"54 YEARS PROTECTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN/COLOMBIA"

Activities and Relevant Actions

Children are taught dances, accompanied by professionals of "Dance network", develop cultural and artistic skills.  

From the vocational area, continues with arts classes, developing skills from technical of chalk and free drawing. Also, they are painting a mural in the company of children.  

In partnership with Police of childhood and adolescence and some institutions of protection, children participate in the “Friendship Tournament”, promoting the sport, fair play and the fundamentals values of this competition with children and girls.

It is positive progress in the process of preparing for egress of 3 children and adolescents, with the possibility to continue using social and community network in their environment in order to prevent psychosocial risks.

From the project "Learning to live with other" children became aware of the importance of the practice of values for daily living and the foundations for a solid future, emphasized institutional values as a strategy to strengthen the sense of belonging to the Corporation.

Academic, nutritional, among other achievements.

The area of pedagogy, continues to strengthen the project "Learning to learn" through the "time study" in order to strengthen the themes of the period providing review activities in the areas of greatest difficulty in each of the children and adolescents.

Children reinforcements began in math and English, with the support of two American volunteers who are linked.

Project "Prosociality" is done with professional psychology at the University of San Buenaventura, through workshops of service to others, values and strengthening of socialization and coexistence.

Workshops Project "Sexuality a way to recognize" were developed, with the topics: Building and strengthening the identity, roles of everyday life and sexuality in the media, where children strengthen relationships with others and the experience of sexuality in everyday life.

Hygiene and self-care Brigade were performed, called "I love me and I care me" where advances are evident and recommendations for continuous improvement of personal presentation are provided.

Children and adolescents significantly improved their nutritional status, approaching the normal range for age. The timely delivery of Bienestarina by the area of nutrition and health for the continuation of healthy eating at home also stands.

We got rating 100% in auditing by the ICBF implementation of  Bienestarina, highlighting the proper management that the Corporation has had with the product.

Activities with families

We realized the celebration of “Family Day” at the Lido theater, where were strengthened links and children and youth with their families and employees of the Corporation were integrated. 

We conduct group meetings where children are oriented in the expression of feelings and emotions, besides we worked strengthening dialogue and trust in parental relationships.

Psychology conducted exercises based on the topics of self-observation and orientation projection lifeline with short, medium and long term.

In the project "Family Superarse" parenting practices is strengthened through Family Plan issues, conflict resolution between different subsystems and risk situations and violation of rights.

We made individual counseling and families, who require therapy, are refer, the project "Living Well Family" the Mayor of Medellin and the Centre "Individual and Family".

We do socialization every four months of the evolution of the care process, commitments are set by children and families, these reports are submitted to the competent authority.

We started the project "Together strengthening family" with the professional support of the University of Antioquia, where the family dynamic is strengthened, through individual counseling and focus group.

Educational activities

Expansion care of INDER, increasing the activities in which the childrens and teenangers can participate.

Continue the project "points system" which provides incentives to children, according to their behavior in the month.

Days of the "Good treatment" and reflective workshops are made, in the project "make a deal for the good treatment", where children are strengthened in the identification, reporting and prevention of risk situations and violation of rights.

Visits to Arvi Park, the Botanical Garden and the book festival and culture were made, bringing children to city spaces and ensuring access to recreation and culture for educational purposes.  

We continued with the strengthening of teens who are in preparation for discharge in professional accompaniment of the project "Preparation for Independent Living".

Testimony

I thank the Corporation Superarse for all that help me!

Links:

• Corporacion Superarse