 For
over three decades Latin America has endured the unenviable
distinction of having more street children per capita than
any place on earth. What is less known is that for every child
who sleeps in the street there are 300 more in practically
the same condition who live on the street by day but at night
sleep under a plastic sheet or in a woven read or adobe hovel
with their siblings. Both are classed as "Street Children",
the distinction being 'IN' the street, as opposed to 'ON'
the street [those 'IN' are more likely to be addicted to drugs].
When we first arrived in we worked with both types of
Street Children, but for the past two years we have concentrated
our efforts and resources in helping the much larger but less
known population of Street Children who live On the street;
those abandoned in their own homes. During this time we have
managed to open hub centres in 6 cities, with 20 satellite
children's centres located in the poorest barrios: where we
educate, feed, medicate and care for them.
Won't
you join us!. |
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 We pursue our mission of getting Latin America's out-of-school
children [20% of all kids] educated in 3 phases:
1- Find the children
2- Teach them, then integrate them into regular schools.
3-
Launch a campaign
to make the Government recognize these children and tae over
our work of getting them educated.
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 For
more than 2 years we have been preparing for and fretting over
our project to help pregnant at-risk teens, and finally - in
January - we got it off the ground. Now it flies.
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...Las
Palmeras Children's Centre................Recruiting
not-in-school children
We have
progressed apace in the 'Las Palmeras' project, and now are able to
open a Children's Centre in their community 1.05.
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Very
poor children being prepared to enter school for the first time.We
have given each centre a target of how many children we hope
to prepare and register for school by this December. Trujillo
is on target. Huaraz is optemistic.Waiting for word from Cajamarca
and Malabrigo. Total:
130 children
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Our campaign: "DON'T
FEEL SORRY FOR STREET CHILDREN!" is beginning to pick up momentum
in centres where lots of international tourists are encountering Argentina's
child laborers on a daily basis.The object of the campaign
is to recruit volunteers from the tourist population who visit Argentina
each year, |
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Most of
Venezuela's children
not in school live in Caracas
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With help from our
friends we will soon open our centre in Caracas - from where
we will send our volunteers out to satellite centres in the
barrios, and there they will help Venezuela's poorest kids.
VOLUNTEERS
APPLY NOW |
Venezuela
Information Taking
volunteer applications now.
It takes 2 Years !.
When we find a child, convince the mother to let us
get him or her educated, take them into our little school,
give them their first lessons; finally get them up to
the level of education for their age, and matriculate
them into a state school (paying for uniforms and all
expenses): our work for that child is only just begun
(2 years)
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Above are club meetings 7
June 2006
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We continue to work with each child, and will do so for
the next two years. Visiting every month for a "Club
Meeting" , at which we monitor their progress, give
prizes, work with their techers, our Social Workers see
how things are going at school, at home: and we pay for
wehatever their parents cannon or will not. We do this
for two years. |
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HIV / AIDS pandemic thrives
in Latin America
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Sherrill Musty,
the publisher of the book "WHAT'S A VIRUS ANYWAY
", ,has contributed a quantity of these marvelous
books... |
The UN has declared
that the number infected with HIV/AIDS in Latin America
is greater than that of Europe and the USA combined.
If you live in one of these countries you would not know
this - it is not reported in the media, talked about in
the chambers of Government. They are in denial. But we
know it is there, children and families in the communities
we help are suffering: and there is little help available._______________________
This is the BEST book we have ever found for helping young
children deal with HIV/AIDS - thank you Sherrill: we will
make them go far and serve many, |
We
salute our Volunteers who keep returning
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(While
many others still work with us in their home countries)
When we started our volunteer program we didn't dream
so many kind talented people would take up the challenge
of aiding 's poorest children as their own personal
project. Thank you all. |
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