1. OBJECTIVES

In the statutes of the Foundation IVI is stated "the execution of social works inside the field of the Reproductive Medicine, the Gynecology and the Pediatrics to favor and help people with scarce economic resources, with the intention to offer them assistance, aid and planning to solve their needs, as well as any other purpose of promotion, development and strengthening of the volunteerism” (art. 6º.3).

2. PROJECTS, in which we are working

Teaming

Since 2008 IVI has launched the Teaming project. Created by Jill Van Eyle, Teaming is a supportive action that puts the company and its professionals in direct contact with different supportive initiatives.

Through voluntary donation of 1€ in each monthly payroll, those workers that participate in the program contribute to the creation of a supportive fund. Yearly, the IVI professionals propose projects of social cooperation to the ones that the funds are destined, and said projects are submitted to voting to elect the winner. Besides, in each edition, IVI contributes with an equivalent quantity to that collected among the workers.

In the present edition 6 projects were presented, among them 3 were chosen and for them the funds Teaming 2009 were destined. Nova Prevenció,, an association dedicated to the prevention of addictive conducts and of risk in the youth, Foundation Carlos Martin, dedicated to the Improvement of the people life quality with intellectual disability and their relatives through the provision of services, and Foundation OIKIA, for the creation of carpentry workshops destined to the insertion of disadvantaged children in Bolivia.

The Teaming philosophy is aligned with the values of IVI, permits to develop the spirit of teamwork, and is admirable as with a small common effort significant actions are achieved.

Information in www.teaming.info

Children´s Villages

IVI collaborates with the institution Children´s Villages in different ways: with the cession of a space in our clinics for the campaigns of diffusion and fundraising that Children s Villages hold and also, just like with other Foundations that have a Curriculum Bank, the department of Human Resources of IVI incorporates profiling applications of difficult placement in the processes of selection that carries out.

Plan for preserving fertility in cancer patients

Since 2008 FIVI vitrifies free the gametes (ovums and spermatozoa) of all those people to the ones cancer is diagnosed but that do not want to renounce maternity in the future because of the chemio or radiation therapy treatment. In their efforts to preserve fertility, FIVI counts on the support of Bancaja and Merck Serono.