Healthcare and childhood

Through our healthcare and childhood projects, we work to protect, care for, and support the holistic development of children, especially in contexts of emergency and vulnerability.

Problems to be solved

Children are the most affected by the consequences of an emergency, facing psychological trauma, malnutrition, lack of access to clean water, and inadequate living conditions. These factors have a deep impact on their physical, emotional, and educational development.

After a natural disaster, it is common for educational and healthcare infrastructures to be destroyed, interrupting their schooling and leaving families without access to basic services. But child vulnerability is not limited to emergency situations—in many regions, young children live in a constant state of hardship, facing shortages of food, medical care, and a safe environment in which to grow up.

In addition, pregnant women and newborns face major challenges, such as the lack of adequate care during childbirth or in the first months of life, due to a lack of resources and trained personnel in their communities.

Objectives for childhood and healthcare

Child protection in emergency and chronic vulnerability contexts
ensuring the health and well-being of boys and girls, focusing on their physical and emotional development.
Strengthening community health systems
improving the training and equipment of midwives and healthcare personnel who attend to mothers and newborns.
Promoting education
creating conditions for children to continue their learning, even in post-disaster situations.
Encouraging personal and emotional development
helping children overcome trauma caused by extreme situations and promoting their overall well-being.

Direct beneficiaries

Children from 0 to 16 years old, pregnant women, and newborns who receive medical care and emotional support.

Indirect beneficiaries

Entire communities, as the well-being of children guarantees a more hopeful and sustainable future for the regions in which we operate.

Examples of actions carried out

Project “Health and Well-being for the Boys and Girls of the Uros Islands” (Lake Titicaca, Puno, Peru)
This program is improving the living conditions and health of the children in this community, providing them with a healthier and safer future.

More about what we do in BUSF

Institutional Strengthening
Emergency vehicles
Solidarity water programme
Reconstruction