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You can read a full overview of this project in La Paz, Bolivia by clicking on the links in the right hand panel.
Bolivia
is a land-locked country bordering Brazil, Peru, Chile, Paraguay and
Uruguay. It is one of the poorest countries in Latin America. La Paz is the capital with a population of just over a million
people. The city lies between two geographical regions, the Altiplano, the high mountain ranges of the west, and Las Yungas,
a region of mid-elevation valleys.
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Dra. Cecilia Uribe de Chavez, Project Coordinator and CFHI Medical Director in La Paz; Dra. Inge Von Alvensleven, Pediatrician; and Lic. Sussy Soto Portugal, Psychologist/Teacher Lic Miralge Gonzales Oporto, Social WorkerDra. Cecilia Uribe de Chavez
is a Pediatrician at Hospital Los Andes, a municipal hospital located
in El Alto. She is also the Secretary General of the Committee of
Adolescents for the Bolivian Society of Pediatrics.
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Providing educational and social services support for children living in jails with their parents
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Amnesty International estimates that over 950 children are living with their parents in the Bolivian prison system. With no federal social support system in place for these children, they would otherwise be orphaned, they are allowed to live with their parents by administrators who realize it would be worse for the children on the outside.
This project is designed to help more than 80 children under six years old who, for the most part, live with their mothers in a jail in La Paz. It is divided into three complementary phases: medical aid, child psychological support and social support, with the objective of integrating support for children who accompany their parents to prison. The goal is to make these support services more permanent over time. Specifically, we are seeking support for medical materials and supplies, personnel transportation costs and the purchase of a desktop computer to manage the project.
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$12,000
Thank you to The Anbinder Family Foundation for their continuing support with this project.
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According to Dra. Uribe, "Now there are several organizations that promote better living conditions for children in jails, and there is discussion about the issue. I think the major impact of the project has been to raise consciousness in the community by letting people know that these kids actually exist!"
Read an update from 2007 here.
Read an update from July 2008 here.
The following was taken from a 2008 report by Dra. Uribe:
"In the 2 years we have been running the program, we have managed to improve the quality of life for the children that live in the Central Women's Prison through...specialized medical attention and donation of essential medicines. The incidence of malnutrition has diminished considerably and various children have managed to enroll in the regular educational system.
When we started to work on this project in 2006, we were the first team of professionals to intervene on behalf of the children who live with their mothers in the prison. Through our efforts, other institutions have begun to collaborate and now we count on the support of various organizations that work in different areas within the penal system.
This year...we plan to consolidate that work so that it can continue in the same form in the coming years. In the area of social work, all the children will now have birth certificates and up-to-date documents. In the area of medical care, the pediatrician's consults have been institutionalized, which guarantees its continual functioning."
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