The “Mother Teresa of Calcutta” Home Begins to Receive Funds Raised Through “Light Up Life”

21 January, 2026

Eight wheelchairs, medications, food, and blenders were delivered. A second donation is forthcoming.

The National Safe Life Foundation completed its first contribution to the Hogar de la Paz “Mother Teresa of Calcutta” and is already preparing a second delivery in the near future. At the request of the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the funds raised at the dinner-concert “Let Us Ignite Life” made it possible to purchase eight wheelchairs, medications, food, and blenders—essential supplies for the institution’s daily operations.

In the days following Christmas, José Luis Camacho Miserendino, chairman of the Foundation’s Board, together with his wife Paula Giannotti, their children, and Julio César Caballero, executive director, visited the shelter to formally deliver the donations and personally convey their congratulations and best wishes to the Sisters of Charity, who are responsible for managing the home.

“We are very pleased with what has been achieved. Thanks to the generosity of more than 400 people, we have been able to partially address the needs of this home, whose service to the community is invaluable and deeply worthy of recognition,” said Camacho. Along the same lines, Caballero emphasized: “It was demonstrated that everything is easier when we come together for a common good; in this case, providing a better quality of life for those in the most vulnerable situations.”

The second contribution will be allocated to repairing the roofs and delivering new essential items for the well-being of those who live in the home and receive ongoing medical care and constant affection. The Hogar de la Paz “Mother Teresa of Calcutta” provides shelter to minors with physical disabilities and elderly adults in situations of abandonment; in addition, it operates as a daycare for the children of single mothers and as a soup kitchen for low-income families, fulfilling a fundamental social role within the community.