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  History
  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.