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| Mi Caleta Shelter |
| S.O.S. Guambritos |
| St. Patrick School |
| St. Patrick Workshops |
| Gol.a.s.o. |
| Orientation Dep. |
| MAIN MENU |
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ACCION GUAMBRAS |
STREET KIDS
SALESIAN PROJECT
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GOAL |
To offer adolescents and working youths an educational program, which helps prevent negative consequences of living on the street and to favor their personal development. |
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PROPOSAL |
An educational proposal incuding; PREVENTION and PROMOTION. PREVENTION = education based work to avoid the negative affects of street life and to desuade these boys from allowing street life to become habitual. (For example, some boys work in the streets to survive independantly while others are there to help their families with finances). We feel it is important to decrease the need for children to work in the street. PROMOTION = a diverse educational work to promote and enhance their potential in order to build a brighter future for each boy and their family. |
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M E T H O D O L O G Y |
1. The Salesian Project has a team of "Street Educators"
who are distributed within 4 areas of Quito: SOUTH AREA, HISTORICAL CENTER, NORTH AREA 1 AND NORTH AREA
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2. The "Street Educators" provide: A) housing for the boys in the area, B) educational accompaniment in their place of work, C) monitoring of schools frequented by the boys, within the 4 areas of Quito, D) family monitoring; families are visited within their own environment, E) encouragement of the community to aid in the growth of the boys (this includes contact with diverse social agents). 3. The Educators acess the Refrenece Center or Festival Patios, which are spaces where the boys within certian areas can go for: * to bathe * to share healthy amusement with others * to store work instruments * to participate in diverse educational programs (to build values and awareness of child rights), organized activities (handiworks, cultural visits, etc.), receive help with school work, pedagogic reinforcement, and the development of abilities and dexterities * Catechesism and the formation of core values Our Reference Centers are: Mi Caleta Shelter, Saint Patrick School, Saint Patrick Workshops, Station 21 (Main Bus Station), The Mar�n (under the bridge), A space within the Parochial of Cotocollao, and A space within the school of Pisul�. |
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History |
Since August of 1986 this program has belonged to the Salesian Project. |
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Addressees |
Children and adolescents who are of the streets, parks, or markets of Quito, found involved in informal work or in a possible situation of becoming a "street kid". |
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Name |
"GUAMBRA," a term of Quechua origin which means; boy/girl, kid, child. |