Pediatric Services in Remote Areas of Argentina

Dear Friends, 

The project at the School 618 in Pepiri (Misiones) was successfully performed and completed. The entire roof was replaced and covered with zinc. Windows were repaired as well.

In this way, children will have their daily classes and they will not be exposed to weather conditions nor to high and low temperatures. In the last two storms the roof had been severely damaged, and the water fell directly in the classroom. Also, during summer, temperatures were up 104 F and during winter below  -10 F.

This is more than a repair project. It is a quality live project. 

Schools located in remote areas serves as a great contention for children, especially because the attendance to class ensure them to receive their daily meal. As the children walk miles to attend, even several times they sleep in the classroom.

In addition the school servers a nursing room during the pediatric services provided as part of our support plan for remote zones in Argentina.

As you can see, the repair of the roof has an exponential impact on the lives of the children in the community. For instance once of the main activities in repair projects in school located in remote zones is to remove poisonous insect and snake nests threaten the children's lives.

Thank you so much on behalf of the whole Pepiri (Misiones) community and Norma Holoveski (teacher) to everyone adding hands and helping with donations and work to make them feel  that they are important and have an opportunity, and for trusting in our foundation to be the liaison  between the children who  need our help and yourselves.

Sumando Manos Foundation

Links:

• Sumando Manos Foundation' web site

Dear Friends,

The year is almost over and it has been very intense, full of challenges and hard work. Throughout the year we have not only worked on existing projects but we have also set new goals, which we were able to achieve thanks to your support. This is the time to reflect on our actions and give thanks and share accomplishments with those who help and trust us. Please see a summary of the main accomplishments and the activities done during the last quarter of 2012 below. (attached you will find the report Spanish version)

 Projects and accomplishments

• During this trimester monthly pediatric visits were completed in Merendero Belen - Salta, Los Oleros -Misiones, Las Talitas-Tucuman, Gonzalez Catan -Buenos Aires where health services have been intensified due to the recent flooding,  Noccan Kani -Santa Fe and ophthalmologic services were provided in Florencio Varela -Buenos Aires. The main health problems encountered and treated are related to respiratory illnesses, skin disease and parasites. Powdered milk was provided for Noccan Kani -Santa Fe, Posadas-Misiones, Las Talitas –Tucuman and besides powdered milk also sugar and flour for the Toba community in Derqui -Buenos Aires.
• A donation was sent for the purchase of a dental chair for La Casita Sai in Florencio Varela which will benefit approximately 60 children and their families.
• Santa Clara Civil Association travelled to Catamarca in October and to Misiones in November. They delivered food, powdered milk, clothes, school supplies, toothpaste, toothbrushes and medicines. They provided preventive medical services and attention to children and adults in these communities. As per dental health, the members of the community received training related to basic dental care and a large percentage of the children showed no sign of cavities, as a result of the periodic visits and attention received so far. Some children still have cavities due to the low quality of the water in Catamarca. In addition, the group also performed some recreational activities such as games and birthday celebrations. During the trip to Catamarca they visited two schools reachable through precarious mountain roads of gravel were the path seemed to disappear at times at 2000 meters above sea level.

•  During the trip to Misiones the roof of Rural School 618, in Colonia Pepiri, El Soberbio was completely replaced. Cardboard sheets on the roof were replaced with zinc sheets with thermal insulation. This project was successfully completed and from now on exposure to climate conditions will stop (during the last two hail storms the roof had been severely damaged and rain water fell right inside the classroom). This type of construction work also helps eliminate insect nests which will pose a risk to children’s lives. The schools in these remote locations provide a safe place for the children. School attendance is driven by the daily meal offered. Students walk several miles to attend, and they sometimes even sleep there. It’s also the place where dental and pediatric visits are performed.  Completion of this type of construction work is critical because of the exponential impact on the lives of the children in these communities. Our thanks to people who made this possible through work and donations: Roberto y Ricardo Asman, Daniel and Samuel Ratzinger, Valdir and Marciano Mayer, Jorge Shulz, Judith Olivera, Fernanda Valle and Andy Schapira.  
• Other schools and villages were visited as well and between adults and children approximately 400 people received medical attention. Despite the extremely hot weather conditions - about 104°F- the volunteers were able to provide care to every member of these communities. We would like to thank every member of Santa Clara Civil Association and all the volunteer doctors, nurses, dentists and the students of the José León Larre School from González Catan for the outstanding work they have been performing for the last 10 years, which is making a significant difference in these communities.

