Webpage:  www.saludintegral.com

 DETAILS OF THE PROJECT

Centro Salud Integral is a non-profit social work of the Catholic Church.  One of the three centers is Casa Luz y Esperanza, a center of rehabilitation for children and adolscents who have intelectual, motor and/or sensorial disabilities.  The center offers physical therapy, special education, occupatinal therapy and language skills. 

The building itself is very old and we are fixing it up little by little when when we have the money.  What  we most need are a cabinets  to store toys and educational games.  Right now they are out in the open and it is easy to lose ítems or mix them. 

Because the building is old and somewhat humid, it is necessary to cover the floors with rugs.  The rugs in use, are quite threadbare and need to be replaced. 

A computer and printer are also necessary.  We only have one and it is rather old.  The final request is for material for stimulating motor and sensorial control  which will help the children develop better skills. 

IN SUMMARY WHAT WE ASK OF YOUR ROTARY CLUB IS THE FOLLOWING:

Monetary Exchange   $1 =  6.99bs.

DETAIL

COST in Bolivianos

COST in US dollars

Furniture::

3 Cabinets with doors and locks
1 Cabinet with glass doors 
Rugs for five rooms (72 mts2)

5150 bs


 

4400bs

$736.77

 

 
$629.47

Monitor, CPU, Printer

3657 bs

$523.18

1 game for stimulating motor sensorial skills
20 cones of different sizes and colors
300 small plastic balls for a enclosed playpen

850 bs
60 bs
120 bs

$121.60     $8.58   $17,17

                                                       TOTAL

14 237 bs

     $2,036

 The money wire of $1975 arrived on March 16, 2011.  This amount does not quite cover the full cost, but Centro Salud Integral will pay for the rest.

We have two price estimates for each ítem, all of which will help improve the services and attention we offer to these children and youth with special needs.  If we have your approval for this project,  we would like to buy everything the same day, send you photos and the exact prices of the purchases along with the receipts.   We have already shown this project to Jaime Flores and the San Jorge Rotary Club.  They think it is fine.

We are so grateful for generosity and we invite you to come visit us if you ever have the opportunity.  We will also be giving a report to the San Jorge Club who will guarantee the  execution of this Project.

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