CASA INTEGRAL DE AYUDA ABIEZER
Educational Center
Faced with the many challenges that have caused many children to drop out of school, the Education Center will provide them with a safe place to continue their studies and learn essential life skills.
What We Want to Achieve
The Educational Center will provide children, regardless of age or grade, a high-quality education.
Different in form, but not uncommon in today's society, the Educational Center consists of online class modules where students can learn at their own pace with the help of our facilitator.
Students will have an adequate computer to complete their studies each day.
Teaching Life Skills
In addition to classic schoolwork, our goal is to teach essential life skills to ensure that the children in our program are equipped to handle life as adults.
This includes training on daily hygiene, including the importance of bathing regularly, brushing teeth daily, and doing laundry.
To equip students to put it into practice, we will provide basic necessities such as soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste, socks, underwear, and uniforms.
Providing Food
Meals are an integral part of each day. Without food for the body, there can be no food for the mind. Each student in the Education Center receives two meals per day.
Prepared by members of the church, we strive to ensure that each meal has a healthy balance of protein, carbohydrates, and fat so that students are prepared to study well in the classroom.
A Context of Education in Oaxaca
Over the years we have observed that the majority of children and adolescents have not completed basic studies, prioritizing work as a means of generating resources and/or supporting the household.
Not having studies leads them to obtain jobs with a salary below the minimum (172.87 per day) and with long working hours (between 12 and 14 hours per day).
Also, unfortunately, many families in Oaxaca have had to make the decision whether or not to send their children to school, either for reasons of economic resources or because their children needed to work.
Unfortunately the covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated this problem as many families have faced new lawsuits as schools have tried to adapt their teaching methods over the last 2 years.
Many schools used technological means, however, in 2019, before the pandemic began, it was found that only 31% of households had a computer, 39% with the Internet, and 62% with digital television. At the same time, Oaxaca is the state with the second worst coverage of telecommunications services. These factors, in turn, increase social inequality, aggravate the educational gap, the human capital deficit and generate greater migration. In addition, in the absence of opportunities, the number of youth involved in organized crime could increase, unleashing more violence in our communities.
Clearly, the problem violates society, and it is not only a consequence of the lack of educational infrastructure but also of the lack of economic resources.