The Burnt Relief Fund for Children, or FANQ, is a nonprofit organization of joint action from volunteers and generous support of individuals, businesses and institutions. It is made up of Bolivian volunteers residing in the city of Houston, Texas. They work to provide support for Bolivian children who have been victims of severe burns. Our fund gets in touch with the Bolivian children and families who have been victims, so they can travel to the United States. Then, they are taken to Galveston, Texas to get treated at Shriners Hospital for children. Our efforts make it possible for these children to get treatment which allows for their healing and recovery.
FANQ is an institution created by Bolivian volunteers residing in Houston, Texas. It was created in April 2000, by the joint effort of Ing. Jorge Galatoire, Houston’s Bolivian Association, and the Bolivian Charity Foundation. Through these years of service, our organization has helped more than 45 children by facilitating the move from Bolivia to the United States for treatment at Shriners Hospital for Children.
FANQ is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Bolivian children who suffer from severe burns. It is made up of a group of Bolivian volunteers residing in the city of Houston. Working together with the support of individuals, institutions and businesses, they make it possible for these children to get the treatment they need to heal and recover.
Through collaboration by the Bolivian community and many others, FANQ hopes to expand our reach to help more children in need.
In 1999, Ing. Jorge Galatoire with the help of other organizations brought the first two kids to United States. By 2000, they had created FANQ, Fondo de Alivio al Nino Quemado.
FANQ works to provide support and assistance to all children to all children victims of severe burns. They are treated in Bolivia, then taken to United States. The care they receive in Shriners Hospital for children in Galveston, Texas is completely free of change for the patient and lasts up to their 18th birthday. During the time of care, FANQ handles all the paperwork from the beginning of the child’s treatment in Bolivia to the admission into the Shriners Hospital.
We work to help and support children who are severe burn victims so they can be tended to in Bolivia and moved to the U.S. The medical attention received at Shriners Hospitals for Children—Galveston, is completely free of charge for the patient and extends up to the patient’s 18th birthday.
We take care of all the formalities and expenses throughout the duration of medical attention from the initial treatment in Bolivia, to the move to the U.S., to admittance to the hospital in Galveston and the annual visits scheduled by the Hospital for the necessary ongoing treatment. Since the recovery for burns is a fairly long process.
Our organization gets its funding through fundraising events, activities, and generous donations from members of the Bolivian community in Houston. We also receive donations from businesses, corporations, and institutions. This also includes any North American citizen dedicated to this humanitarian cause.
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