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Help street children in El Salvador 2021
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$5,335 raised of $4.5K CAD
27 donations
Since its conception 8 years ago, the spirit of this holiday campaign is to support children in need in El Salvador and spread holiday generosity with those who need it the most.
I was just informed that due to new government regulations the status of the organization that we used to support has changed. They are transitioning out of working with orphans.
I have found an alternative organization that is just as deserving. They support children that work in the streets of El Salvador and provide them with an education to end the cycle of Street work. I trust that this organization is a good substitute. That being said, please do let me know if you donated and the change doesn't align with your wishes.
Here's the school's Instagram: https://instagram.com/pasitosporelsalvador?utm_medium=copy_link
and the parent organization's Instagram:
https://instagram.com/asociacionreves?utm_medium=copy_link
The funds will be used to support an organization named Reves. And their main project, a school called Pasitos. Reves is backed by a longstanding Salvadorian NGO called Salvadorian Organization for Integral Development.
The funds will be used for:
- Expenses to support the functioning of the school such as utilities, water bills, etc.
- Salaries for teachers and psychologists.
- School supplies.
- Healthy meals for the children. They often get two or even three meals a day at school.
- Food items for the parents. Because they lose income by not having their children work food for the family is offered to them.
- Other small projects for the organization such as Christmas gifts to children living in poverty.
HISTORY OF PASITOS
Laying the foundations for Pasitos in 2013, a group of Salvadorians abroad took interest and researched the population of children and their families that rely on working on the streets to sustain themselves. They do various jobs such as selling small items, candy or cleaning windshields during red lights.
The work had to start with creating awareness in the parents so they could understand that education was very important for their children to end the cycle of working in the streets, some of these families have had four generations that have relied on working in the streets for survival.
In 2019, they tried to integrate these children into regular schooling, but they did not adapt because their lives were very different from the average child. That gave them the idea to start a school, Pasitos, where they not only obtain education but also psychological support and two or three meals a day. Since there might be a loss of income for the family when the children are not working on the street, they also provide the families with food items to compensate for the loss.
I was just informed that due to new government regulations the status of the organization that we used to support has changed. They are transitioning out of working with orphans.
I have found an alternative organization that is just as deserving. They support children that work in the streets of El Salvador and provide them with an education to end the cycle of Street work. I trust that this organization is a good substitute. That being said, please do let me know if you donated and the change doesn't align with your wishes.
Here's the school's Instagram: https://instagram.com/pasitosporelsalvador?utm_medium=copy_link
and the parent organization's Instagram:
https://instagram.com/asociacionreves?utm_medium=copy_link
The funds will be used to support an organization named Reves. And their main project, a school called Pasitos. Reves is backed by a longstanding Salvadorian NGO called Salvadorian Organization for Integral Development.
The funds will be used for:
- Expenses to support the functioning of the school such as utilities, water bills, etc.
- Salaries for teachers and psychologists.
- School supplies.
- Healthy meals for the children. They often get two or even three meals a day at school.
- Food items for the parents. Because they lose income by not having their children work food for the family is offered to them.
- Other small projects for the organization such as Christmas gifts to children living in poverty.
HISTORY OF PASITOS
Laying the foundations for Pasitos in 2013, a group of Salvadorians abroad took interest and researched the population of children and their families that rely on working on the streets to sustain themselves. They do various jobs such as selling small items, candy or cleaning windshields during red lights.
The work had to start with creating awareness in the parents so they could understand that education was very important for their children to end the cycle of working in the streets, some of these families have had four generations that have relied on working in the streets for survival.
In 2019, they tried to integrate these children into regular schooling, but they did not adapt because their lives were very different from the average child. That gave them the idea to start a school, Pasitos, where they not only obtain education but also psychological support and two or three meals a day. Since there might be a loss of income for the family when the children are not working on the street, they also provide the families with food items to compensate for the loss.
As soon as the funds clear via Paypal, I will send them to a family member in El Salvador, who will exchange them for US$ (currency in El Salvador) and deliver them in person.
I love to keep my donors posted by showing you pictures and videos from the school and of the time the donations are received.