School for At-Risk Youth in Colombia

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School for At-Risk Youth in Colombia

	Summary Adolescents under high psychosocial risk, stimulated through a basket of opportunities, develop meaningful life projects.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Target group: Young men and women, 12-22 years old, subject to conditions of forced internal displacement, poverty, educational deprivation, and living in a war-torn environment. Their familiar and social networks are consequently conflictive, which makes it even harder for them find jobs. These factors severely disrupt the building up of senses of life in these youths. As a result, they become involved in delinquent groups, substance abuse, prostitution, and undesired pregnancies.

Activities

Workshop life advocacy (narrative methodology, use of scenic arts), implementation of a PR and merchandising strategy in order to create a basket of opportunities, guidance, and advice.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Funding Policy: partial (Retired)

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

To facilitate the building of senses and life projects, to develop life-skills, to generate opportunities for personal development in education and labor, and to prevent more serious psychosocial problems.

Project Message

Through my own experiences I noted that the building of one’s own sense of life is the key to personal growth. For 15 years I have worked to help poor teens in my country take charge of their lives.
- Nestor J. Mendieta, Executive Director of OBUSINGA