Gender Equality Mexico Project #24471

Educate and Empower Girls in Mexico

by Yo Quiero Yo Puedo

Project Report | May 6, 2021
This has happened along this year...

By Cynthia Modesto | Communications Leader

Dear GlobalGivers,

It’s been a while since the last time we told you about the work of Yo quiero Yo puedo, but here we are!

Since 2015, Yo quiero Yo quiero and Vesta (a Mexican company) established an alliance to contribute with the well-being of girls who live in towns close to the operations of the company in three states of Mexico: Chihuahua, State of Mexico and Tlaxcala.

Since last year, due to the lockdown caused by the pandemic, the organization's work had more than the usual scope to work with girls and boys who study in these schools near the Vesta facilities. Thanks to technology and virtual workshops, instead of reaching 3 or 4 schools, we were able to impact 1 more school, in addition to the fact that before the pandemic it was only working with some elementary education classrooms and since 2020 was possible to impact almost all the groups in each school.

In addition, we were able to work directly with 53 teachers through 2 virtual workshops, taking advantage of technology to familiarize them with some didactic tools and make them aware of the importance of their role in the lives of girls and boys in the middle of the pandemic.

Likewise, we had a virtual approach with the parents of these girls and boys in a primary school in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, to achieve this necessary bond, support and trust between the children and their parents as a tool in any life situation.

Especially in this time of pandemic that has caused girls to stop sharing with their friends and to spend more time with their parents at home, the role of mothers and fathers, and of the teachers who give virtual classes, has become essential in strengthening the life skills of these girls, in self-confidence, in self-knowledge and in the construction of a favorable environment for their better personal development.

We will have more news for you very soon.

Thank you for helping Mexican girls to become agents of change.

With gratitude,

The Yo quiero Yo puedo team

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Jan 7, 2021
Happy new year! Hope from Mexico City

By Shoshana Grossman-Crist | Strategic Activation Director

Juli uses a new public handwashing station from us

Dear GlobalGivers,

Happy new year! We are now breathing the hopeful air of 2021. Why so much hope?

First, you are part of this story and this hope. So many of you gave us a new donation in the last few weeks and for that we are profoundly grateful.

Second, the impact evaluation is in of our work with teen girls to halt the spread of Covid-19 over the last 6 months! As you may remember, at Yo quiero Yo puedo we have been working day in and day out to ensure girls´ and their classmates´ and families´ health and wellbeing as Mexico City has faced a startingly high infection rate as it prioritizes keeping the economy open. We also needed to make sure that if these girls or their families got sick, they knew how to access a hospital and felt comfortable doing so.

What exactly did we do? We virtually trained youth peer educators, installed handwashing stations in highly transited areas of the most marginalized neighborhoods and launched a public awareness campaign in these same neighborhoods. The girls have since been putting their new knowledge and skills to use to change the reality of the pandemic in their communities.

And here are the results! (Drum roll….)
+23% of youth trained increased capacity to prevent communicable diseases
+11% increase in youth knowledge about Covid-19
+7% increase in youth knowledge about the proper use of health services

A 23% greater ability to prevent communicable diseases like Covid-19 is incredibly powerful, and you are to thank for it! Particularly in light of the rising rate of Covid-19 in Mexico over the last month, this is crucial. These youth peer educators are an inspiration to us everyday and we promise to keep you updated!

In gratitude,
Shoshana and the Yo quiero Yo puedo team

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Sep 25, 2020
Sandras street looks different today, thank you!

By Shoshana Grossman-Crist | Strategic Activation Lead

Dear GlobalGivers,

Here for you with an update on Sandra and her family and classmates in Tlalpan borough, Mexico City. There are now 10,348 confirmed Covid-19 cases to date in Tlalpan alone (a borough with a total population of 677,000 residents).

At Yo quiero Yo puedo we have continued to work day in and day out to ensure Sandra´s physical and mental health and wellbeing as her street and the whole city move from shelter in place to the “new normal” (resuming daily activities with masks and frequent hand washing) in the midst of the high infection rate we are still facing in Mexico City. The training workshops we are running with Sandra and her classmates have been both transformative and fun (take a look at the photo above!). Sandra is now trained as a youth peer educator to prevent Covid-19 in her home and her community. And today, when you are in the street in Tlalpan, you see the vast majority of people wearing masks and wearing them correctly!

At the same time, school is not yet back in session. So Sandra is taking classes via public television- and receiving homework assignments from her teacher via Whatsapp (like text message) and turning them in this same may. Sandra being a youth peer educator and continuing with school remotely is critical for her to stay safe, healthy and ultimately return to school when classes resume, be it later this year or in January. Secondary school drop out has increased an additional 8% because of Covid-18, but together we are ensuring that Sandra is not part of that statistic.

We told you we would not lose lope, and we are indeed seeing that we are able to decrease the spread of --and the deaths from-- COVID-19. You give us hope and enable us to continue this work. Thank you!

With gratitude,
Shoshana and the Yo quiero Yo puedo team

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