Gaudium Et Spes Foundation

Economic support- in 2022 economic help was provided to non-for-profit organizations dedicated to support impoverished communities and help the most vulnerable. Some of the projects supported in 2022 were 1 Blessed Gerard Homes for the Elderly an initiative of the Cuban Association of the Order of Malta which started in 2020; to fund homes across the island for the elderly. This project in coalition with the Cuban Association of the Order of Malta provided food medical care and a home to over 5,000 elderly individuals in Cuba. 2 Economic support to the construction of Bambino Gesu Women's and Children's Hospital developed by the Associazione Bambino Gesu del Cairo Onlus a non-profit entity organized and existing under the laws of Italy. The Hospital will provide medical and healthcare services to under-privileged children and pregnant women in the New Administrative Capital of the Republic of Egypt. This project started in 2020; 3 Continued the economic support to Hogar Teresa Toda for operating expenses of the orphanage dedicated to shelter care and assistant to abused underaged girls; 4 Economic help to Proyecto Nacer an institute dedicated to the eradication of the need for abortion by providing attention education and medical care to underaged mothers in difficult situations; 5 Economic assistant to Colegio Nuestra Senora del Carmen organization founded by the Carmelite Order who ran a school offering Catholic education to children in an underprivileged community.

Restoration and preservation -provided economic support to several projects in 2022 such as 1 continued support to the renovation of the chapel Nuestra Senora de Lourdes located in Miramar Puerto Rico; 2 restauration of the parish church located in central Rome San Salvatore in Lauro; 3 contribution to the church Santa Maria Reina for improvements to the facilities and 4 improvements to the school located in the church Colegio Nuestra Senora del Carmen.