•  The “Joggings and Alpagatas” workshop set up in School Nº 373 in El Soberbio, Misiones is still up and running and it is now the source of employment for the students who graduate from the school, who are also in charge of the administration and of teaching younger kids. They have been recognized by the government as employees and have been insured. Since the workshop was started in 2009, besides providing shoes for the children to avoid parasite disease through their feet, it was our desire to find a way to provide a different kind of work for the children, other than working at tobacco farms and it’s been accomplished! 
• The afternoon kindergarten class “Jardin Nº 8 I. Bufano” in Pampa del Indio, Chaco, was incorporated to our program “For a Child’s Breakfast”. There are 80 children in this class and the food they receive is served to the children as an afternoon meal. We would like to highlight the assistance we receive from La Juana Supermarket, all year long in helping prepare and distribute the food to the schools in this community, besides the generous monthly donations.
• Coordinated by our partner in Argentina, Teresa Donaire, numerous donations of many different items were received and distributed to several schools and institutions located in Buenos Aires, Tucuman, Chaco, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Salta, Misiones, Entre Ríos and Neuquén. Thanks to all of those who collaborate with these donations and the packing materials necessary to ship them. 

• We would like to thank the transportation companies that have provided their services and helped us reach these communities at no cost:

·Transportes Don Max y Expreso Jovan (Chaco)

· Transporte Vesprini (Neuquén)

· Transportes San Juan Mar del Plata (Salta)

· Expreso Petrovalle (Misiones)

· Transporte Almafuerte (Entre Rios, Santa Fe y Corrientes)

Congratulations to all the teachers, directors and children who have completed the 2012 school year overcoming obstacles such as extremely bad weather or walking long distances to get to school. It is for them that we work hard, so they can live a better life now and in the future. 

News and Events:

• Once again we were part of the Argentinean Night at the Miami Heat game on 11/29 where 250 people enjoyed the game with us.

• On 12/11 the last Truco tournament of the year was held. Congratulations to the winners of two airline tickets to Argentina, Andres Labaca and Diego Ponce. We’d like to thank all the participants and Manolo Restaurant for opening their doors to us every month so we can host these events.

• We were part of a voting contest organized by Staples among 5 Argentinean foundations. The organization with the most votes will receive a prize of $7,500.00. The results have not been announced yet, but the fact that we were one of the selected foundations is already a prize to us.

• We continue providing pediatric care to children in remote and deprived areas of Argentina with the donations received through GlogalGiving. You can access all the details of our projects, pictures and stories about these communities by clicking on the link below:

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pediatric-services-in-remote-areas-of-argentina/

Thanks to all the people who contribute this way and for your support during the Bonus Day event on October 17, which generated an additional 30% in donations. Next year, the dates of these special events will be posted on our calendar. They will be held in March, June and October.

• Sandro Dal Bosco will run his first marathon and he’ll do it to raise funds for Sumando Manos. We would like to congratulate and thank him for his support. Let’s go Sandro! Please click on the link below if you’d like to donate.

http://www.crowdrise.com/sandrodalbosco1

If you are planning to participate in a marathon or any other sporting event, please contact us to benefit Sumando Manos Foundation. 

• We would like to thank Boca Juniors Club for the donations of different items made through its department, “Boca Interior y Exterior”.  The proceeds from the auctions were destined to buy food for one of the rural schools located in Misiones.
• We continued our program “Dine at the Best Argentinean Restaurants in Miami and Help a Child” where the first Tuesday of the month our partner restaurants donate a percentage of their revenues. Thanks to all the businesses that participate and give us their support: The Knife Steak House, Novecento Brickell, Bertoni, Dolce Vita Gelato, Panizza, La Parrilla Liberty, La Patagonia Steak House and Maya Tapas & Grill.
• Johnson & Johnson continues to support us through their Gift Matching program in USA by matching the donations their employees make. We would like to thank Johnson & Johnson and its employees who, since the beginning, have shown their support through their donations and participation in events.
• October is charity month. The Microsoft offices located in Broward County organized an indoor soccer tournament to benefit two of the organizations they support. Thanks to the unconditional collaboration from Andrea Comolli de Pillado we were one of the organizations selected. Andrea is the link between our foundation and Microsoft and she made it possible for us to participate in this event. The tournament was a success and we would like to thank all Microsoft employees who attended the event and displayed their solidarity through their donations and participation.
• Our thanks Maria Eugenia Quintero and her family for their constant and unconditional support. During 2012 she organized 4 breakfast events and cooking classes for residents of Dallas, Texas, USA. Thanks to all those who participated in these events organized by Maria Eugenia. The proceeds are used to fund our nutrition and health programs provided in the schools located in remote areas.

Happy Holidays to everyone! It's our wish that for 2013 all of us have the conviction, enthusiasm, understanding, commitment, patience and above all the love to do everything possible to make a better world.

Links:

• Our Foundation's official site

• Vversion en espanol (PDF)
  

Dear All,

We continue helping more than 7000 unprivileged children in Argentina through the work done by our nonprofit organization: Sumando Manos Foundation.

