The Centro de Atención Externa (Youth Outreach Center) in Subtanjalla, Peru is working to ensure that the basic needs of the area's at-risk children are met. The CAE is currently located in a temporary structure with particle board walls, a thatched roof, and a concrete floor. These buildings have limited running water and entirely lack electricity. This project will fund the equipment that is necessary to the successful operation of the center's cafeteria and nutritional program.

Project funds will provide the CAE cafeteria with tables, benches, chairs, service carts, and table settings. Join Janet, and ensure the at-risk children of Subtanjalla have a healthy environment in which they can eat their meals.

Subtanjalla is a marginalized, urban community on the outskirts of Ica City, Peru. More than 90% of the region was devastated in August 2007 by an earthquake of an 8.0 magnitude. The disaster left more than 80,000 families homeless and destroyed 120 educational centers. Coprodeli has built a Centro de Atención Externa (Youth Outreach Center) to provide the earthquake's extremely impoverished victims with access to dignified housing, education, health care and child development services.

CAE is dedicated to providing the impoverished with psychosocial and medical care, proper nutrition, and educational support. The center particularly works to identify children living in high risk situations and address their needs on an individual and group basis. During its first year of operation, CAE's services reached 50 high-risk children and 30 of their parents. Estimates indicate that CAE will double its capacity during its second year to affect 100 children and 60 parents.

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Direct Impact of Your Project

• Provide 50 high-risk children between the ages of 4 and 16 and 30 of their parents with a safe and comforting place to obtain nutritious, hot meals
• Encourage the center's growth and ensure it doubles its capacity during its second year
• Allow children to develop academically and socially
• Ensure meals are available to serve as an incentive for student attendance
• Critically improve student health and prevent malnutrition

Extended Impact on Your Partner Community

• Provide parents and family members of students with access to nutritious meals and their health benefits
• Encourage adults’ participation in their children’s care
• Identify and modify potentially destructive family dynamics