Proyecto Compasión
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Welcome to Proyecto Compasión!
Sharing Hope. Showing Love. Creating futures.
We Are So Excited You Are Here! As we upgrade our website to include more detailed information about the impact your contributions are making in the lives of our neighbors just south of the border, we will also feature more photography and blog posts by the PC staff. The new site will also include options for online donations, and an online store featuring goods produced by the families in the communities that we support. Stay tuned for exciting updates!
Children’s homes and orphanages in Mexico have long suffered from a lack of resources. Many children are orphaned because of drugs, parents being imprisoned, and extreme poverty but whatever the cause, children’s homes in Mexico have been known to abuse and neglect children as well as to traffic many who are undocumented because the lack of oversight.
Although the country’s Social Assistance Law requires monitoring of these homes, low funding and indifference have let many orphanages in Mexico go unmonitored, leading to various human rights abuses. According to experts, this lack of professionalism, funding and official record keeping are in violation of international treaties signed by the country of Mexico. A total of 700 private and publicly run institutions house 30,000 Mexican children. This lack of housing for orphans compounds the problem even further. The Latin American Foster Care Network reports that there are around 400,000 children without parents in Mexico, 100,000 of which are homeless. This means that the large majority of orphaned children receive no care whatsoever. With poverty so widespread, many children hold jobs to help care for their families. Official numbers list 3.6 million child laborers, many of which arrive from orphanages and work for little or no pay.
Proyecto Compasión is committed to these children. One child, one orphanage at a time. Please help us make a lasting, sustainable difference that will be seen for generations to come.
For more information about the organization, our projects, or the communities that we serve.
Please don’t hesitate to call or email: info@proyectocompasion.org
Sharing Hope. Showing Love. Creating futures.
We Are So Excited You Are Here! As we upgrade our website to include more detailed information about the impact your contributions are making in the lives of our neighbors just south of the border, we will also feature more photography and blog posts by the PC staff. The new site will also include options for online donations, and an online store featuring goods produced by the families in the communities that we support. Stay tuned for exciting updates!
Children’s homes and orphanages in Mexico have long suffered from a lack of resources. Many children are orphaned because of drugs, parents being imprisoned, and extreme poverty but whatever the cause, children’s homes in Mexico have been known to abuse and neglect children as well as to traffic many who are undocumented because the lack of oversight.
Although the country’s Social Assistance Law requires monitoring of these homes, low funding and indifference have let many orphanages in Mexico go unmonitored, leading to various human rights abuses. According to experts, this lack of professionalism, funding and official record keeping are in violation of international treaties signed by the country of Mexico. A total of 700 private and publicly run institutions house 30,000 Mexican children. This lack of housing for orphans compounds the problem even further. The Latin American Foster Care Network reports that there are around 400,000 children without parents in Mexico, 100,000 of which are homeless. This means that the large majority of orphaned children receive no care whatsoever. With poverty so widespread, many children hold jobs to help care for their families. Official numbers list 3.6 million child laborers, many of which arrive from orphanages and work for little or no pay.
Proyecto Compasión is committed to these children. One child, one orphanage at a time. Please help us make a lasting, sustainable difference that will be seen for generations to come.
For more information about the organization, our projects, or the communities that we serve.
Please don’t hesitate to call or email: info@proyectocompasion.org