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Organization	Fundacion Oyeme
Region	Colombia
Website	Website
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ProjectLeader	Mariana Bohórquez Uribe

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In Colombia, 3- 5% of screened children under the age of 5 are found to have hearing deficiencies. Appropriate treatment and follow-up can pose significant challenges since much of this population migrates often due to political and economic factors. In this project, your donation will directly support Oyeme's work detecting and addressing young children's hearing loss through additional screenings , and enhanced education of care-givers on related behavioral signs and overall hearing care.

Challenge

Correct diagnosis and treatment at the earliest age possible, are critical to assure a child's communicational and educational development. Therefore, Fundacion Oyeme continual challenge is: - To find hearing deficiencies in children as early as possible, well before formal schooling starts. - To prevent children from acquiring irreversible deafness. - To promote social acceptance and equal opportunity for hearing-impaired children.

Long-Term Impact

The long-term impact of the initiative will manifest itself in children who are able to access formal education with hearing children. In this way, they will have the chance to finish their primary school, their baccalaureate, can complete their higher education, and have access to fair employment opportunities. This process of development and inclusion will be the fruit of the awareness of all the actors who have surrounded the child throughout his/her life.