Fundacion Totai is a Bolivian charity based in Trinidad-Beni which was set up in 2004 to meet the physical and spiritual needs in the area. Trinidad is a small city of around 100,000 people in the northeast of the country. The work of Totai involves several ministries: health, sports, education and community.
The health staff provide a range of essential services to the community, including general medicine, ENT, audiology, dentistry, nursing and paediatrics. Totai has gained renown within Trinidad and, indeed, throughout Bolivia, for its Ear Care & Audiology services. The centre is equipped with a fully functioning operating theatre and in-patients ward for Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) surgery. It is the only such centre in the whole of Bolivia. In a particularly poor society where ordinary people cannot afford to pay for the medical facilities provided by the state, this project meets a real need.
With hot, dry weather prevailing in Trinidad for most of the year, sporting pastimes are popular among Trinidad’s youth. Training is provided in basketball and football and the teams compete successfully in local leagues.
Access to high-quality educational services in Trinidad is limited and the project endeavours to address these needs in the local community. There is an educational support class to children in the neighbourhood, a mother and toddler group and a Community Arts & Crafts class for local women on Saturday afternoons
