Making a difference: St Teresa’s Home

Hogar Santa Teresita (St Teresa’s Home) is surrounded by tea plantations and is 6 km from the centre of Oberá.

St Teresa’s was opened in May 1993. Today, it cares for 32 people with physical and learning disabilities, many of whom were found hidden away or abandoned on the roadside by families too poor to look after them. Some of the residents are disabled as a result of accident or disease. Some suffer from multiple disabilities - blindness, deafness, psychiatric illness, cancer or paralysis. The age-range of the residents is from 1 to 91 years.

The home has 21 caring staff combining various skills and degrees of experience. One of the assistants, José Alberto, is a qualified nurse and another, Julio Martinez, is a qualified nursing assistant.