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Friday, April 6^th 2018 was a very important date for Fundación DEHVI. It was a very special day because we inaugurated our 5^th child center! We are very happy not only because we keep growing and benefitting hundreds of lives, but also because this new child center is located in one of Costa Rica’s most conflictive communities: Juan Pablo II de Alajuelita; and we know we are going to make a difference in this community by offering the children and families opportunities for them to strive in life.

Alajuelita is known for its poverty, delinquency and high murder rates because it is all what the media talks about. However, Alajuelita is a county where natural beauty abounds and where you can find kind people everywhere. This is what we want the people to know about Alajuelita. Yes, it is a damaged community due to problems such as drug-trafficking; nonetheless, we know we can make a change in this community through the investment in early childhood.

The inauguration was simple, yet magical. We invited all the people that made this inauguration possible: Alajueilta’s Major, Mr. Modesto Alpízar, National Institutions’ Representatives, our Private Sector Partners, and most importantly, the beneficiary families and children. It was a very emotional afternoon for everyone, because all of us were waiting, for a long time, for this day to come; the day when the child center’s doors would be finally open for the community to begin to strive. The children are going to be able to receive a quality early childhood education and alimentation for their integral development, and their families will have the opportunity to either finish their studies or be able to find a dignified job to help them break off from the poverty conditions they live in.

This new child center in Juan Pablo II, Alajuelita, will benefit 75 children, from 3 months – 3 years of age, and their families. However, there are expansion plans in the near future so we can benefit more children. Just like our other child centers, Alajuelita is open from 6am-6pm and it has a multi-disciplinary team that focuses on the children’s integral attention and care. This team is made up of a social worker, nutritionist, and psychologist.

According to UNICEF, for every $1 invested in early childhood, there is a return rate of $17 because studies show that by doing this, there is less school desertion, more high-school and college graduations; and, therefore, more people working towards a socio-economic developed country. We want to make a change in Alajuelita, and we want the rest of the country – and world – to witness it socio-economic development thanks to the work we are doing with their children.

Now we are facing the challenge to achieve economic sustainability in order to keep operating this child center, and the only way we can do this is with kind and generous gifts from our donors. It is THANKS TO YOU we can keep transforming more and more lives. I invite you to keep making donations to our project so together we can keep making a difference in Costa Rica’s most needed communities.

Kind regards,

Links:

• Inauguration of the child center
• Our Facebook page