During the month of May we held a workshop for teenagers called “Visualizing our future.” The objective of this activity was to help the children understand the importance of setting relevant goals in life, and then create a plan of specific actions/decisions they must carry out daily towards that goal. Furthermore, we invited the kids to become aware of unhelpful habits that could divert them from their plans.
During July we emphasized with the kids on the topic of citizenship. We raised their awareness about the role they have in society and how they can be trained to contribute to a better country and a better world. They kids captured on a banner the images of the environment they want to build for themselves, for their families and for humanity, in a future that Will depend on them, and on their ability to develop their talents and skills.
Taking advantage of the school break, during July we carried out several manual and artistic activities with the boys and girls. They made necklaces, bracelets and keychains, using low-cost but eye-catching materials. One of the goals of the foundation is helping the kids discover and enhance all their abilities: motor, intellectual and artistic; to become more self-confident. We hope that in the future, some of them will earn a living through art.
Many of the kids we serve have lived in a family and social environment that promotes wrong ways to make a living, such as theft, crime, or sexual exploitation. In Poder Joven we are determined to make them aware of more dignified ways to make a living while being at peace and happy.
In our community, we are committed to protecting children and adolescents. Guided by the motto: “We say NO to the commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents,” every member of the Poder Joven foundation marched through the city center to raise awareness about the urgent need to safeguard childhood and eradicate abuse and exploitation once and for all.