Give school & love to abandoned girls in Mexico

Dear Donor,

What is  the meaning of to be empowered?  To make somebody powerful, like to have a fruitful, independent life.

This is what any parent or tutor seeks to instill in his/her children or pupils to have their own decisions no matter if they make mistakes or have success

We know that empowerment does not appear out of nothing, it is the fruit of a caring environment and its nurturing conditions for its development. 

For a child it is important to have an environment of trust, where errors are not punished but analyzed and reflected upon, and that new alternatives for achieving  goals are suggested, cherished and supported .  Having to support and encourage curiosity in learning social and academic skills, as well as to have a broad perspective of reality and teaching them to make better decisions.

Women today face challenges when they need to have their voice heard, when they express their desires and decisions, passing from dependence to independence, from ignorance to knowledge. 

This process empower their lives, with control on their decisions, on their emotions, their inner souls and thus to value themselves. Women have also learned to believe in them, with successes and failures that have taught them to accept themselves and when in distress, stand up and start again, as many times as needed.

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For Puerta Abierta, our priority has been to raise women with these traits.  If for any given woman, even born in ideal family conditions, sometimes empowerment is challenging, just imagine the work needed in our girls and young women, not having had a trustful environment in their original families.

Today, some of our girls are making important life decisions, like career and work choices, while also trying to forge their own self image, and thus becoming empowered in the process with responsibility to assume the role they want .

We at Puerta Abierta are very proud of our young women, seeing them taking control of their lives an example, Margarita is now  independent, has a successful, and emotionally balanced personal and professional life, she is aware and exercises her independence within the social group she belongs  and is committed  to her Puerta Abierta sisters and friends.

Like Margarita, we have other girls growing up, becoming young and empowered women. As tutors we wish to be empathic enough to help them to make the best decision. 

Meanwhile our dreams and wishes are becoming true.

Links:

• girls education project

 Are we working to make a better world? 

We want to do so much and we can do so little!

This thought has been so present in our minds during this pandemic that we run the risk of feeling hopeless and frustrated. Consequently, we are subject to a more pessimistic attitude in which we believe mistakenly that we are not doing enough for anyone.

We know that what happens in one part of our planet will have repercussions in other parts.In our longing to have a better world we realize that we can start changing ourselves (and the ones closest to us), with the hope of this generating change in other place. 

Feelings of empathy and compassion are precisely what is needed to transform intention into action. Actions can be as simple as listening to someone’s problems, becoming involved in another’s problems, letting go of something negative, spreading joy, as well as fostering imagination and creativity. We believe that these actions can lead to more awareness of how these behaviors can be extended to others.

At Puerta Abierta we wanted to transmit the message to the girls that, despite the confinement, they can learn valuable lessons both for themselves and for others. These lessons can start with simple things such as, turning off unnecessary lights, saving water, separating garbage, initiating an exercise program, maintain order, establish schedules, seek to learn something new and share it with friends and family. It is hoped that they will realize, over time, the positive repercussions that this has for themselves and for their close, and not so close, environment. 

It is important for the tutors and trainers to understand just how much their own lives become living examples for these beautiful girls and young women. Also important is the need to help them find the opportunities (places, activities, and relationships)in which they can practice these positive behaviors and then analyze the benefits that were obtained.

Our tutors have found that our teenagers do have the possibility of having a positive impact on their younger siblings.  They assigned one of them to reinforce the language therapy of one of the small girls and be present when she is in session. Thus the elder girl is learning new skills and is applying them.  Another older girl signed for a photography course and now takes pictures of them all.  Those girls with math or English skills now help the others with their homework.  Another one, involved heavily in personal exercise, is now setting up sport routines for the whole group.  This practical work practices have opened new opportunities for them all to grow in skills and companionship.

We can only imagine how many borders we can cross when we maintain consistently positive behaviors, filled with great hope and love, so that they can extend beyond our closely-knit environment,

Let us all work to make this planet a beautiful place where we can enjoy and have a better life

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