$65,000 given to Burn Center

The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International has informed us that our application for a Matching Grant for funding to help provide surgical equipment to the Coaniquem Rehabilitation Center for Burned Children in Santiago, Chile, has been approved. The award is in the abount of $25,000

Krikor Geulemerian, International Committee Chair for the Rotary Club of Mill Creek stated, "This is exciting news, we still have some work to do but when we are completed gathering in the various matching funds, $65,000 to $70,000 will be available for Coaniquem."

Coaniquem has treated more than 90 thousand children and teenagers to date. The average cost of the rehabilitation process of a child or teenage burn can vary from a thousand dollars to several hundred thousand dollars annually, depending on the complexity of the injury.

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A link on our website has been created that will navigate you to a video about Coaniquem.