The Bus of Harmony and Wellbeing
FUNDACION SAN LUCASJustification
The intervention area faces the following issues: an increase in child and domestic violence and femicide; lack of services for holistic healthcare; rising school dropout rates; low self-esteem among mothers under constant stress due to not knowing how to support their children; increased teenage pregnancies; and rising addiction rates.
This project aims to continue providing physical healthcare to communities, as in previous years, while placing greater emphasis on mental health, the preservation of ancestral knowledge and values in pursuit of “Buen Vivir” (Good Living), and the structural strengthening of communities to improve their socio-health conditions.
Location
Cochabamba
Local Partner
FUNDACION SAN LUCAS
Objectives
General Objective: Improve comprehensive health in 8 vulnerable communities in the southern area, Districts 9 and 14 of Cochabamba, within the framework of “Buen Vivir.”
Specific Objectives: 1-Promote mental health, culture, values, and peaceful coexistence. 2-Promote physical health. 3-Strengthen community structures to support health initiatives.
Target Population
(families).
Project Duration
Budget
Funding
TAU, Fund. Hnos Iraizoz (48.000€)
Activities:
- 200 women from 8 communities learn to take actions for their personal development and adopt lifestyles that benefit individual, family, neighborhood, and community health.
- 200 children from 8 communities learn healthy social skills and face personal, academic, and family challenges assertively.
- 5 young people from 8 communities adopt healthy behaviors and develop skills for maintaining positive interpersonal relationships.
- 1,000 patients from 8 communities receive access to primary healthcare services for prevention and health promotion (medical and dental checkups, deworming, cervical and breast cancer detection campaigns, etc.).
- 8 grassroots territorial organizations (OTBs) sign shared-responsibility agreements to benefit their members.
