EL SALVADOR: Indirect Path Brings Youth-at-Risk Program Officer to a Happy Place
March 12, 2010
EL SALVADOR: Indirect Path Brings Youth-at-Risk Program Officer to a Happy Place Juan Jose Hernandez’s professional trajectory has been anything but conventional. From the priesthood he turned to psychiatry and from there to becoming El Salvador’s chief of police following... Read MoreWEST BANK: Arrival of Computers Prompts Cultural Shift at All Male Youth Club
March 12, 2010
WEST BANK: Arrival of Computers Prompts Cultural Shift at All Male Youth Club Young woman practices her computer skills at the Tel Youth Club. Just southwest of Nablus, there is a tradition-bound village of 5,000 called Tel. Men and women... Read MoreGUATEMALA: Historic Soccer Match Between Former Gang Members and Government Officials
December 15, 2009
A crowd of 10,000 turned out to cheer as 15 former gang members spilled out onto Guatemala’s Mateo Flores National Stadium to face a team of government officials including the Chief of Police, the Minister of Culture, the Presidential Sports Commissioner, police officers, firemen, and two Armed Forces Generals in an historic soccer match....Read More