Baby Help - The Baby Help program, initiated by JDC in 2003 at the height of the Argentinean economic crisis, has been furnishing special assistance to a particularly vulnerable segment of the Argentine Jewish community—babies and children up to five years of age and pregnant women living below the poverty line. The program supplies baby formula, fortified milk, nutritional supplements, and other food aid, as well as vitamins, medicines, vaccines, diapers, and various pieces of baby equipment. Parents have benefited from a variety of supportive activities and counseling programs, and the families’ ties to the community have been strengthened through their involvement in key life cycle celebrations, holiday programs, and new, hands-on lessons in Jewish living.

A school lunch program initiated by JDC in partnership with AMIA during the height of the Argentine economic crisis in the early years of this decade. For many Jewish children in Buenos Aires, this program still provides their only hot meal each day.

13:17 Project - Developed by JDC during the height of Argentina’s economic crisis, the program today continues to provide Jewish teenagers with a nurturing Jewish framework for sports and cultural activities during summer and winter school breaks. The majority of participants are from families that are still part of the social assistance network. The teenagers get a daily meal, an outlet for their energy, a place to meet other Jewish youngsters, an opportunity to add to their Jewish knowledge, and a feeling of belonging to a caring community. Over the past year, a monthly Saturday night activity was added to the program with the aid of various partners.