Drawing a smile for disabled children in Bethlehem

Dear Donor, please receive a warm greeting. We are writing to express our deepest thanks for your donation, contributions from donors like you provide the financial and moral support needed to accomplish our mission of providing a quality health center to the disabled children of Bethlehem.

During its first phase, the center offers specialized medical services to boys and girls from 0 to 12 years old diagnosed with down syndrome, autism and cerebral palsy; and in the next phase it will include treatment for children with attention deficit and learning disorder.
The labors were focused in the administrative area during the quarantine period ordered by the Dominican authorities due to the Covid 19 pandemic. the reopening and restart of the services (complying with the sanitary and safety protocols) began in the week of April  1, 2020. Total patients per week:20 patients (after reopening), the area that is currently serving the most patients is physiotherapy
Services available from 8 am till2 pm. from sunday to thursday:
• Social work.
• physiotherapy
• ocupational therapy
• ostupathy
• Behavioral Therapy.
• Speech therapy
Physiatry and Physical Rehabilitation services restarted on August 1, 2020 after the lock down of the city because of covid 19 with continuing in online rehabilitation classes with patient parents incase another lock down

The main objective of the center is to integrate the families and the communities into the recovery process of the patients, with the purpose of benefiting the thousands of children with disabilities in the region .
There are still many needs to meet in terms of equipment,staff training and supplies.
We will keep you informed about the progress of the project. If you have any comment, advice or question, please feel free to direct them to us and we will answer as best we can.

There is no way to fully express our gratitude for your support.