The Foundation started its activities in 2016
Since then we have achieved important goals
Our story
After a lifetime of developing companies in Latin America, Don Juan Rassmuss Echecopar decided at the age of 84 to settle in Paraguay, following the same path that his father took at the same age, who as an octogenarian also started an oil and gas exploration adventure in the north of Paraguay.
Juan Enrique Rassmuss Raier is now in charge of continuing the entrepreneurial spirit of the Rassmuss family and developing the social vocation that has characterised his family. Together with his wife Joanne Avery, in 2015 they created the Juan Rassmuss Echecopar Foundation, focused on promoting comprehensive sexual and reproductive health for Paraguayan adolescents, as well as improving maternal and perinatal outcomes with a focus on pre-eclampsia.
Our purpose
Our hope is that future generations have the necessary tools to face their future in a positive way. Our priorities are maternal outcomes and adolescent health. We believe that getting this right, forms a strong foundation for building better lives.
Our mission
Our mission is to produce positive impacts on sexual and reproductive health in Paraguay.
How do we do it?
- We seek to improve maternal outcomes, with a focus on preeclampsia.
- We promote sexual and reproductive health for adolescents in Paraguay.
Our pillars
Cooperation
Our work focuses on strengthening and improving the Paraguayan health system. As a Foundation we create a network of collaboration with organisations, companies and groups of national and foreign professionals, in order to promote changes that improve the quality of life of young people and adolescents in Paraguay.
Professionalism
We act professionally and perform to high standards. The people who make up our Foundation have vast professional experience and are part of a network of prestigious national and international institutions.
Our team
Our team is made up of a group of professionals from different areas and nationalities, whose purpose is to contribute to maternal and child health in Paraguay in an effective and efficient manner, always with a mentality of continuous improvement throughout the process.
Juan Enrique Rassmuss, Vice-President.
Joanne Avery, President.
Abg. Guillermo Sarubbi
Board Member
Maria Teresa Pappalardo
Board Member
Abg. Patricia Abed
Executive Manager
Dr. Carol Lole–Harris
Senior Medical Adviser
Ms. Lic. Lara Apesteguia
Pre-eclampsia Programme Coordinator
Ms. Lic. María de la Paz Ramírez
Adolescence Programme Coordinator
María del Pilar Serna
Community Outreach Project Coordinator
Eugenia Torres
Administrator
María Benegas
Programme Assistant Capital and Central
Ms. Lic. Camila Florentin
Communications Coordinator
Fátima Martínez
Programme Assistant Alto Paraná
Alberto Benítez
Data and Statistical Information Coordinator
Angélica Fleitas
Graphic Designer
Dr. Gustavo Brítez
Pre-eclampsia Programme Medical Advisor
Dra. Susan Contreras
Pre-eclampsia Programme Medical Advisor
Dra. Celia Vázquez
Adolescence Programme Medical Advisor
Dra. Cynthia Machuca
Pre-eclampsia Programme Medical Instructor
Our Partnerships
Locally we maintain close contact and coordination with the Ministry of Public Health (Sexual and Reproductive Health Department); the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Asunción; and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Internationally, the Foundation has established a relationship with the Chilean Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Children and Adolescents, as well as with Action On Preeclampsia (UK) and John Radcliffe Hospital University of Oxford University.
+595 982 527 722
+595 981 357 041
Gumersindo Sosa 1124 entre Tte. Vera y Austria.
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