2009
Hogar de Niñas “Las Creches” - La Reina, Santiago
Psychosocial Recovery for Girls removed from their families by the Family Court (US$ 5,000)
The Project helped protect and provide comprehensive care for 22 girls between the ages of 5 and 18 who were sent to live in the center by the Family Court. “Las Creches” has extensive experience working with girls who have been abandoned, mistreated and/or victims of sexual abuse. The objective of the organization is to enable the girls to eventually return to their families, to a substitute family, or to an independent living situation and to help them overcome the underlying factors that caused the girls to need care in “Las Creches”. They receive in a family-style environment care by adults, educators, and specialized professionals, who give them the psychological and educational support that they need. The individual work with the girls emphasizes the development of emotional ties, good habits, constructive values, skills, positive self image and esteem and the building of an improved relationship with their families, including a strengthening of parental roles. 2009 was the second year that the Foundation provided support to “Las Creches”, covering expenditures related to food and professional psychological services such as diagnosis and treatment.
Corporación Siempre Contigo - San Miguel, Santiago
Spiral Project (US$ 5,000)
The project helped 40 low-income children and adolescents (6 to 18 years old) with attention deficit disorder by providing them with scholarships to participate in workshops for psycho-pedagogical support and training in social skills, to improve their relationships with their families, coordinating the monitoring with their teachers and multidisciplinary attention by professionals linked to the areas of pedagogy and psychology. The Corporation has experience working with socially vulnerable minors and adolescents from public municipal schools in the poorest communities in Santiago with Attention Deficit Disorder who also lack adequate emotional support from their families. As a result, these children often repeat grades and are at risk of dropping out of school. 2009 was the second year that the Foundation provided support for educational material, workshops, food, transportation and partial remuneration of the Director.
Fundación Techo para un Hermano - Peñalolén, Santiago
Furnishing the Reading Center at the Cecilia Arrieta Scholastic Support Center (US$ 2,500)
This organization provided support to the low-income population of the community of Peñalolén in Santiago throughout the year. They take care of 60-70 girls and boys with their school work and recreational activities, nutrition, medical and dental attention. Through this program the center provided a healthy and constructive alternative for children ages 1 to 18, whose mothers work long hours and do not have anyone to care for them in their absence. The target population is one that is very poor, where overcrowding, alcoholism, drug addiction and family violence are rife. The focus of this project was developing a reading center, designed to foster children’s interest in reading. Support by the Foundation in 2009 included financing of books, tables, computers, materials and decoration for the reading center.
Tactoimagen – Comité para el Arte, Cultura y Educación - Santiago and other cities in Chile
Project “Art in our hands” (US$ 2,500)
The objective of this project was to provide a program for the blind and visually impaired children in Chile that enabled them to create their own art as well as reproduce great artistic works through touch. The program was carried out by a group of young professionals that combined the disciplines of differential education and visual art. The project organized traveling exhibitions in various locations in Santiago and surrounding regions, as well as small workshops for these children to create their own works of art. The program benefited approximately 200 low-income children between the ages of 5 and 18. This was an innovative program that bridged
a gap in the supply of tools for the blind. The Foundation financed the remuneration of professionals, advertising for the exhibitions, transportation costs, materials for the workshops and some operational costs.
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