WHO ARE WE? 1.Presentation

Fundación Renacimiento de Apoyo a la Infancia que labora, estudia y supera is a non profit organization, that cares for children and adolescents that live or have lived in the streets and/or that for their social and family conditions, are considered to be at risk of going out on the streets.

This is done through a comprehensive attention program, following an open door policy of providing basic services. The attention is provided by a professional team in the areas of Social Work, Psychology, Teaching, and Medicine, that in a multidisciplinary way pretend to achieve a complete development of the individual in a process of social reintegration.

Today we also work in prevention with the families of the communities that are close to the institution in the Downtown and Tepito areas, providing orientation, services and if the case requires, channelling  them to the appropriates institutions.  We work too, with the population who still spends nights on the street trying to sensitize them to positively modify their life style.


2.Background

The reason to establish the organization was the growing problem of children and teenagers living in the street, which forced the Mexico City Government together with other sectors of the society to present in 1989 a project to take care of this population, the Casa de la Juventud “José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi”. The official inauguration was on June 1st. the same year. Afterwards in 1992 it is set up as a Non Profit Organization.

The project was characterized for being open door having a previous approach with the population in their different meeting places, to generate and atmosphere of confidence and make some children become interested in  participating in the project of  “Casa Ecuador”, as it is also known (because of its geographical location in the Ecuador alley).

The Board of the Casa de la Juventud decides to close it, suspending activities in the middle of 1997, therefore it was necessary to get involved and rescue the project to prevent the closing of such an important place, which is largely identified by children and teenagers that live on the street.

The Fundación Renacimiento achieves sits registry as a Non Profit Organization on September 11, 1997. It has extended its actions to the population that still sleeps on the streets and the communities of Tepito and Downtown.


3.Our Mission

Assist in the social reintegration of children and adolescents living in the street or at risk of doing this,   by helping them achieve a dignified life, sensitizing them through a comprehensive program in which they are provided a home, training , fostering values and virtues supported by an interdisciplinary team.


4.Our Vision

Be a consolidated and successful proposal to socially reintegrate children and teenagers, who having overcome their adverse conditions, develop their potential and lead a life that is worthy, as well as prevent more children and teenagers of going out into the streets.