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Project "Laura Vicuña" House - Quito - EcuadorQuito, Equador |
| The Laura Vicuña House project works with
lives: human lives that "in their innocence, are suffering so much to the point, at times, that it seems like much of the pain in this world is falling right here, on them" - as Suor Elisa says, who has been taking care of these young ones for some time, in Quito, Ecuador-.... The project currently consists of three houses that represent three distinct phases in the possible walk toward a viable life for these young girls: The First House is the "welcome center": the young girls arrive, accompanied by the Red Cross, the police or by some person who has met them on the street or who knows the situation in which the girl finds herself. As Suor Elisa says, "the majority of the time it is violence that brings them to us: physical and moral violence and the first thing we have to do is attempt to heal deep wounds inflicted by their own families, even if "family" is a generous word to describe them...The mother is the center of everything: It is often the mother who beats them, sells them, gives them, forgets them, abandons them, all the while still 'mother'...It seems that this tie remains strong, notwithstanding everything that happens. The father is a passing figure, sometimes their real father, sometimes the father of their siblings, sometimes only a man who takes advantage of them. For these girls it is therefore difficult to comprehend that affection exists and that people can be bound by real sentiments. Terrible secrets are hidden behind their black eyes, even if they always have a smile on their faces. Substantially, one seeks, above and beyond teaching the first rules of living with others and teaching Spanish and mathematics, to follow them morally as much as possible." The Second House is meant to guarantee a basic instruction and the first professional training: after school, the children are involved in small manual jobs intended to occupy their time in practical activities like making bread, cleaning, cooking, and making small objects to sell. The Third House is situated in a small town at the edge of Quito and promotes the insertion and integration of the girls in the social life of the area; the girls (now 33 of them between ages six and 18) go to school with alumni from the area, they have room to keep domestic animals, the go to sewing lab that allows them to prepare for a future professional activity. Two of these girls will go to the University. A house is available for two volunteers that intend to create in the area, a family home to give an additional opportunity to these girls; a small space with shops and labs that are currently being built. The Butterfly Foundation would like to give its own contribution, in economic terms as well as ideas, to this small poor rehabilitative community for these girls, letting their difficult situation be known with the intention of promoting any initiative that will help these missionary nuns that are dedicating themselves to this cause with love. |
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