Urban Santa Cruz Children’s Ministry
Country: Bolivia
Advance #12320A
Project Information
Providing childcare and education services for families in need.
Describe the need affecting community
In the City of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, which today has a population of 1,777,213+. There is population growth of approximately 4 percent each year and a high number of children who live on the streets. These children dedicate themselves to washing cars and cleaning windshields as work; others belong to gangs with grave problems of delinquency, drugs, and infantile prostitution. The need for these basic services, and schools to educate these children is how this program was initiated.
How will this Advance project help to address the need?
By providing education to the children, we keep them away from delinquency, drugs, and others, and this will also give them a chance to have a better future.
Describe the primary goal of the project
Identify and meet the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs of the children of poor neighborhoods in Santa Cruz with better education and spiritual guidance we hope to improve the lives of these children and brake the cycle of poverty.
Describe the change you would like to see in the community as a result of this Advance project
To have an increasing and active membership in the school, some of the children families becoming Methodists, and a better quality of life for these children with less delinquency in their neighborhood,
Contact Information
Global Ministries Contact
Mary Yupanqui