A generous anonymous donor has agreed to match 100% of new monthly donations from December 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012. Making a monthly recurring donation to our project to provide pediatric services in remote areas in Argentina and that donation will be matched! For example, if you set up a new $25 monthly recurring donation, GlobalGiving will donate an additional $25 to the project. Here is the link:

 https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pediatric-services-in-remote-areas-of-argentina/

Any amount is very helpful for the nutrition, health and education programs that we are managing to improve the children lives and their communities

Have a wonderful holidays and a happy new year. All the best for you an your families,

Guillermo Donaire

Sumando Manos Foundation

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Hola a todos!

Continuamos ayudando a mas de 7000 niños y sus escuelas de frontera en Argentina a través del trabajo que realizamos con nuestra organización: Sumando Manos Foundation.

Un generoso donante anónimo ha acordado dar  el 100% adicional para nuevas donaciones mensuales recurrentes que se hagan entre el 1ro  de diciembre de 2012 a 31 de diciembre de 2012. Si alguien hace una donación recurrente mensual a nuestro proyecto para proporcionar servicios pediátricos en áreas remotas de Argentina, su donación será duplicada!.  Por ejemplo, si ingresas  una nueva donación recurrente mensual de $25, GlobalGiving donará $25 adicionales para el proyecto. Aquí está el enlace..

 https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pediatric-services-in-remote-areas-of-argentina/

Cualquier cantidad es de mucha ayuda para los proyectos de salud, nutrición y educación que estamos realizando para mejorar la calidad de vida de los chicos y sus comunidades.

Aprovecho para desearles a todos que tenga unas felices fiestas y año nuevo. Todo lo mejor a para ustedes y sus familias,

Guillermo Donaire

Sumando Manos Foundation

Dear Friend,
Your constant help through the last years allows us to provide medical services and nutrition to thousands of children in rural schools of Argentina. Thanks to these programs supported by your help, critical heath problems related to nutrition deficiencies, dentistry problems and skin diseases are being gradually decreased.

These programs have a profound effect on the children and their communities located in remote areas in which the access to a hospital or medicine is virtually non-existent; and through them children are touched in an incredible way by having access to basic needs and by transforming the communities and making them believe that there is hope.

However, these programs need to be performed constantly in a regular basis to ensure their effectiveness.

On October 17^th , GlobalGiving.org is matching at 30% all online donations!  In addition to the 30% match, GlobalGiving is offering additional US$ 1000 prizes to the project that raises the most funds that day and to the project that receives donations from the most individual donors!

I will appreciate your donation  to our project to  support our health care and nutrition programs using the link below: $10 provides breakfast for a month for a child and $25 covers the pediatric service and medicine too.

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pediatric-services-in-remote-areas-of-argentina/

THANKS for helping the children to have an opportunity for a better future and for trusting in our foundation to be the liaison  between the children who  needs our help and yourselves.

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Octubre 17, Por favor, ayúdennos  a proporcionar servicios de pediatría en zonas remotas de la Argentina.

Estimado amigo(a),
Su constante ayuda a través de los últimos años nos permite ofrecer servicios médicos y de nutrición para miles de niños en las escuelas rurales de la Argentina. Gracias a estos programas apoyados por su ayuda, problemas críticos de salud relacionados con deficiencias nutricionales, problemas de odontología y enfermedades de la piel se han ido reduciendo gradualmente.

Estos programas tienen un profundo efecto en los niños y sus comunidades ubicadas en zonas remotas en las que el acceso a un hospital o a la medicina es prácticamente inexistente. A través de ellos los niños y sus comunidades se ven impactados de una forma increíble al tener acceso a cubrir necesidades básicas, así como también se ve afectada la mejora en su calidad de vida por la constate atención que a través de los años brindamos con estos programas.

Como estos programas deben llevarse a cabo constantemente en una base regular para asegurar su eficacia, nuevamente solicitamos su ayuda, y
este 17 de Octubre, la organización GlobalGiving nos otorgara un 30% adicional por todas las donaciones que recibamos on-line para nuestro proyecto entre el primer minuto y el mediodía (horarios de USA, costa del Este)

 Adicionalmente al 30%, la organización GlobalGiving estará ofreciendo premios adicionales de US$ 1000 al proyecto que consiga ese día la mayor cantidad de recaudación y al proyecto que reciba la mayor cantidad de donaciones individuales!

 Agradecemos su donación a nuestro proyecto a través del siguiente enlace, y como referencia por favor tenga presente que con  US$10  estará cubriendo de desayuno por un mes por un niño y con US$ 25 cubrirá el servicio de pediatría y medicina también.

