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History
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JUCONI was founded in 1989 in Puebla, one of the poorer states of Mexico. It
grew out of an Anglo Mexican initiative of the British CSO (civil society
organization or non-governmental organization), International Children’s Trust,
directed in Mexico by Sarah Thomas, and two local Mexican organisations,
Fundación Fuad Abed Halabi and IPODERAC. The launch of this innovative
inter-institutional project was led by the Puebla educationalist, Gabriel
Benítez Esperón.
- JUCONI is registered in Mexico as a non-profit, non-political and non-religious
organisation.
- We are a dynamic organisation, continually seeking to improve the quality of our
services. Programme provides integrated and personalized services to 350 children and 150
parents each year.
- In 1994, at the invitation of Ecuadorian organisations and under the auspices of
the International Children’s Trust, Sarah Thomas and Gabriel Benítez took the
ground-breaking experience of JUCONI to Ecuador. JUCONI Ecuador was founded in
Guayaquil with the aim of demonstrating the relevance of the JUCONI Model to
other Latin American cities. JUCONI Mexico and JUCONI Ecuador still work very
closely together, enriching each other’s development.
- The Technical Support Centre (TSC) was established in 2001 to provide
services,
based on the experience of the JUCONI Programme and its tried and tested
methodology and instruments, to help strengthen other CSOs and government
programmes working with street-involved and excluded children. Through the TSC,
JUCONI indirectly benefits a further 700 – 1,000 children each year.
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