What we do

    THE LOVE LINK was born out of the desire to give love, protection, and food to malnourished children in El Salvador. In El Salvador the incidence of infant malnutrition (children under five years of age) in 1990 was 50% (430,500 children). Of this number 15.2% (132,700 children) suffer from moderate and severe malnutrition (according to weight and age). Malnutrition primarily affects infants between 6 and 36 months of age (65.8% of the malnourished). There has not been a notable improvement in these figures in recent years. This implies that a large part of the pediatric population is at a great risk of contracting disease and dying if they do not receive nutritional intervention in time to permit their recuperation. They must regain not only their state of health and nutrition but also their potential for growth and development. 

     THE LOVE LINK has played an important part in the treatment of many malnourished infants from impoverished families. These infants have been rescued from conditions that undoubtedly would have led to their deaths or have left them physically and mentally damaged if nutritional intervention had not been taken. 

     We know that it is possible to help the little children, and to give them what they need (food, love and care) just when their brains and bodies are forming. This is Sonia Patricia Guardado. She came to us when she was 6 months, with severe malnutrition and bronchial pneumonia. Her weight was 6.8 pounds (3,08 kg). After she had received treatment for 50 days, her weight was 10.5 pounds (4,76 kg). Believe it or not, these two pictures are the same child. 

     At this time there is no entity, neither public nor private, with the capacity of caring for malnourished infants. There are no hospitals or clinics that will admit these children and give them the necessary care that will permit them to reach their potential growth and save them from malnutrition and its grave consequences. Therefore,THE LOVE LINK is continuing its work to help children in El Salvador to have a better life.