About the Subtanjalla Centro de Atención Externa (CAE)
Subtanjalla is an urban marginalized community on the outskirts of Ica City, Peru. More than 90% of the Ica Region was devastated in an 8.0 magnitude earthquake in August 2007, leaving more than 80,000 families homeless, and destroying 120 educational centers. Coprodeli has built a Centro de Atención Externa (Youth Outreach Center) to provide dignified housing and access to education, health care and child development services to earthquake victims living in extreme poverty.
The CAE’s focus includes psychosocial and medical care, nutrition, and education support, and an emphasis on identifying children in situations of high risk and addressing their needs on an individual and group basis. In the first year of operation, the CAE is projected to serve 50 high risk children and 30 parents as part of Subtanjalla’s Center for Social Services, and to double its capacity in the second year to 100 children and 60 parents.
Mac's Project
The CAE currently operates within particle board walls and thatched roofs, with no running water and limited electricity.
This project provides the equipment costs for the CAE Kitchen needed to support the CAE nutrition program, including: food service settings (tray, plates, bowls, cups, forks, knives, spoons), three-burner industrial stoves, propane, cooking and serving utensils (spatulas, large spoons, kitchen and carving knives) cooking pots and pans, steamer, industrial sink, refrigerator, freezer, storage cabinets, and shelving.
Impact
Nutrition is a critical foundation for other program facets: provides incentive for attendance, improves overall health, and allows children to reach their potential in academic and social development. Parents and family members of these at-risk children will be able to access nutritious meals as well, improving their health, productivity, and general well-being. Nutrition services also provide an incentive for family members to attend the CAE, and integrate them further into the care received by their children, with the intention of addressing family dynamics that may contribute to risk situations.
The fully operating kitchen will allow 50 children, ages 4-16, to obtain nutritious, hot meals.
Join Mac and partner with Subtanjalla District to provide 50 at-risk children with hot, nutritious meals.
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