During our first round of Small Grants, the Foundation awarded six grants totaling $100,000 to nonprofits that expand access to medicine, health care services, and health education to vulnerable individuals in and from Venezuela.
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Supported approximately 350 Venezuelan women with access to health care services in Colombia, reducing maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality and diminishing complications for high-risk pregnancies.
Focused on supporting newborns with Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD). This program improved CCHD screening and decreased the exiting diagnostic gap.
Focused on enhancing the lives of Venezuelans with Huntington’s disease, a rare disease that breaks down nerve cells in the brain.
To provide folic acid and iron supplements to approximately 200 pregnant women, preventing premature births and reducing low birth weight in newborns. Project on hold.
Provided direct medical, dental and vision care through a clinic in Riobamba, Ecuador, including free care to approximately 300 Venezuelan refugees.
Repaired and updated two damaged operating rooms and a pre-anesthetic area, returning them to proper functionality.
Provided specialized treatment for liver, heart and kidney transplant recipients to reduce organ rejection.
Worked with doctors to incentivize them to voluntarily provide care to children in the most remote parts of Venezuela.