Why Children in Latin America and the Caribbean Face Malnutrition and How You Can Help Malnutrition harms children in lasting ways. It slows growth, weakens the immune system, and makes learning difficult. Across Latin America and the Caribbean, many families face extreme poverty that leaves their children without the nutrition they need. Food For The […]
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Health Care Access in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Lifeline for Families in Poverty
Why Health Care Access for Families in Poverty Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean Families living in poverty urgently need health care access in Latin America and the Caribbean. When individuals are struggling in poverty, gaining access to health care is nearly impossible. Parents face so many challenges to find basic medical treatment for […]
A New Center Gives Hope to Childhood Cancer Patients
Your child has cancer. These are words every parent dreads hearing. In Honduras, such a diagnosis could be terrifying, as medical treatment was not always available for childhood cancer. But now, treatment is available in Honduras and parents have hope for their children recently diagnosed with pediatric cancer. In this blog, we’ll explore how a […]
What can caring people do to provide medical care for an innocent child?
In Guatemala, the chances of survival were slim for a sweet baby named Marcela because of ectopia cordis, a rare condition in which a baby is born with a heart partially or entirely outside the chest cavity. Only 8 of every 1 million babies have ectopia cordis, and 90 percent die within three days of […]