Project Overview

In partnership with: Children's Vision International

Background

On any given night, in the streets of Bogotá, Colombia, there are approximately 13,000 children without a home and most have no one to care for them. Some call them the generation of invisible children. They have never been legally registered and have neither name nor nationality. To some, they do not exist. Children's Vision International has heard their cry and answers the need by providing a safe, loving home for such children. With the help of mission teams and generous donations, they are giving new life and hope to the children of Bogotá and beyond. Each year Children's Vision International has a medical outreach, supported by the government, to the villages in the hills around Bogotá. Last year LIFT provided a medical team for this outreach; CVI has requested another team for 2012.

The Project

The team would travel each day to different locations to carry out health checks on the residents, many of whom only see a doctor once a year - when a team arrives.

Skills required

• doctors
• dentist
• opticians
• dieticians
• physiotherapists
• chiropodists
• nurses

Number on team

8 people.

When?

29 July to 18 August

To make the project viable we would ask for a donation of:

£1200

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