Aprendo Contigo - Learning with you - Project

Aprendo Contigo Project

Aprendo Contigo is an educational and recreational based program for sick children. The organization operates since 2000 at the Cancer Institute (INEN), since 2003 at the shelter for HIV positive children (La Posadita del Buen Pastor) and since January 2006 at the Center for Orthopedic and Neurological Diseases (Hogar Clínica San Juan de Dios).

Website:
http://www.aprendocontigo.com/ (Spanish and English)

Office in Lima:
Calle San Martin 602-A, Miraflores, Lima, Phone (+511) 447-8140

For more detailed information about this fantastic project, please visit the "Aprendo Contigo" website

In February 2009 a new children's hospital, the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (ex Hospital del Niño), was added to the Aprendo Contigo program. At the moment it's only possible to work with 200 of the 600 hospitalized children, but they hope to be able to attend all of them soon. Your involvement could make this possible.

Aprendo Contigo is a program helping children with life-threatening diseases to continue with as much normality as possible in a hospital environment. The small patients can attend classes and develop physically, emotionally and intellectually while being confined to a hospital bed or as a walk-in patient undergoing treatment.

The main goal of Aprendo Contigo is to create an environment of normality for the patient during hospitalization or treatment. The children continue to have access to an appropriate lesson plan and learning material. In addition Aprendo Contigo promotes the creative development through various handcrafts, workshops and hobbies. For this reason the small patients don’t lose the contact to the outside world and don’t see their illness as the central part of their lives.

How can you Help Aprendo Contigo?

• Volunteer. Aprendo Contigo accepts foreign volunteers on a short (no less than 6 weeks if you are able to volunteer daily) and long term basis upon evaluation. Some Spanish is required
• Purchase christmas campaign products (Christmas cards, wrapping paper, calendars, etc...)
• Donate money - Account information can be found on their website
• Physical contributions directly at their office

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