On May 1st, the team and all the children and teenagers of “Casa San José” celebrated the 17th anniversary of our home for street children. We are very proud of these seventeen years serving the most vulnerable population, seeking every day that the children and adolescents welcomed in our home regain the right to live in a family.
In all these years we have contacted more than 5,500 children on the streets of Cochabamba, and we have cared for more than 2,200 boys at our home. More than 1,100 returned to their homes and a significant number were transferred to other institutions. The Government of Bolivia, in this year 2021, has given us a recognition that reads as follows: “For their outstanding work in favor and ensuring the comprehensive development of children and adolescents in vulnerable situations, providing support, shelter, food, care and above all respect for the rights and dignity of people, for their vocation of service and contribution to human development in the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia, with an invaluable value.” This recognition honors us, but much so the memory of each one of the children, dear children of God, whom we have met. It fills us with joy and pride to have shared and made a change in many of their lives, helping them to return to their families or to join other educational institutions. Working with all of them has paid off, and we keep moving forward!
