Changing lives in Malawi: Mary's story
Through Mary’s moving story, we want to let you have a closer look at the humanitarian work that we carry out in this region of Malawi. Mary is one of the beneficiaries of our assistance…
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Turkana: When drought prevents you from going to school
In the rural community of Todonyang, it is not uncommon to find long rows of women and girls walking along the arid plains that comprise this area’s natural landscape.They hold plastic jugs on their heads…
A sculpture for the Niño Jesús Children's Hospital
Art doesn’t change anything, it changes you. David Lynch A motorcycle making a cartwheel at the Niño Jesús University Children’s Hospital. The mixture of colours and its delicate lines transport us to another scenario, one…
The enneagram and grief: The griever with enneatype 7 (I)
In this post we continue to reflect on the influence that personality exerts on the response of an individual grieving the death of a loved one. This text continues the series of articles whereby we…
Letter to a father and mother who have suffered a gestational loss
Writing this letter is not an easy task. I find myself searching for soothing words, words directed at two grieving parents, but I cannot seem to find them. Nothing appears to be enough, I find…
Group grief therapy with teenagers
At the Mario Losantos del Campo Foundation (FMLC) we are often asked if we employ group grief therapy with teenagers and, if so, what it consists of? Thus, in this post we are going to…
The difficult challenges of having a child with a disability in Bolivia
When a family receives the news that their son or daughter has a disability, they initiate a long obstacle course that, for one reason or another, will often last a lifetime. The impact this causes…
Download our 2021 Annual Activity Report
We present our 2021 Annual Report, in which you can take a deeper look into the activities, achievements and projects that we have carried out over the last year. During 2021 the global Covid-19 pandemic…
EMDR in grief: a tool to manage trauma
Sara Losantos, FMLC psychologist It sounds like a mysterious acronym, an unpronounceable term. Behind these four letters, EMDR, lies a technique that allows us to address trauma. It is named after its acronym in English:…