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In Latin America, many children are the victims of
war and neglect. In Colombia alone, approximately 73,000 children
live in institutions and an additional 30,000 live on the streets.
Poverty, forced displacement from internal conflicts and family
violence are the main causes for child abuse and abandonment. Since
2003, Kidsave has worked in the region to address these problems.
Colombia
Kidsave works in partnership with the Instituto
Colombiano Bienestar Familiar (ICBF), the Colombian government
agency responsible for child and family welfare.
In 2005, Kidsave opened an office in Bogota with the goal of establishing
a Colombian family visit program based on Kidsave’s unique
Family Visit Model, which has proved
successful in Eastern Europe and the U.S. “Encuentros
Milagrosos” launched in 2006 as a pilot project in conjunction
with the ICBF program "Familias Amigas." Kidsave
Colombia is also working with the Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB) to provide family-based alternatives over
a two-year period to 80 kids in the country.
Peru
We are developing an in-country program in Peru, and hope to launch
it by 2008.
96 kids have found homes through the U.S. Summer Miracles
program
Between 2003 and 2006, 98 kids
from Colombia traveled to the U.S. through Kidsave’s Summer
Miracles program. Of those, 87 found a family (together
with nine of their siblings). In 2006, Peruvian children
also began participating in the U.S. Summer Miracles program.
See more accomplishments.
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