Integral Care for 120 Children and Youth, Caracas.

2020 has been one of the most complex and challenging years for Hogar Bambi, because to the social and economic crisis that the country is already carrying, a globally public health alarm for COVID-19 was added in March, affecting the normal living of the people, organizations, and industries.

Aware of this reality, the institution is taking all the social distancing measures, and hygienic and security precautions to protect all the 104 boys and girls that are sheltered at this time in our four houses, as well as protecting the health of our staff, who comes to the facilities to honor daily activities of child care, medical assistance, nutrition, pedagogical reinforcement, cleaning and maintenance of the houses.

Despite the circumstances main programs and projects have been executed to protect the children, especially the monitoring and attention of the health of 94 children (medical consultation, pediatric evaluations, and laboratory tests), psychotherapy sessions and crisis interventions were held, one adolescent and a boy attended psychiatric consultation to follow up and control of their mental health. Also, pedagogical accompaniment was carried out to 62 schooled children who progressed with their studies online. It is worth saying that although the order of social quarantine (in force since March) has changed the dynamics of the institution, operations in Hogar Bambi have been running on behalf of the children, whose only support comes from the institution.

We reaffirm our gratitude for your contribution that makes possible the comprehensive care for all the boys, girls and adolescents sheltered in Hogar Bambi.

Aware of the family situation of the children that frequently come to Hogar Bambi Venezuela, institutional efforts remain focused on generating appropriate conditions and familiar and healthy spaces that make easy the adaptation and well-being of the children and adolescents that we attend at the four (4) houses, among immediate actions that were developed are:

­   Timely medical attention from their entering and during their stay

­   Pedagogical reinforcement and educational follow up to children that go to school

­   Developing of training workshops for adolescents and caregivers

­   Group intervention for protected adolescents

­   Development of afterschool activities (sports and music) that promote their development and social interaction

2019 closed with 99 sheltered children and adolescents, currently protected, of whom 60 are enrolled in 15 schools, receiving pedagogical support to improve their performance in classroom, smaller ones have reinforcement and initial preparation in the houses, to facilitate their future integration to the school.

In the middle of the Venezuelan panorama, Hogar Bambi continues to manage and administering resources in a rational way in order to meet the different needs of a growing population and personal development, thanking again for the contributions received.