Caputo Children´s Fund

STREET CHILDREN are either orphans or children who have been turned out or abandoned by their parents. But most of them have run away from home. The boys and street girls flee from home abuse, beatings and misery they find in their families. But street life is not better; the children are more exposed to poverty, accidents, rapes, injuries, illnesses and even murder. It is so sad to see so many children on the streets, many die, violence and hunger are the main causes of these deaths.

HOPE FOR STREET CHILDREN. Our Mission is in working with the poor, oppressed, suffering Street Children and all abandoned children. Caputo Children´s Fund is committed to building long-term community benefits for the street children of Guatemala City. Humanitarian efforts are our vision is to bring relief to the street children and elderly people where it is needed most.

We accomplish this by rescuing them from the street and providing a safe Christian refuge where they can grow and learn.  We also try to initiate community programs that help to protect and safeguard all children. 

GUATEMALA. Caputo Children´s Fund sponsors and supports Father Rocco Famiglietti ´s Orphanage for 250 children.

March 28th 2006,  to witness the presentation of that country’s highest honor of recognition given to a civilian, The Humanitarian of the Year Award. This year’s recipient, recognizing his 55-plus years of service to the people of Central America and especially to the people of Guatemala, was Fr. Rocco Famiglietti, founder and present Guardian of Valle de los Angeles (Valley of the Angels) school and orphanage. The ceremonies, conducted at the National Palace in Guatemala City.

Dr. Salvatore Caputo (left), Father Rocco (right)

GUATEMALA. Caputo Children´s Fund sponsors and support "Hospicio San Jose".

Fighting HIV Discrimination in Guatemala.

 Located on a quiet, green lot just outside of Antigua, one of Guatemala's more bustling tourist centers, "Hospicio San Jose" is one of the few facilities in Guatemala to provide integral support to people living with HIV.

Just over 50 children live at the Hospicio, where they receive antiretroviral treatment paid for by the Guatemalan government.

The same doctor and health care workers that make sure the children take their medication, eat properly and are generally in good health also tend to more than 100 HIV-positive adults who visit the hospice on an outpatient basis every month. Hospicio San Jose's clinic fills in the gaps left by public hospitals around the city, which will only see patients once every three months.

JUST  A MIRACLE

Take a good look at this adorable child. Precious little Diana is just one of dozens of children and adults living at the San Jose Hospice in the town of San Lucas, just outside of Guatemala City.

Diana's doctor who works at the hospice told, "We found out she was thrown in the garbage. Some fireman found her and brought her here. When I came here, she was about 1 month old. She was very sick. Her development and her body were abnormal.

And then I started to work with her. I started her on the proper exercises and medicine. And then she started growing, growing, growing and laughing. She was crying all the time. Then about five months ago she started to walk. She started to laugh. She started to eat."  

 

Dr. Salvatore Caputo visiting Hospicio San Jose

EL SALVADOR.  Caputo Children´s Fund sponsors and supports Gift of Life (Regalo de Vida).

Gift of Life -Regalo de Vida, El Salvador, is a Non-governmental Organization created in 1992 by a group of volunteers, united with the only one mission of giving back the health and with that, a good future to the Salvadoran children of very scarce resources with different kind of heart diseases and other pathologies that cannot be treated here in El Salvador.