Help 51 Elderly, Homeless Women Have a Home

Hello Friends of the Hogar Santa Ana:

Who would have thought that we would still be battling with COVID 19, after 9 months. We must thank, though, that all the protocols and extra care measures we took were successfull and we have not had any of our elderly ladies get sick with COVID 19. We did have, though, one of our workers contract COVID, but she is back with us, with no lasting problems.

We have gradually resumed three more of our activities within the home: Our choir, a literary workshop and we started an art workshop, that has been very well accepted. 

We did borrow the outdoor patio from the neighboring school and we celebrated the end of the year. It was the first time that all the ladies got together to share a meal. Before COVID, all those that wanted to have lunch in the common dinning room could do it, and we usually got two thirds of them share lunch, the remaining third got the food and took it to their own room. Since COVID started, one of the measures was to avoid big groups getting together, was to cancell shared lunches. So it was a joy to meet again.

Vaccination has slowly started in Argentina. We estimate it wont be until July that things get better so times are still difficult. Thank you for your ongoing support!

Sincerely,

María Reynolds

President

Hello Friends of the Hogar Santa Ana:

Confinement is taking a toll on our ladies. We are still under the efect of COVID 19, and we have had almost 180 days of lockdown. 

Half of our workers are still staying home so another big thanks to the cooking teams from the two schools belonging to the same NGO. 

We have resumed some activities within the home, such as the Memory Workshop. All our ladies come down keeping safe distancing and wearing protection. Its not the same but it helps.

We have had three very generous donations: face masks, alcohol gel and food. Thank you city of Buenos Aires for the food; Wassarette Lingerie for the face masks and Bil.vex for the alcohol gel.

We are still not allowing any volunteers to come into the home. Our older residents are at high risk if they contract COVID 19, so we value their health above all else.

Our fundraising is still complicated since we could not do our charity dinner. We are holding some online events which help a bit. So if you can , please help us!

Sincerely,

María Reynolds

President