Este es el enlace:  https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pediatric-services-in-remote-areas-of-argentina/

Muchas gracias por ayudar a los niños a tener una oportunidad para un futuro mejor y por confiar en nuestra fundación para ser el enlace entre los niños que necesita nuestra ayuda y su generosidad.

Links:

• Project's link. Please make your donation here.

Dear friends of Sumando Manos Foundation,

Once again, we share our news bulletin. During this year we’ve done many activities and our projects kept growing thanks to the invaluable help received from all of you.

Accomplishments and projects:

·         We continued sending food to the schools in Pampa del Indio, Chaco as part of our campaign “For a Child’s Breakfast”. Through this program, approximately 250 children receive food daily.

·         Santa Clara Civil Association completed several trips where they visited 14 schools in Chaco (4 schools), Entre Ríos (2 schools), Santiago del Estero (2 schools), Salta (1 school) and Jujuy (5 schools). They travelled over 11,000 Km through parts of the roads which are dirt and gravel to visit 14 rural schools. They provided pediatric medical and dental attention and also educated children and their parents about hygiene habits. They also took care of burn cases, where the immediate medical attention was critical to avoid serious infections. These continuous visits throughout the years have contributed to the improvement of  life  quality in these communities and have helped reduce the number of malnutrition cases, skin disease and improve dental health. Food, medicines, toys, school supplies, clothing and other donated items were provided during each visit; some structural repairs were performed as well. The students from José León Larre in González Catan, (Buenos Aires) assembled volleyball net with plastic bags. Three students participated in the trip to Santiago del Estero to personally bring the net to the school, showing their commitment to solidarity combined with their recycling conscience not to contaminate. Congratulations!

·         The electrical system repair work in Noccan Kani was completed. Here, approximately 150 children receive food and carry out physical activities on a daily basis.

·         We continue to provide pediatric services to schools in remote areas in different provinces of Argentina through donations received on GlobalGiving:

·         https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pediatric-services-in-remote-areas-of-argentina/

·         The pediatric program includes also dental health services and the distribution of powdered milk. Starting this year we incorporated ophthalmologic services as well. Currently, more than 2000 children are benefited through this program in different locations in Salta, Misiones, Santa Fe, Tucumán and Buenos Aires.

·         Our partner in Argentina, Teresa Donaire, continues to work hard coordinating the reception and destination of donations. She is responsible for receiving, packing and sending everything according to the specific needs of each community or school. Donations received include items such as: food, school supplies, toys, clothes, shoes, medicine, furniture, beds, mattresses and computers, among other things. The donations were sent to more than 20 schools and institutions located in Entre Ríos, Chaco, Salta, Misiones, Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Corrientes, and Neuquén. Through this program, more than 1500 children receive the donations that hundreds of generous people make.

News and Events:

·         Each of us can create a fundraising campaign!

If you or anyone you know is interested in participating in a marathon, triathlon or any other sporting event and would like to participate to benefit Sumando Manos Foundation, please contact us (contact@sumandomanos.org). These campaigns can also be done with other type of events such as birthdays or anniversaries. It is very simple and without any additional work, your participation can help us raise the funds we need to support and maintain our programs to keep providing food and health services through the Foundation.

·         We continue our program "Dine in an Argentinean Restaurant and Help a Child in Need” where the first Tuesday of each month our partner restaurants donate a percentage of their revenues. Thanks to all the business that participate and give us their support: The Knife, Novecento Bistro Argentino, Bertoni, Dolce Vita Ice Cream, Panizza, Parrilla Liberty, La Patagonia and Maya Tapas and Grill.

·         A “Truco Tournament” was held in May in Manolo's Restaurant in Miami Beach (73rd Street and Collins Ave) and, on May 30^th we held our first “World Truco Series Tournament at Novecento Bistro Argentino in Brickell. In a relaxed, friendly environment, the players enjoyed the new venue. At the request of the participants, we held two more tournaments at this location during the months of June and July. We’d like to thank Manolo’s for the constant support and Novencento for opening their doors to us.

After a summer break we met again last Tuesday, September 18^th in Manolo’s Restaurant.  Thanks everyone for your participation and contribution to have a great time and a successful event!!!!

·         On October 17^th we will have our “matching day” through GlobalGiving. On that day, for every donation made to our projects before noon (EST), GlobalGiving will donate an additional 30%. Thanks in advance to all of you who have the opportunity to donate, no matter how small the amount: $10 cover  a child’s breakfast for a month and $25 cover breakfast as well as medicine and a pediatric visit. Please follow this link: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pediatric-services-in-remote-areas-of-argentina/

Thank you! To all of you who trust our Foundation to be the link between the generosity of those who collaborate and the children who need our help.

For more information please visit www.sumandomanos.org

Links:

• Sumando Manos Official Web Site

• Boletin Informativo en Esp. (PDF)