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PANAMÁ:
Outreach Centers are an oasis for at-risk youth
[/vc_column_text][/columna_vc][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_columna ancho=»2/3″][vc_column_text]Despite Panama’s significant economic growth, pockets of poverty remain—and youth are the most vulnerable. Explore how communities have organized to provide at-risk youth with opportunities, while trying to stem the temptation of gang life, through Creative’s three-year Alcance Positivo programa.
Among Alcance Positivo’s éxitos: Se desarrolló 22 youth Outreach Centers in five municipalities, which assisted nearly 10,000 edades juveniles 12-29; and it provided direct funding to a 107 organizations benefitting more than 43,400 youth through violence prevention community projects, including training in life skills, emprendimiento, vocational training and other cultural activities to create a healthy alternative to engaging in criminal activity.[/vc_column_text][vc_separador][vc_row_inner][vc_column_ancho interior =»2/3″][vc_column_text]
Panama City—There are two Panamas: the rich, and the poor. Most people here live parallel lives. But a growing number of companies are getting involved in their communities—and reaping the benefits as these worlds combine.
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Kids in Panama don’t have it easy. Besides gangs, drugs and climbing violence they face a lack of opportunities for play and work. Creative’s Youth Outreach Centers provide a place where young people—even from opposing groups—can come to just be kids. They play games and sports, practice their computer and English skills, start small businesses and learn valuable skills for life. Watch how these centers are helping kids and communities in Panama City turn things around.
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Ciudad de Panamá – Diez pisos arriba, Los niños hacen una pausa en su juego de fútbol para mirar por encima del techo sin barandillas de un colosal edificio de apartamentos verde azulado.. Un hombre desnudo es visible desde una ventana del cuarto piso.. Detrás, Un río sirve de refugio para los consumidores de drogas., y un depósito para las armas que los pandilleros arrojan por las ventanas cuando aparece la policía.
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Panama City—The sleek executive offices of ENSA, one of Panama’s largest electric distribution companies, are a world apart from the seaside city of Colón, where rotting buildings and open sewage are the backdrop for joblessness, poverty and violent crime.
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Ciudad de Panamá: aquí solía haber una línea que no se podía cruzar, custodiado por hombres con armas de fuego. Separó la Zona del Canal Americano, con su verdor, buenas escuelas y la YMCA—construida para ofrecer a los trabajadores “entretenimiento de carácter edificante”—del resto de la ciudad de Panamá.
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