Funding of a primary healthcare access and disease prevention campaign, dedicated to 832 families in Venezuela.
This project is located in Venezuela, specifically in Paria Peninsula. This region is a cocoa-growing area, particularly the municipalities of Libertador, Arismendi and Benitez.
In this region, access to healthcare for cocoa-producing communities is difficult. A study carried out in 2021 about the living conditions of 120 cocoa farmers, revealed that 53% of them have to walk around 30 minutes to reach the nearest health center. Moreover, the ones who live in isolated communities walk almost 2 hours to receive medical care.
With this in mind, we have decided to support a project aimed at improving the health of cocoa-growing communities by providing medical consultations and training in disease prevention.
Over a 12-month period, 832 families benefited from this access to healthcare, representing around 3,200 direct beneficiaries. Altogether, more than 3,000 medical consultations were carried out in various disciplines: general medicine, gynecology, dermatology, pediatrics, etc. Alongside these medical consultations and the direct care provided, health risk prevention training courses were set up: 17 courses were given to 343 adults and children on the following topics: personal hygiene and mouth health, violence prevention, health promotion and disease prevention.
Through this project, the Valrhona Foundation is committed to improve living conditions of cocoa-producing communities.
We would like to thank our local operational partner, the San Jose Fundacion. We would also like to thank the donors of this project, chocolate maker Johann Dubois and Valrhona.
