Chamos Health Programmes for Children in Venezuela

The main objective of this project is to expand the healthcare impact and provide better quality of medical and dental care to rural communities in need. 

As we informed in our last report, we had to postpone the date for this trip due to the major power failure Venezuela experienced, and the consequences it brought to the population. The good news is that the team of medical and dental professionals are now ready to travel to Mérida on the 14th of Septemeber. 

Approximately 40 volunteers from "Proyecto Mayú" will travel over 600 kms by land and stay for a week in the Apartaderos community in Mérida to offer quality medical, dental and psychological care to as many as possible. Internal medicine, Paediatrics, Gynaecology, Parasitology, Bionalysis are some of the specialties that will allow the team to address the precarious health situation that affects this community. 

The medical team will lead several community workshops related to medical topics and hygiene. Furthermore, the crew will have a psychology team who will dictate a number of workshops covering subjects like: sexual education, immigration grief, domestic violence, and others. 

We have also donated different types of medicines like contraceptives, baby formula, analgesics and others that are needed by the medical team for this mission. We have also sent a LifeStraw Mission water filter to Mayú to be used in their missions. They will use it for the first time in Mérida. The LifeStraw Mission is a gravity powered system that purifies water, making contaminated water safe to drink by removing bacteria, parasites, microplastics and viruses. In addition, we have provided the team with water purification tablets to distribute amongst the people to be used in case of water shortages.