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Carry out medical missions in vulnerable communities, aimed at the search and detection of children with
congenital heart disease, in public educational institutions and social gardens in the departments of Caldas,
Risaralda and Quindío, articulated with the promotion of a culture of cardiovascular health care. with the
incorporation of healthy lifestyles and the reduction of risk behaviors.
Co-create healthy and protective environments for individual and social well-being.
Perform heart auscultation to promptly detect warning signs of congenital heart disease in the school-age
population.
Perform a specialized evaluation by a pediatric cardiologist on children identified with clinical findings, for
a deeper diagnostic process.
Train the community (parents, teachers and leaders) in timely detection of congenital heart diseases and
healthy lifestyle habits.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
A JOURNEY AT THE RHYTH OF THE HEART, is an enterprise of social value, which focuses on the direct search
for children and young people between 0 and 17 years of age with congenital heart disease, in institutional
and community environments, making access possible for vulnerable populations. , in their daily spaces, to
quality health care through a mobile unit, with technology, medical personnel, and necessary supplies.
This program is articulated with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN),
specifically with Goal 3: Ensure a healthy life and promote well-being for all at all ages, directly impacting the
goal 3.4. "By 2030, reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by one third through
prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being."
PLEASE DESCRIBE WHAT NEEDS YOU IDENTIFY? HOW WILL THE PROJECT MEET THESE NEEDS? WHO WILL
BE THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS PROJECT? CITE AN ESTIMATED NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES.
According to statistics published on the Cardioinfantil Foundation page, February 2021: "In Colombia, 1 in 3
children is born with Congenital Heart Disease. 14% of them do not survive the first month of life, and 30%
the first year, which affects pediatric morbidity and mortality globally. In the country where approximately
150 children per million inhabitants should be operated on, only 2,434 are operated on, which means that
the quality of life of the rest is reduced by disability."
At the same time, a high percentage of these patients correspond to a vulnerable population, with limited
resources, distanced from the capital cities where medical care is provided and with barriers to accessing
the health system and even more so to specialized cardiology services. Some die without having received
heart diagnosis or surgery, this added to a general lack of knowledge about the warning signs of congenital
heart disease and this means that parents or guardians do not consult the doctor.
For the above:
- The community needs to train and know signs and symptoms
- The community needs to be served with opportunity and quality
- The community needs to receive the offer of health services in their places of origin.
- The community needs tools to strengthen the culture of health care
SUSTAINABILITY:
The experience in community work has allowed us to validate a health intervention route that qualifies us
positively for the conduct of these processes, integrating knowledge, methodologies, work teams, support
networks and resources that strengthen the continuity of our programs. To ensure that the project's
objectives and impact endure, we seek:
1. Dissemination of best practices, capitalizing on the knowledge and experiences of the health care route.
2. Strengthening the internal processes used for the preparation and monitoring of the project in its different
stages.
3. Presence in communities to create a culture of care and well-being
4. Approach to the actors who are part of the project, collaborative and supportive management around the
resources available for social intervention.
5. Articulation with local support networks.
6. Strategic alliances to expand the scope of our services.
7. Education as an element of social value for cultural elevation.
Direct beneficiaries
• 4,200 low-income boys, girls and adolescents, enrolled in school or belonging to the receiving communities
up to the age of 17. Source of information: own elaboration, based on the fact that 60 children will be served
for each outing (70 outings are projected).
• 16,800 people belonging to the families of the children served who will be part of the health support process.
Source of information: own elaboration, taking into account that this value is calculated from the average four
members of a household in Colombia, multiplied by the number of potential patients.
• 500 people from the community (community leaders, parents, teachers, health personnel, among others),
through training actions. Source of information: own elaboration, based on the fact that 10 events will be held
to train 50 average leaders in each one.
Indirect beneficiaries
• People from the communities where actions are implemented, since the tools provided in cardiovascular
health favor the culture of care and self-care.
• Local authorities by enabling a social offer in health and education that generates well-being and quality of
life in the population.
IS THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED? DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION
AND CONTINUITY OF THE PROJECT.
As a principle of institutional performance, there is the recognition of people and communities as agents of
change and development, which suggests that any process led from our missionary axis, works in collaboration
with, and through, groups of people who have a relationship or direct link with the populations to be
impacted; Under this approach, the capacity of leaders who act as local liaisons and contribute to the different
procedures that are required are mobilized.
Likewise, through education we seek to empower the health care community and the incorporation of healthy
lifestyles, while at the same time knowing the institutional route for the care of children and young people with heart disease.
THE PROJECT BUDGET
Item - Rubro
Cardiovascular screening
Echocardiographic Assessment
Bearing and general preventive maintenance Mobile unit
Printed material
Work team feeding (doctor, driver, nursing assistant,volunteers)
Education in detecting warning signs and promoting healthy habits
Healthy snacks
TOTAL $ 135.200.000
USD$
Approx. exchange rate
Tipo de cambio aproximado
4.000
US$ VALUE USD$ 33.800,oo
PROJECT FINANCING
Project Cost - project cost USD$ 33,800.oo
Local club - local club USD$ 500
International Partner Club(s) - Sponsoring Clubs USD$ 6.300
4281 District - District 4271 USD$ 500
International District - International District USD$ 14.500
Rotary Foundation/World Fund - Rotary Foundation USD$ 12.000
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