Health Program, Small Emergency Grants
Health: Saving Lives, Building Futures
Fundación Nahuel is committed to improving the health and well-being of children and youth in Ecuador. Our health initiatives focus on critical areas such as cardiology, ophthalmology, and malnutrition, ensuring access to medical treatments, medicines, and ongoing support.
Health is vital for breaking the cycle of poverty and ensuring children can grow, learn, and thrive. Unfortunately, Ecuador’s healthcare system often falls short, especially for vulnerable families. Through targeted programs and partnerships, we provide immediate interventions and long-term care to save lives and prevent lifelong disabilities.
Bridging the Gap in Healthcare
Ecuador’s public healthcare system offers free treatments, but the resources often fall short, leaving many children without the care they urgently need. The Health Emergency Fund steps in to fill this gap, especially in cases where immediate action is required to prevent:
- Disabilities or irreversible organ damage.
- Chronic conditions resulting from untreated acute diseases.
- Premature deaths caused by delayed medical attention.
The foundation’s mission is to prevent these outcomes by providing timely interventions and financial support, ensuring that every child, regardless of their circumstances, has access to lifesaving treatments. Since its inception in 2007, the fund has transformed over 22,000 lives, offering hope and a healthier future.
Areas of Impact
Cardiology
Ophthalmology
Malnutrition
Emergency medical care
Children supported
Focus Areas: Cardiology, Ophthalmology, and Malnutrition
years of
Impact
4 Stories of 109
Maycol Alejandro Taype Lema
12 yearsMaycol and her family migrated from the countryside to a sub-urban neighborhood south of Quito, they are indigenous people from the highlands, living in overcrowded conditions. The family consists of her parents and 8 siblings. Her father has informal and sporadic jobs in the market, her mother sells fruits and vegetables in the streets.
Diabetes
Help: Examinations of laboratory and medicines
Cost: $ 125,00
Riofrio Collaguazo Carlos Manuel
20 yearsCarlos is Carmen's brother, he also suffers from chronic renal insufficiency, his disease is more advanced. He receives dialysis 2 days a week in the public health system and is waiting for a kidney donor to receive a transplant.
Chronic renal insufficiency
Help: medicines and nutritional supplements specific to your disease
Cost: $ 210,85
Rodríguez Naranjo Ana Valentina
20 yearsValentina is the second of 5 siblings, she is an orphan of her father, her mother was deprived of her freedom from the time Valentina was 8 years old until she was 16 years old.
She and her siblings have always lived with their maternal grandmother, who has raised and cared for them. She is now quite old and very ill.
Dermatology- Eczema acute chronic
Help: Medicines
Cost: $ 82.00
Rodríguez Loor Arianna Mayerli
22 yearsArianna is in college and lives with her mother and 4 younger siblings. Her father does not live with them; he left home when she was very young. The family depends solely on her mother who is a domestic worker.
Ophthalmologic and neurological
Diagnosis: Conjunctivitis and idiotropic headache.
Help: Medicines
Cost: $ 95.00
You can make a difference by donating to the General Fund or the Health Emergency Fund.
One-Time Donations
Help us address urgent health needs
Recurring Donations
Ensure consistent care for children throughout the year.
Health Fund
General Fund
One-time Donation
Monthly Giving
Corporate Sponsorship
