Our organization is an association of persons and parents of persons with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus. We help the families and specially mothers to overcome the frustration and fear they experience the first time they know they have a baby to be born or a baby born with this condition.
We also provide information to help them grow their children providing him with the best quality of life by means of talks, conferences, seminars, workshops, etc.
Also, we have a Rehabilitation center so the children may receive therapy to help them use the maximum of their capabilities to be independent and to be a contributor to the society instead of a burden.
In addition, we carry out prevention campaigns advising to take folic acid every day for preventing neural tube birth defects.
We are a non-profit association of persons and parents of persons with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus devoted to promote and carry out activities aim at providing our associates with the opportunities and tools they need to be socially independent and to diminish the incidence of that medical condition in Peru.
Quote: Promoting a better quality of life for our children
How can women join your organization?
Women can write to: info@asesbihperu.org.
We need your help with ideas, contacts, fundraising to develop our projects. We also welcome any kind of donations such as wheelchairs, orthetics or monetary donations in order to provide poor children born with spina bifida the therapy they need to be able to develop and be self-sufficient.
How will you let your organization know about International Women's Day?
We will announce it in our website: asesbihperu.org and we will also pass the word in our yahoo group. We will also place a sign in our Rehab center so they may know about it.
