JUCONI
The Society has a long term partnership with JUCONI since 1996.
JUCONI (Junto con los Niños/Together with the Children) works with street children in Ecuador's largest city. The programme offers a mix of education, welfare and psychotherapy to help each child and his or her family set a positive course for the future, ideally leaving street-life behind for ever. The society supports four children through the INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN TRUST (ICT), a UK charity that works with JUCONI.
Pioneering use of psychotherapeutic techniques to rebuild self-esteem and family relations in the poor barrios of Guayaquil continues to make ICT Partner JUCONI one of the most successful in the rehabilitation of street working children.
We recently received heart-warming news from the charity that two of the children that we support have ‘graduated’ to the stage where they no longer need our financial aid. Juconi has a four-stage help programme for these children. Typically the Society sponsors children in the ‘intensive’ phase.
In 2014 Miguel and Ivan progressed under the programme and are now ready to enter the independence phase. Of course, while this is great news, Juconi’s work does not stop there. As a result the Society is now sponsoring two new children.
Antonio is the oldest of five children and the five of them live in a small house with cousins, uncles, their grandmother, and their mother. The small house has no basic services like water or electricity. To help his mother, Antonio leaves the home to throw away the garbage of their neighbours, who pay a few cents for their efforts. Antonio has some health conditions among these amoebic cysts, but he does not receive medical treatment. The mother is currently working on a shrimp packing full time, so Antonio has become responsible for the care of his brothers most of the time.
Julia met Fundación Junto con los Niños (JUCONI) in the community Socio Vivienda. JUCONI was shocked to find that she had left her studies behind and instead lived a life of labor on the streets. Through games with JUCONI, the psychologists could see it was evident that Julia lived in a home with violence and negligence with her parents Rita and Vicente
Lisa Killick, from the International Children’s Trust, had this message for AES Members:
Your sponsorship for two years will be enough to allow us to help their families begin to prioritise education instead of work for these children. Their family will receive a monthly food basket that we provide both to help compensate for the children not working as much and finally not working at all. The food basket contains the kind of food that will improve their nutrition as a family and, as it is quite low in cost but high in nutritional value, should make a difference to their nutrition even when we no longer support them.
Your support will also provide school uniform and shoes, with books and school equipment and will also be used to provide emergency medical treatment should this be necessary. JUCONI will provide the therapeutic and educational help to these children and their parents, which mean family different choices will be made and Julia will be able to make better use of opportunities for a more successful future. On behalf of these children and their families we send our sincere thanks for such an important contribution to their future.
To see more about JUCONI go to their website www.juconi.org.ec
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In the past we have also made donations to:
CONDOR TRUST FOR EDUCATION:
Fundacion Luz y Vida www.luzyvida.org.je
Centro del Muchacho Trabajador, Quito
Centro de Madres al Servicio de la Infancia, Atucucho
The Society made donations to the Foundation for Light and Life in 2001 and 2003.
Thank you to our members and others who give so generously - its money well spent.
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