En la localidad Antonio Nariño, ubicada en el centro de Bogotá barrio La Hortua, se encuentra La Fundación para el Desarrollo Integral del Niño Especial FUNDINES. Esta zona de la capital colombiana presenta dinámicas propias de contextos vulnerables como indigencia, drogadicción y exclusión social. Debido a esto, FUNDINES ha venido prestando servicios de protección y atención integral a niños, niñas y adolescentes con discapacidad cognitiva leve, moderada y grave que se encuentran en medida de protección del Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF).
“Building Roads”: Paving life skills
Colombia
Problem
Boys, girls, adolescents, and youths with disabilities and motor problems cannot verbally communicate and do not have many alternatives. This means that they are more likely to live without meaningful interactions which leads to aggressive behavior and high stress levels. Therefore, it is imperative to connect them with the world and establish connections with their peers for a better quality of life.
Project
We wish that girls, boys, adolescents, and youths with mild, moderate, severe, cognitive and/or mental disabilities create their own projects based on their needs and interests. As tools for inclusion, these projects would advance assertive communication, empathy, conflict resolutions, interpersonal relationships, and self-awareness among the beneficiaries.
Comunidad
60 adolescents and youths.
volunteers involved
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"Volunteering is knowing that every minute if I succeed in teaching one of the kids half of what they teach me daily, we can change the world." Mercedes Castro, Educator