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    • La Naranja Mecánica
    • CoCo
    • Sararé
    • Entendámonos
    • Dance
  • Education
    • Back
    • Education
    • English classes
    • Literacy classes
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    • Caminos al máximo
    • Leadership in my community
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Background

Many people in Colombia live in poverty. In Medellin, Colombia's second largest city with about 3.5 million inhabitants, this is clearly visible in the center and in the deprived suburbs of the city. Many children live here who are disadvantaged by poverty, domestic violence, neglect, sexual harassment and / or addiction. These are many children who are not encouraged or challenged in their environment to work on a better quality of life, now and in the future. Due to this lack of stimulus and challenge, the situation of the children, their families and future generations will not or hardly improve.

The foundation works in two areas of the city.

1. In the center (comuna 10) we work with children from the shelters Poder Joven and Jardin de Amor. In the future we want to collaborate with more homes in the city center. The children live in the center with relatives, grow up amidst drugs, prostitution and violence, and go to the shelter during the day or live internally in the shelter and visit their family every weekend. Their family's are unable to take care of their children.

2. In the suburbs of Carambolas and Bello Oriente (comuna 3) we work with children who live with the family. Here is our accommodation "El Paraiso" (paradise). In these neighborhoods live mainly people who have been displaced by violence, forced to leave rural areas in Colombia for the city to look for a safe life. The people from these neighborhoods live illegally, often have informal work and live in poverty.

All children between the ages of 5 and 18 are welcome to use our facilities and participate in our activities, provided they attend school. Young people who qualify for the "Leadership in my community" and "Study and Work" activities sometimes remain involved with the foundation until the age of 23. In addition to working with the children and youth, the families and care givers are also involved in the activities. We seek cooperation with various organizations in the neighborhoods and with local government organizations.


Our children

Every year we have more children, and especially the group of girls who participate in our activities is growing enormously. We hope to have as many girls as boys in the foundation by 2022.

In Colombia, social economic levels are classified in "Estratos" from lowest level 1 (very poor) to level 6 (very rich) *.

99.1% of our children and youth are in "Estrato 1". This is the lowest socio-economic layer in Colombia, these children and youth live in extreme poverty. Estrato 1 is classified as low-low.
0.3% of our children and young people are in "Estrato 2", classified as low.
0.6% of our children and young people are in "Estrato 3", classified as middle-low.

At registration, 46.3% of the parents of our participants indicated that they were displaced by violence. We expect this percentage to be higher because many have no official statement of being displaced (and therefore do not qualify for financial compensation from the government) and there are a number of parents who would rather not talk about this topic.


* https://www.dane.gov.co/files/geoestadistica/Preguntas_frecuentes_estratificacion.pdf

Fundación Caminos
info@funcaminos.com
3017591640
Cra. 23B #84b-288
Bello Oriente, Medellín Colombia