Organisation:
This Christian orphanage offers housing and care to children with normal needs and special needs. They are devided over three different houses in and around Quito. The environment provides physical and emotional support, spiritual nurturing, and lots of tender loving care. The children at the orphanage range from newborn to 13 years of age. About 35% of the children have moderate or severe special needs, almost all have been abandoned.
The founders started the orphanage in 1990 and began caring for abandoned and orphaned children as foster parents, receiving referrals to care for severely malnourished, premature and disabled children. The orphanage grew from one child in 1990, to now over 500 children who have been housed and helped.
Loving and attentive caregivers take care of four to five children. The family-like environment is warm, bright and cheerful. If required, a child receives language and physical therapy. Older children receive learning programs appropriate for their age and abilities.
Mission:
To help homeless children providing care in a loving and supportive environment; striving to unite them with their biological or adoptive family; and advocating on their behalf to others.
Internship possibilities:
The orphanage is welcoming interns for physical therapy. You would be guided by their physiotherapist. He can explain the problematics and therapies of each kid that is under his care. As an intern you could help out a great deal by intensifying the therapy and/ or start treating kids who are not yet under therapy, but who do need this. Also you can develop new activities for grouptherapy.
For more information about this internship. Check out this link
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