Organizations for Cuban Children

  • Partido Democrata Cristiano de Cuba
    This group focuses on the human rights of Cubans, specifically children. Caution, this site is in Spanish!

  • The United States Latin American Foundation
    The United States Latin American Medical Aid Foundation is a grassroots non-profit organization that helps provide Cuba, specifically Cuban children, with medical supplies.
    Contact Information:
    Latin American Medical Aid Foundation
    P.O. BOX 552
    New York, NY 10025
    Tel: (888)669-1400
    Fax: (212)749-7596
    E-mail: USLAMAF@aol.com

  • The Bruderhof
    The Bruderhof is a group of Bruderhorf youth determined to end the United States embargo on Cuba. They feel this embargo only hurts Cuban children. The Bruderhof youth has written an appeal to the Mennonite youth for support in this matter.
    Contact Information:
    Catskill Bruderhof, Elka
    Park NY 12427
    Tel: (518)-589-5103

  • Madre
    The project madre, a group supporting the termination of the embargo, is working with the US + Cuba Medical Project in order to better the lives of Cuban children. They are collecting donations of pediatric medicines and toys.
    Contact Information:
    121 West 27th Street, Room 301
    New York, NY 10001
    Tel: (212)-627-0444
    Fax: (212)-675-3704
    e-mail: madre@igc.org

  • UNICEF
    UNICEF is an organization which supports children's rights and protests any forms of abuse or neglect towards children. They are the voice of every child in every country.
    Contact Information:
    UNICEF
    Calle 1ra.BNo.15201
    esq.152,
    Reparto Nautico, Playa
    La Habana, Cuba

    The Children of Cuba Homepage
    Children Around the World

    This page was written by Jennifer Hamm, contributing group members Lauren Clark, Julia Hitchings, and Sandi Yarow.

    The purpose of this website is to portray the lives of children living in Cuba. It was designed by Lauren Clark, Julia Hitchings, and Sandi Yarow, as a part of a collaborative web project in a freshmen writing seminar: Children and Society, taught at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, by Professor April Brayfield.
    December 18,1998