Provide Help for Children and Teenagers in Mexico

In Mexico, 21 out of every 100 students will finish college. In Nuevo León 7 out of 10 students desert, this decision means that these young people abandon the most certain path towards a better future, they give up almost all possibility of getting a formal, steady and well paid job. As their employment opportunities are reduced, young people who drop out are more vulnerable to becoming involved in criminal activities. While the cost of dropping out of school is not only incurred by those who make the decision to do so, it has negative implications for society as a whole: reducing productivity and thus the rate of long-term economic growth. In addition, school dropout is highly regressive as it is concentrated among lower-income youth, reproducing, generation after generation, income inequality and poverty.

The project at The Boys and Girls Club of Nuevo Leon, ABP, has 4 components developed in accordance with the basic principle of human rights set out in the General Law on the Rights of Children and Adolescents.

• Healthy and safe contexts: innovative, safe, functional space that meets the development needs of NNA.
• Conditions of well-being and integral development: extracurricular activities that reduce the risk of street.
• Development and participation: strengthening leadership skills, decision making, problem solving and increasing scho, ol performance
• School continuity: create a culture of permanence in the educational system until reaching a personal and social development suitable to their professional expectatio.

764 childrens, adolescents and young people from 4 to 20 years old they have benefited.

• 80% of childrens, adolescents and young people acquired formal reasoning skills to solve number-related problems
• 80% of childrens, adolescents and young people produce narrative texts with correct use of semicolons, commas and question marks and/or exclamation marks.
• 80% of childrens, adolescents and young people developed artistic skills and abilities by participating in painting, music, dance and craft workshops.
• 80% of children developed skills to develop positive relationships, make responsible decisions, and define and achieve personal goals.

Today, more than ever, Mexico requires great efforts to make strong its social structure, because it is the way to take care of the root problems that our country face. The Boys and Girls Club of Nuevo Leon, ABP will be prepared to accelerate the efforts, and in that way, we will keep supporting through a social and professional investment for a better Mexico.

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