H CH HIDING HILDREN PLACE N HOSP IN ITAL

 HIDING PLACE IN
H
CH
HILDREN
N HOSPITAL
*Desccription:
The project
p
is located in a large
hospittal in centrall Quito, deddicated to
the caare of childdren from birth 18
years. The hospiital cares foor up to
60%
of
Ecu
uador’s
c
children’s
populaation. Needlless to say staff and
resourrces are streetched. The principal
servicees offered at the hosp
pital are;
emerggency,
orthoppedics,
palliative
ouutpatient
care,
services,
pediattrics, x-ray annd burns uniit.
Located:
p
is located in thee city of Quuito, aproxim
mmedty 10 m
minutes by public bus
This project
from the Academ
mia.
Climaate in Quito: The temperature variess between 10
0º C (50º F) y los 22º C (71º
(
F)
Sched
dule:
9h30 to 17h00
a
: All year
Date availability:
Activiities for volu
unteers:
 Go uniform
med daily wiith a white aapron.
 Wait for thhe children to arrive at the
t center.
 Accompan
ny the childrren from theeir rooms.
 Help prepare and servve refreshments.
 Prepare gaames for eacch child.
 Guiding chhildren in each game.
 Organize thhe shelves where
w
the toyys are kept.
 Establish a schedule foor teaching E
English .
 Organize activities
a
for the childrenn.
 On speciall occasions help
h organizee parties withh the projectt director.
TEST
TIMONY:
Courtthey Prenticce (EEUU)
“Es muy
m importannte prepararr actividadess para los niños y distraacciones en un
u hospital
para la
l salud meental, tuve mucha
m
pacieencia con lo
os niños y ees importantte dar una
sonrisa, me gustto mi trabaj
ajo”. “”It is
i very impportant to prepare
p
actiivities and
distracctions for th
he children while
w
they’rre in a hosp
pital for their mental heealth. I had
great patience
p
witth them, it iss so importaant to have a ready smilee and I really liked my
work.”
””
dburne (EEU
UU)
Alexandra Wood
“Me gusto
g
muchoo mi proyectto, pude ayuudar a muchhos niños a jjugar, y eso
o les ayudo
muchoo a recupera
ase pronto, organice
o
parra dar clasess de inglés, eel personal que
q trabaja
ahí soon muy amabbles, siemprre hay volunntarios y conn ellos se puuede trabajaar bien, los
niños aprendieronn un muchoo inglés eso fue muy in
nteresante y una experiiencia muy
buena” …“I reallly liked thiss project, annd this helpped in a speeedy recuperación. we
playedd a lot of games, and i organized
o
Ennglish classees . The peoople who woorked there
were very
v
friendlyy, there werre always otther volunteeers there annd we all worked
w
well
togethher. The childdren learnedd a lot of Ennglish and itt was so inteeresting. It was a very
good experience.”
e
”