The burden of burns can be overwhelming for a poor community since the consequences of death, disfigurement and disability increase poverty. A low income country has other pressing public health and primary care priorities, therefore, acute burn hospital care remains modest and rehabilitation services are not provided. Families will do their utmost to face emergency, till financial and emotional exhaustion. The need to pursue Integral rehabilitation may not be perceived as important by the families or the community, however the consequences of disfiturentemen, invalidity and psychological problems, will affect the person, the family and the community as a whole, deepening the poverty status.
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The beneficiary institution, FundAcción (Fundación Pro Centro del Quemado) was founded in June 1975 as a private non-profit organization. Its mission is to relieve pain and suffering of victims affected by burns and congenital or acquired deformities. In 2010, FundAcción obtained the funding supports from the US Ambassador to Bolivia and the governor of La Paz. On May 16, 2012, the first rehabilitation center in Bolivia for burn victims and people with congenital and acquired deformities started serving the public. With this new facility, FundAcción plan to provide services to patients beyond the two cities and to offer our care at different levels of affordability.
June 2015 PROJECT GOAL AND OBJECTIVES.To create a center of excellency for the comprehensive rehabilitation for burns in the city of La Paz, Bolivia by means of the following actions: Provide equipment and supplies, train professionals and evaluate advances for 3 years, introduce a data base for the epidemiological register, and create strategic lines for self sustainment.
Letter to Bolivia
Bolivia La Paz Burn Clinic Info
Embajada de EE.UU. en Bolivia
