Programa pro niños de la calle (Program for Street Kids)
The protestant foundation World Vision began to work with street kids in Mexico in 1989, largely through the Program for Street Kids. In the past years, the Program has not received the majority of its money from World Vision, but its work continues with the same emphasis.
The Program has three areas of services: street kids, working kids, and at-risk kids. In spite of its protestant heritage, the Program does not evangelize. It does, however, inculcate the values of solidarity, caring, and family. The Program provides a vast array of services, from games on the street and family intervention to shelters and aftercare.
The Program works most intently in broken communities that force kids onto the street, but it also serves Indian communities, where children are at high risk of working in dangerous professions.
Shelters serve some 100 kids of different ages and needs. Almost all these shelters share the same building in downtown Mexico City, with the groups divided by floor.
After children leave the program, workers continue to check up on them, making sure they have a safe place to live, study, and work.
The Program offers constant workshops on sexuality, drugs, arts and crafts, job skills, and social solidarity. They also offer classes for parents.
Programa Niños de la calle AC
Director: Paco Peña
Dr. Erazo No. 122 Col. Doctores C.P. 06720
México, DF
México
Tel.: 55 88 03 29
Fax.: 55 78 5215
Contact: Alicia Vásquez, vmmexpronica@laneta.apc.org o
info@ninoscalle.org
