Expanding Grief Care for Underserved Populations

Partnership with Fundación Valle del Lili Hospital

Fundación Valle del Lili Hospital has been a key ally since the beginning of our mission. With deep commitment, professionalism, and unwavering dedication, they have opened their doors to us, helping bring hope and support to hundreds of grieving families. This pioneering hospital in Colombia and Latin America has developed a comprehensive grief care program that is transforming lives.

Together, we are extending our impact in the region through the innovative Hospital Padrino mentorship program. Thanks to this initiative, hospitals in rural areas with limited resources receive support and guidance to improve care for grieving families in marginalized communities, ensuring that each family gets the compassionate support they deserve.

This includes training healthcare professionals in these hospitals, ensuring that every family receives care filled with compassion and empathy.

With Fundación Valle del Lili Hospital leading the fieldwork and in collaboration with other partners like ICESI University, Resolve Through Sharing, Memories Unlimited, Caring Cradle, and MindSpace, Baby Bear Foundation has achieved a profound and lasting impact.

Our goal is clear: to provide the best practices in grief care to families who have suffered the loss of a baby or child.

942

RTS grief support folders donated, facilitated, or promoted

994

Memory boxes and kits donated, facilitated, or promoted

17 + 1,400 Est

RTS grief care training sessions sponsored to date and estimated for the next 2 years

98

Mindfulness training sessions sponsored (number of people registered)

100

Grief-related books donated

2,500

Grief conferences sponsored (number of people registered)

10

Number of hospitals we currently work with

1

Number of Caring Cradles donated

Our Partner Hospitals in Grief Care

Through our programs, our partner hospitals provide emotional support and professional training, caring for families during the most difficult times with compassion and empathy

Fundación Valle del Lili
San Juan de Dios Hospital
San Antonio Departmental Hospital
Tomás Uribe Uribe Departmental Hospital
Luis Ablanque de la Plata District Hospital
San José de Buga Hospital Foundation
Raúl Orejuela Bueno Hospital
Pilot Hospital Jamundí
Susana Lopez de Valencia Hospital
San José University Hospital ESE

Explore Our Achievements

Learn more about the impact of our grief care program and the stories that inspire our work. Through strategic partnerships and the dedication of our communities, we have transformed the way families and healthcare professionals face grief

Comfort in Loss: The Lili Valley Mission

El Espectador Find out how the Lili Valley Foundation accompanies parents in the journey of grief, providing guidance and support in times of profound loss.

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Source of light and compassion in cloudy times

BMC Palliative Care Implementation of a hospital-based end-of-life and bereavement care program in a developing Latin American country.

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Report And who is taking care of you?

Read the report on how Module 3 of the 'And who is taking care of you?' program trained health professionals to provide compassionate bereavement support, including self-care tools.

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“I discovered that feeling compassion toward myself was healthy. My idea of self-compassion used to mean pity, and I didn’t feel good about it, because I thought I was not being grateful for all the good I had.”

Participant in the Mindfulness Program, 2023

Expanding Grief Care for Underserved Populations