OTHER PROGRAMS

• The Economic Assistance Program is executed by the Social Work Department that works as a medical assistance coordinator in order to accomplish quirurgical processes that take place and to provide medicines and other supplies either for free or at social costs. For both public and private requirements, they also arrange the payment for patients who cannot afford the costs of rehabilitation.
  
  
• The Social Welfare Ministry's National Board of Disabilities along with the National Counseling of Disabilities and the CAID have established two important programs which have benefited more than 400 patients a year. The Economic Assistance Module is in charge of making this agreements take place. This department also offers social work services for companies composed by large numbers of employees and that need this kind of services.
  
  
• There is also an internship Program for students that come from the Rehabilitation School of the Central University of Ecuador, Psycology School of the Catholic University of Ecuador, Orthosys and Prosthetist School of the University of Guayaquil, San Francisco University of Quito and the Salesian University. The students get highly involved while they do their partnership and support the ideas established by the CAID.
  This partnership take place thanks to the agreements signed with these universities.
  
  
• The International Internship and Volunteer Program is a new program that we implemented in order to receive students and other professionals from abroad and that have knowledge on similar fields that Hermano Miguel Foundation promotes. Through this program, we will be able to provide them of great teaching experiences. It also promotes touristic trips around Ecuador, Spanish lessons, dancing and music lessons, etc.
  
  
• Since the year 2000 the Creighton University in Omaha has participated in the "Occupational Therapy Program" by sending students and teachers to different Assisting Centers that help disabled people, this can be possible thanks to the mentioned internship program.
  
  
• There is a new and interesting program called "Until collecting the last cartridge...for disabled people" Its objective is to fight for a social and ecological awareness by collecting and recycling old printer and toner cartridges. After refilling and selling them, the collected money will be used to support the other programs created by CAID. So let us know if you are interested in being part of this program and as soon as you have collected enough cartridges, we will go and pick them up from your place. "This is about a campaign of environmental impact with a deep social content".