Integral Care for 120 Children and Youth, Caracas.

Hogar Bambi is a Venezuelan private nonprofit institution, founded in April of 1992 to provide shelter, protection and comprehensive care and education programs to children from zero to eighteen who have been orphaned, abandoned or otherwise deprived of family care. All of the children and youth enter Hogar Bambi through official channels, such as hospital patient representatives and the family court system.

 Hogar Bambi maintains a complex in the city of Caracas comprised of living, dining and educational quarters where it offers the following services to more than 70 infants and children: 1) social services and affective care, 2) basic material needs such as food and clothing, 3) pediatric and psychological health care, 4) pre-school education, and 5) recreation.

 Given that many of the children spend significant time in state institutions with minimal care before being assigned to Hogar Bambi, their social, psychological, learning and speech skills are well below the norm for their age. Through this project, Hogar Bambi provides pre-school and physical therapy services through a comprehensive, cognitive and physical development process. Hogar Bambi implements more effective pedagogical techniques, behavior guidelines and classroom materials.

 Many of the children in the program attend outside schools. Each day, Hogar Bambi’s driver, accompanied by a caretaker mother, transports the children to and from their schools. Upon their return to Hogar Bambi, the children receive individualized attention and assistance with their homework.

 Project Activities and Results

During this reporting period Hogar Bambi continued its pedagogical program, providing assistance to an average of 150 children and adolescents per month through its pedagogical reinforcement and after-school program: an average of 56 children and adolescents participated monthly in the preschool and elementary school program. Through these programs, beneficiaries received in-class working sessions and were evaluated on a monthly basis in order to monitor their progress.

In 2015 - 2016, approximately 70 children and adolescents were enrolled in formal education. In addition to its pedagogical and recreational programs, Hogar Bambi continued to implement the project’s physical therapy component in order to ensure that children’s intellectual and emotional development were paired with their physical development. Through this program, Hogar Bambi evaluated children’s physical abilities and, where necessary. The program also promoted early stimulation and offered rehabilitation to children that had suffered traumatic injuries, including bone and muscle fractures.

Hogar Bambi is pleased to report that it has been successful at fostering the children’s and adolescents integral development as well as their reincorporation into a positive social environment. Hogar Bambi gratefully acknowledges donors’ generous support, which has enabled it to provide high quality attention and care to these beneficiaries.

Project Report 2015

Hogar Bambi is a Venezuelan private nonprofit institution, founded in April of 1992 to provide shelter, protection and comprehensive care and education programs to children from zero to eighteen who have been orphaned, abandoned or otherwise deprived of family care. All of the children and youth enter Hogar Bambi through official channels, such as hospital patient representatives and the family court system.

The organization maintains a complex in the city of Caracas comprised of living, dining and educational quarters where it offers the following services to more than 70 infants and children: 1) social services and affective care, 2) basic material needs such as food and clothing, 3) pediatric and psychological health care, 4) pre-school education, and 5) recreation.

 Given that many of the children spend significant time in state institutions with minimal care before being assigned to Hogar Bambi, their social, psychological, learning and speech skills are well below the norm for their age. Through this project, Hogar Bambi provides pre-school and physical therapy services through a comprehensive, cognitive and physical development process. Hogar Bambi implements more effective pedagogical techniques, behavior guidelines and classroom materials.

Many of the children in the program attend outside schools. Each day, Hogar Bambi’s driver, accompanied by a caretaker mother, transports the children to and from their schools. Upon their return to Hogar Bambi, the children receive individualized attention and assistance with their homework.

 Project Activities and Results

During this reporting period Hogar Bambi continued its pedagogical program, providing assistance to an average of 100 children and adolescents per month through its pedagogical reinforcement and after-school program: an average of 56 children and adolescents participated monthly in the preschool and elementary school program. Through these programs, beneficiaries received in-class working sessions and were evaluated on a monthly basis in order to monitor their progress.

In 2015, approximately 56 children and adolescents were enrolled in formal education. In addition to its pedagogical and recreational programs, Hogar Bambi continued to implement the project’s physical therapy component in order to ensure that children’s intellectual and emotional development were paired with their physical development. Through this program, Hogar Bambi evaluated children’s physical abilities and, where necessary. The program also promoted early stimulation and offered rehabilitation to children that had suffered traumatic injuries, including bone and muscle fractures.

Hogar Bambi is pleased to report that it has been successful at fostering the children’s and adolescents integral development as well as their reincorporation into a positive social environment. Hogar Bambi gratefully acknowledges donors’ generous support, which has enabled it to provide high quality attention and care to these beneficiaries.