Medical Centres in Bolivia

El Alto SOS Social Centre

The SOS Social Centre, El Alto works with local Family Committees to support and help orphaned and abandoned children and their families. Children are helped with their education. Women are given interest free loans to help them develop income-generating projects which leads to their greater independence. The SOS Social Centre works with the city authorities in El Alto to develop "Community Homes" to reduce child abandonment and to help develop the community.

Mallasa SOS Social Centre

The SOS Social Centre Mallasa is in the Chasquipampa area of La Paz. In that one area alone there are an estimated 17,000 children and familes that are living in poverty. The SOS Social Centre has established a programme to support orphaned and vulnerable children and their families. Local Family Committees have been formed to co-ordinate the provision of services and the training of mothers and community leaders.

Oruro SOS Social Centre

The SOS Social Centre, Oruro works to support orphaned and vulnerable children and their families in the local community. It has established a programme "Don't Jail My Childhood" especially for children whose parents are in jail. In addition a project to improve the nutrition of children found that some mothers did not know about some vegetables or how to cook them. The SOS Social Centre works with local Family Committees, many of which have enabled women to take responsibilities previously denied them.

Potosi SOS Social Centre

The SOS Social Centre, Potosi, began working in 2003, setting up local Family Committees. These committees worked with the SOS Social Centre to create Community Homes for orphaned and vulnerable children and their families. Families are supported with food and health care. Children are helped with their education. Women are given training and loans to help them develop small scale income generating projects.

Santa Cruz SOS Social Centre

The SOS Social Centre, Santa Cruz helps the poorest families and their children with food, education, medicine and social welfare. As part of its work to support orphaned and vulnerable children and their families, the SOS Social Centre works with local Family Committees and teachers' organisations to improve the quality of child care in the families through training and information giving.

Sucre SOS Social Centre

The SOS Social Centre, Sucre works with orphaned and vulnerable children in order to reduce child abandonment. In particular it helps women find work and so be able to have an income and thus be able to look after their families. The SOS Social Centre runs training projects to help women to start up their own businesses. Micro-businesses have been set up in four areas: knitwear, bakery, ceramics and plants.

Tarija SOS Social Centre

The SOS Social Centre Tarija started work in May 2004 to support orphaned and vulnerable children and their families in the local community. This work is co-ordinated through local Family Committees. The SOS Social Centre has set up workshops and training for community leaders to help promote social development in their own communities. The goal is to reduce abandonment through improving the quality of life - better nutrition and better education - of orphaned and vulnerable children and their families.

Tiquipaya SOS Social Centre

The SOS Social Centre, Tiquipaya supports orphaned and vulnerable children and their families especially those in high risk areas as defined in the "poverty map" from the local authority. The SOS Social Centre has supported 4000 orphaned and vulnerable children and their families through education, improved nutrition, health and hygiene. The SOS Social Centre works with 43 Family committees and has trained individuals in the community to lead their own programme of activities.