Protect 50 children with safe housing in Medellin

Our project “Give shelter to 25 homeless Colombian children” has reached 1.215 dollars in contributions made by 15 donors, we are still far from reaching our goal but we already started the execution of the project and we have some pretty amazing achievements that we would like to share with you.

Quantitative information:

• So far we have provided shelter to 25 children, all of them males due to the characteristics of the program
• Distribution according to their age:8 years: 1 child, 9 years: 2 children, 11 years: 3 children, 12 years: 6 children, 13 years: 7 children, 14 years: 6 childre
• Main causes of their incorporation to the program: Abandonment: 9 children, Labor exploitation or street work: 1 child, Inability of the caregivers: 2 children, Mistreat: 1 child, Family violence: 1 child, Neglect: 11 children
• 61% of the children present great achievements in their psychological process; there have been significant advances in their level of self-confidence, self-control, effective communication, and social skills
• 24 of the 25 children approved their scholar year and were promoted to the next academic year
• 93% of children improved their nutritional status gaining adequate levels of weight and height for their age
• The Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF) gave us a score of 100% in the assessment of the quality of the attention and services provided to children
• Description of the team hired to meet children necessities:1 program coordinator (Full time), 1 psychologist (Full time), 1 social worker (Full time), 3 teachers (Full time), 1 nurse (Part time), 1 nutritionist (Part time)

 Qualitative information:

• We continue to widen our social network in order to become beneficiaries from several services provided by the city (dance and sports lessons, cultural activities, pedagogical activities, health services, among others)
• Lines of action developed by each area of attention:

Social Work:

Prevention of mistreatment and promotion of social skills

“It’s possible in family” (project developed to strengthen family bonds)

“Families in Sopetran” (Sopetran is a municipality in the province of Antioquia were we train rural families to spend quality time with the children during vocational periods)

Psychology:

Sexual education program

“Building my life project”

Vocational orientation

Reward system (this is a project developed to reward good behaviors of the children through a predetermined scale that is shared with the boys)

 Nutrition:

Prevention of illness and promotion of health

Developing healthy eating habits

All the goals that we share with you today would be impossible without your significant contribution, we are working to promote this project as much as we can in order to reach our goal and continue providing happiness thanks to your invaluable support.

If you need any additional information about the project please do not hesitate to contact me direccion@corporacionsuperarse.org

Sincerely, 

Lina Pérez