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Cuban Children’s Fund
The Cuban Children's Fund was founded in 1998 and aims to raise funds and collect medical materials suitable for use by the Cuban Public Health System; and to develop bilateral links between the Australian and Cuban health sectors.
The project grew out of the need of the William Soler Pediatric and Cardiac Centre in La Havana, Cuba, for equipment and disposables for use in caring for children with cardiac problems.
In 1998, the Cuban Children's Fund entered into an alliance with Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA and since that time, over $506,000 has been raised for the purchase of equipment and training at the William Solar Hospital's Pediatric and Cardiac Centre. This equipment includes intensive care units and ventilators, defibrillator units and dental equipment and dental X-ray equipment. A Melbourne pediatric surgeon has also visited the hospital a number of times to lead and train the Cuban surgeons in difficult operations.
The Maritime Union of Australia has been a long-term strong supporter of the Cuban Children's Fund, raising over $138,000 to assist the purchase of equipment for the hospital in 2005 and 2006.
Over 2008-2009, the Cuban Children's Fund has been busily fundraising for an incinerator for the hospital. Hopefully in the near future we will be able to help the hospital purchase this important piece of equipment.
You can support this work in Cuba by becoming a donor today.
Download full report:
2009-10 Report to Donors: Cuban Children's Fund [ pdf ]
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