MAMA COCHA
Seeing a child and their family turn the corner and become a family after months of therapy and support to help them learn to love their children, to see them actually accepting and loving them. It’s a special thing.
Suzy Butler, Founder of Kiya Survivors
MAMA COCHA THERAPY & SUPPORT SERVICES
The original Mama Cocha centre was based in the small fishing community of Los Organos, Piura, in Northern Peru, and was built and opened in 2005 with the help of Copenhagen International School (CIS). It was originally a home for children with learning difficulties and disabilities living in vulnerable situations, but changed direction after its service users were successfully re-integrated back into their family homes in 2015 and focussed mainly on providing a safe space for early stimulation and therapy. A support project for young people with learning difficulties, disabilities and from high risk environments in need of Physiotherapy; Speech therapy; Psychological support; Occupational therapy to encourage the patients families to adapt their living environment to assist rehabilitation and life skills programmes to begin the all-important steps towards greater independence, integrating into their community and families.
OUR TEAM
The Mama Cocha Team is headed by our Project Manager, Hedu, who oversees all the projects in Peru and has been working with Kiya Survivors since 2003!
Our team of Physiotherapists; Speech therapist; Psychologist and technical nurse are all local professionals from the communities the project serves and who are working unbelievably hard, making a huge difference to young people’s lives in one of the poorest regions of Peru.