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    • Food Safety: What can we do?
    • Questions & Answers, April 7, afternoon
    • Bueno Aires, Day 2, April 8, 2000
    • Brief History of the International Federation of Familial Support
    • Dr Ana Mon: Questions answers
    • Dr. Roshan Summary, April 8
    • Papers submitted by Participants at the Workshop
    • Maternal and infant health in Bolivia
    • Patricia Rustad
    • Women, health and work
    • Bringing Basic Health Care to Underserved and Unserved Populations
  • Children, The Family and Health: What it Takes to Give Children Long Life
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Women, The Family And Health

Dr Ana Mon: Questions answers

Participant from Costa Rica - We are currently working with 15-24 years, to reduce crime and violence - how can we receive support? Answer - Please fill out the form so we may be in touch

Anita McCudden, Guatemala - We have schools in 5 villages to support the children of poor women. We teach them to cook, knit, sew, read and write. We have all medical, dental and social services donated. We celebrate holidays with these families. There is no financial support, only the efforts of 35 women. How can we set up a similar program or join yours?

Answer: Let me know how we can communicate after this meeting.

Maria Rodriguez, El Salvador pediatrician. First, congratulations to Mrs. Mon for her work. Our main problem is abandoned children.

Answer: the day care centers will help eliminate the abandonment of these children by mothers.

Question: Sylvia Michanie - My question is about resources for food for the children. What are the sources of your funding?

Answer: For 50-60% of the children it is from national, state or local funds The other 40% comes from fund raising. The knitting or sewing projects raise much of the other needed funds - 50% goes to the individual and 50% to the homes to help their children.

Now, since the nomination for then Peace Prize - we receive more international money. Foundations in the USA, Germany and Japan are the major sources. Australian foundations have joined in support. The embassies here in Buenos Aires also give support.

Member of the audience - Question: How much do you pay your people?

Answer: it is minimum wages, the staff know that they are doing this work for love.

Question: Do you rent the buildings?

Answer: It is a loan for use, it is an agreement to renew and use as long as then day care work is kept up.

Member from Argentina Women’s Council, Question: We have never used any national aide, Question: would you accept us into then organization? We have schools everywhere with many needs. What is the best way for us to help?

Answer: I will look froward to your calls to discuss this further.

Roxanna Salazar, Bolivia World Food Program

Question: We a trying to bring children into the labor market - is this program free to children? Is the infrastructure sent up so municipalities can support their program?

Answer: The children do not pay. Parents contribute through their services or they repair or clean or some other service they can contribute. Every family makes a contribution. Everyone makes an effort together. The infrastructure - use your resources - it is up to each local group to find the specific ways to make it happen. The sources can come from anywhere - as long as they are free from politics.

Maria Canero, Argentina, Psycholigist

Question: Do you work with the elderly?

Answer: We use the wisdom and efforts of the elderly to work with the children. They transmit the culture to the children. One person gives acting lessons, embroidery, and telling stories. The elderly have time to give. We also use teens as models for the children.

Participant from Costa Rica - Building a “rain forest for the future”. I’m happy to see a woman heading this worthwhile effort. I would look at organizing in my country.

Question: Tell us about then family aspects of your program.

Answer: We integrate all aspects of the family into our program. Our commonality is our humanity.

Rosario, Argentina, Congratulations on your work.

Question: What kind of assessment of need do you carry out?

Answer: Every September we have an assembly. We gather people from each site and hand out a survey. Then we can gather the data which supports the results in a broad range of issues. We have three people who then write the social impact statement for our organization. We have 95% positive results and 50% with parents.

Last Modified: June 05, 2010