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CHARITIES SUPPORTED:
ASSOCIATION SAN LAZARO – PROYECTO MARTHA II
As you will have already read, we have over the last 5 years mainly contributed to the Association San Lazaro – Proyecto Martha II, to help them get established and prepare the new premises for use, and now to help them continue their wonderful work.
The Association San Lazaro – Proyecto Martha I was formed in 1992 by a group of parents with children with cerebral palsy, they were tired of having to fly to Cuba to get help in treating their children as in those days there was virtually no help and assistance here. Carmen Santana, Loli , became the director, she had a daughter called Martha with cerebral palsy, who has since died, hence the name of the projects.
Thanks to the bank Caja Canarias they opened in repossessed shop premises in Santa Cruz, but demand grew and they needed bigger premises, this they now have in La Laguna , and can provide a kinder-garden for babies in the mornings, allowing parents to go to work, and they can treat up to 40 children and adults in the afternoon.
The dream is also to provide a residence for children to stay over to give parents and families a real break from the 24 hour duties which are essenetial .
Nothing can prepare a family when a child is born with cerebral palsy; so the opening of this centre is an opportunity to improve the quality of life for the children and their families.
To explain briefly, cerebral palsy occurs for different causes, before, during and after birth (up to two years) affecting the growth of the brain and causing changes in the motor system, deforming the body, and producing exaggerated movements of the limbs. At the centre the aim is to give the children stimulation, teaching them to speak and communicate, to integrate socially, teaching co-ordination of movements, and to be self sufficient by feeding and dressing themselves.
San Lazaro-Proyecto Martha II now have 5 children who live there 24 hours, so have had to reconvert treatment rooms to bedrooms. These are children either abandoned by their parents, or the family has problems.
MADRE DE MATILDE
A centre in Puerto de la Cruz housed in the old Guardia Civil Cuartel , this lovely home takes in children from broken homes, or from families with problems, and they are looked after with the utmost care and love. To help pay costs children are looked after in the mornings allowing parents to work, but this is never enough.
APANATE
As mentioned on the history page we have just donated money to Apanate, a clinic for Autistic children in La Laguna. Friends of Tenerife are helping them establish a new centre in La Orotava and the committee where so impressed with their work that we will continue to help.
YOU GIVE US THE MONEY
AND WE SPEND IT.
SO WHERE DOES IT GO?
We are proud that we have been able to donate to the following causes during the current financial year:
PROYECTO MARTHA 2 € 11032.35
APANATE € 4500
(Autistic children)
SANTA RITA 2 € 2500
(Alzheimers Unit)
HOSP INMACULADA € 1377.47
(Homeless women)
MADRE MATILDE TELLEZ € 1100
(orphanage)
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