

Street kids (Chicos de la calle)Voluntary work in the Fundación Proyecto Salesiano Chicos de la Calle – Zona Norte, Quito
Learn Spanish in a project for street kids
The Fundación Proyecto Salesiano Chico de la Calle takes care of children who live on the streets of Quito. Many of them are children of bootblacks. They move with their parents from the country into town to work on the streets and railway stations. They have to support their parents. The organisation has created welfare centres and overnight lodgings for these children in different districts of Quito. The organisation also has a school with education facilities. The organisation tries to convince parents to send their children to school. It gives social and psychological assistance to both children and parents to enable the children to attend classes regularly and finish school. The work with street kids requires a great deal of self-initiative and organizing ability. The social workers are mostly under a considerable strain. So they cannot spend much time on training volunteers.
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