By Paula Sánchez Mejorada Ibarra, | Executive Assistant
The initial objective of the project was to restore the building and make it a habitable home-cum-hostel, providing accommodation for 45 senior citizen sex-workers. Repair work on the building was started in 2005, with funding from the Government of the Federal District, GlobalGiving, the United Nation’s Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Eugenia León, the Women of the New Millennium Symphony Orchestra, Semillas, and with donations from individuals. The general repair work will end on October 2006; however, the house still needs furniture and equipment for different spaces.
The project also aims to support the workers to enable them to become self-sufficient in running the house, to instruct them in human rights, and to train them in other skills so that they might earn a living and make the place self-sustaining financially. Thus, the house offers a series of services such as: medical and psychological attention, handcrafts classes, human rights workshops, legal assistance, etc.
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