In 1994, we began our work with a health program called Mobile Surgery. An operating room was built in the back of a truck, where we perform surgical interventions in the most remote parts of the country and in the outer slums of cities, with an average of 350 surgeries per year, in a more humane way within the patients’ own environment.

We have also carried out several family health programs with a focus on nutrition, maternal and child care, vaccination, among others, with great results in the community, etc. Over the course of the years, we have seen that surgery, which is our main activity, serves as a gateway to communities. It’s immediate, concrete and often spectacular results serve as an excellent means for gaining credibility, trust and acceptance from locals so we can carry out other beneficial health programs and ensure their success.

Health cannot be treated in isolation because it is linked to all human activities and needs, and health programs cannot be successful if they are carried out in isolation from other development programs. This premise has led the Cinterandes Foundation to plan and lead programs for human development.