We are happy to report that your donations helped Latidos meet their goal of 8 villages and surpass it. They brought health and vaccination clinics to 15 communities in the valley. They worked closely with all five health centres in the valley and strengthened their reach by supplying medical and non-medical volunteers, transportation and lodging.

Latidos also campaigned to raise awareness about the importance of vaccination and disease prevention. In the towns of Zaña and Cayaltí, vaccination rates were 99%.

Thank you for responding to our appeal and helping improve health care in the Zaña Valley.

Latidos has helped us health strategies in the communities. Thanks to their support with volunteers and logistics, we’ve been able to reach 90% of the most vulnerable communities.

Karla Jiménez, Zaña Health Centre

I am very grateful for the opportunity Latidos gave us to help. We often have the will, but we do not have the financial means. Thanks to Heart-Links, we were able to travel, have refreshments and to help many people. A unique experience.

Angel David Salazar, nursing student

We end our International Development Week celebration with a shout out to our partner Latidos.

Latidos’ work to help families in the Zaña Valley to recover health and well-being after the devastating years of the COVID-19 pandemic and to stay healthy during the current political and economic crisis was the focus of our recent fall appeal.

Heart-Links donors answered that call with great generosity, fully funding Latidos’ project for the coming year. That’s worth celebrating.

We were also thrilled to see Latidos’ work highlighted by the Ontario Council for Interantional Cooperation as part of their IDW celebrations.

Check it out!

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For the last several years, Madre Oliva Association has worked closely with vulnerable families in the rural hamlet of Nuevo Mocupe, just outside Zaña.

They have attended to the needs of children and adults with developmental disabilities and others who are finding it increasingly difficult to feed themselves and their families because of rising prices.

In the wake of COVID-19, Madre Oliva Association also started an afterschool program for children to help address the educational and nutritional gaps exacerbated by two years of school closures and limits on travel (which reduced employment opportunities).

Six days a week, they provide 35 children with reinforcement in reading, numeracy, art and social skills as well as a nutritional snack. Therapists offer workshops every two months to the children’s parents on topics such as mental health, how to detect learning disabilities, COVID-19, and parent-child relationships.