Meet Love Link

Love Link serves over 800 families from the slums of San Salvador, El Salvador. Malnourished babies and children (ages five and under) are referred to the center from local hospitals. Most of the babies brought to Love Link are near death when they arrive. Many mothers are malnourished and unable to produce breast milk to nourish their babies. Due to poverty, families cannot afford formula to provide adequate infant nutrition. Love Link provides round-the-clock care for up to 25 babies at a time, nourishing them and providing continued medical care and nutrition food after discharge. Love Link also shares the gospel with their families, offering hope and comfort and connecting them to local churches for discipleship and support.

Love Link’s community program, Children’s Feeding Kitchen, gives free daily lunches to 650 kids, holds nutrition clinics, and provides medical assessments in eight locations across El Salvador. Since many cannot travel to the city for regular checkups, this service helps 120 individuals in llopango, Altiplano, and El Porvenir. Recipients also receive food baskets, medicine, milk, and clothes. Additionally, aquaponic ponds provide fish and vegetables for families to eat and sell. The money earned helps families buy food or provides for other needs at the center.

According to the World Food Program, nearly one in four El Salvadorans cannot afford the food needed for a healthy diet. The consequences of this are far-reaching. Mothers who are malnourished during pregnancy often deliver babies who are already malnourished. They are then unable to provide the nutrition their babies need from breastfeeding because of their own nutritional deficiencies.

Sponsoring a crib is very different from child sponsorship. While child sponsorship allows a long-term relationship and potential long-term impact with a sponsored child, the crib sponsorship program makes a tremendous (perhaps life-saving!) impact on the lives of multiple children each year.

As a crib sponsor, you provide everything needed to treat and care for the baby in your crib. This includes Hypercaloric meals, formula, medical treatments, diapers, and wipes for most babies. Each month, you will receive an update on the baby’s progress and ways to pray for their continued recovery. When the baby in your crib is ready to be discharged, you will receive an exit profile detailing their recovery. Your crib will then be available to welcome a new baby, and you will receive a new intake profile along with ways you can pray. Visit our sponsorship page for more information .