Empower 19 youths living on the streets in Mexico

A new member is in the House

Recently, the Youth House welcomed a new member; Julian, football fan and one of the teenagers of JUCONI’s House where children between 6 and 14 years old, who have lost parental care or contact with their families and are contacted in the street or referred by the protection system, reached the age and the necessary skills to make the transition to the Youth House. Accompanied by his family, his colleagues and his educators, we celebrated an emotional graduation ceremony at JUCONI’s House, in which we recognized Julian’s socio-emotional advances and his stability. We are so happy to continue working with him in this new stage in which he will be able to consolidate his integral development preparing himself for an independent life in which he will count with social, emotional and cognitive abilities to achieve a violence free life.

An annual race

Contained in the field of physical health, sports activities are a very important axis of the development of socio-emotional skills of the JUCONI Program. On this occasion, and as it has been a tradition for several years for the JUCONI family, the youngsters of the Youth House participated in the Chevez race where they enjoyed a morning full of emotions and fun through sports coexistence.

Five young people, accompanied by two educators, traveled to Mexico City to participate in the 5-kilometer race that the Chevez company, annually, organizes. The race represents for the inhabitants of the Youth House, a very rewarding and enjoyable experience that allows them to put into practice not only their physical condition but their emotional skills such as: containment, resilience, respect and integrity.

Building life plans

As part of the tool construction that allow an independent and violence-free life, the JUCONI Program promotes a series of workshops in which young people learn about different trades, values and ways of life in which they can approach different working ways. On this occasion, they received a new job information about the fundamentals of coffee, methods and preparation of various coffee drinks.

Similarly, two of the young people who are close to turning 18, who in Mexico represent the majority age, are performing the necessary procedures to obtain the military card.

The card is a mandatory military identification document for all Mexican males between 18 and 40 years old. Carrying out the process, means a great achievement for young people since, in addition to assuming the majority age and the responsibilities that this entails, they must carry out the procedures autonomously, since the educators act as mere supervisors who confirm that the youngsters are ready to start with their independent life.

New year, new challenges

The beginning of a new year leads us to set new goals. In the Youth House we work intensely to provide our inhabitants with the greatest amount of resources that prepare them to live in an autonomous and dignified way, so we keep learning and training in different ways to give our beneficiaries the best quality tools.

With joy and great satisfaction, we perceive that our young people have a great commitment to themselves and their own development and we are confident that they will soon be able to contribute to the construction of a better society for the benefit of all.

Thanks for trusting JUCONI!

Sincerely,

The JUCONI team

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