Support 700 Kids in Colombia with Care and Hope

Beneficiaries served - 1st semester 2024

Over the past 65 years, more than 30,000 children, adolescents and their families have benefited from Michin's programs.

LINE                    PROGRAM                                             

PROTECTION     Residential Care        205      CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS                                  99 FAMILIES

PROTECTION     Foster Care (Substitutes Families)         90  CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS         21(Foster) FAMILIES

PREVENTION     Support to family reunification                40    CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS       27 FAMILIES

PREVENTION     Family and Community Strengthening   115 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS        75 FAMILIES

Michín's added value: Our mission programs are based on 4 philosophical pillars that support all our actions:

Generate Love Create hope Teach to think  Contain pain

Transforming Care: Continued work with families and communities to prevent children from entering or re-entering the protection system.

Our Mission  Programs:

 Protection Programs

   Residential Care Program

• 148 children and adolescents are cared for in 6 homes located in Bogotá D.C., Colombia (Santa María del Lago neighborhood)
• In these facilities the beneficiaries receive all the necessary food, lodging and support from an interdisciplinary team, which is made up of a Home Coordinator, who is the Mother of the house, caregivers, psychologists, social workers, pedagogues, nutritionists and other professionals.
• As soon as children arrive at our Foundation, we begin working with their biological family to improve their parenting skills and enable them to regain care of their children and facilitate family reunification.

Foster Care Program

• It currently serves 50 girls, boys and adolescents between 2 days old and 18 years old, seeking to transform the impact of situations that have caused their family separation.
• With the support of 19 volunteer substitute families, we offer a personalized space where actions are carried out to restore their rights and provide them with loving care, support and accompaniment. 

Prevention Programs

Support to family reunification

• Provides comprehensive support to the family reunification process, when children or adolescents leave the residential care institution after having been separated temporarily from their family in a process of restitution of rights, so that the transition to their new life is carried out in the most appropriate way.
• When the conditions for family reintegration are fulfilled, after having been in the residential or family foster care program, work begins with the entire family ecosystem to facilitate reintegration and support them in times of crisis.
• This program also provides support to young people who reach the age of majority, accompanying the change to adult life and guiding the actions that allow them to carry out their life project

Family and Community Strengthening

• The program has two venues in Bogotá (Bosa-Pablo VI and Diana Turbay), where activities are offered for academic reinforcement and occupation of free time after school.
• It seeks to prevent school dropouts and generate a protective space that keeps beneficiaries away from street risks such as substance abuse, family violence, gangs, among others.
• We also work directly with their families to strengthen their parenting skills and in occupational and entrepreneurship workshops. 
• For the sustainability of this program it is essential to have the support of allies who contribute with their periodic contributions.

Protection Programs - Facts and Figures

Residential care

• 268 Clothing purchased
• 342 Garments for school uniforms
• 51 Pairs shoes and sneakers
• 168 school places obtained
• $28,600,000 un school transportation
• $ 1,296,000 school and daycares pensions
• 300 school kits
• 5,300 hygiene Items.
• 70 body towels.
• 18 mat liners
• 15 mats
• $69,065,192 Maintenance, repairs and painting .
• 315,000 Food servings

 Foster Care (Substitute Families)

• 60 children under 2 years received stimulation toys.
• 60 children received diapers for an approximate delivery of    50,400
• 672 Formula milks
• 336 Packs of wet wipes
• 90 Clothing bonds worth $ 213,000 each one
• 5 baby cribs
• 5 beds
• 10 mattresses
• 344 pillows, chest of drawers, sheet sets, crib bumpers and blankets.

Prevention Programs - Facts and Figures

Post Graduation

• No . Case Splices : 5
• No. At - Home psychosocial consultations : 24
• No. Remote attention (video call ): 36
• No. Social procedures: 31
• No. non exmichín children impacted: 16
• No. application of SIEPP tests: 20

Family and community strengthening

• Workshops
• School reinforcement: 16
• Arts 98
• Arts and Works Fair 176
• Teaching material 168
• Individual psychological counseling NNA 68
• Individual psychological counseling Families 30
• Individual attention social work NNA 50
• Individual Social work families 44

Links:

• Fundacion Michin