Updates on the COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund
Solidarity and trust are the values that donors who contributed to the COVID Relief and Recovery Fund for Family showed us last April. Through this campaign, we raised $28,030.99, to exclusively alleviate the most pressing needs that our participants are experiencing due to the COVID-19 crisis. For most families, their main source of income comes […]
Challenges of remote learning: the experiences of entrepreneurs as caregivers and teachers
Remote learning was the response after classes in public and private schools were suspended due to the COVID-19 crisis back in March. Entrepreneurs with children did not feel comfortable leaving them at home during this time but they were also worried about how or how much their children will learn from home. As of August, […]
6 ways PV works to implements a trauma-informed care approach
Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) is an approach that has emerged to work with those who have gone through difficult or traumatizing situations. Through this approach, it is important to create an environment focused on an individual’s comfort. The goal of TIC is for participants to feel safe and secure. Author Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., says […]
Thank You! – 2020 Giving Day Reflections
Since July 2016, Programa Velasco (PV) has celebrated its annual Giving Day. Organized out of our headquarters in El Salvador but held online, Giving Day brings together supporters from various different countries and is our largest annual fundraising event each year. Through the years we have learned a great deal about how to best facilitate […]
The invisible effects in mental health that will show sooner than later
COVID-19 shook the health and economy of the modern world. Without an end in sight, there is more talk of a “new normal,” than returning to the life we had five months ago. It has become evident that we may have to live with the virus for many more months and, perhaps, even years. Encouragingly […]