Fondacio in Chile
Fondacio au Chili
Fondacio in Chile since 1980
Fondacio's mission in Chile is to act against the challenges of this time as Christ would do in our place.
Community experience offers spiritual and human growth. Additionally, we train the Young Initiators of Continental Change ( IFF America ).
Our programs work with children and pre-teens ( Biblioteca Los Almendros ), disabled ( Centro Ocupacional Hortiterapeutico ), vulnerable families (“ Un Hogar mas digno ”, “ Jesus Carpintero ”, “ Reciclo ”), people with street (” Mi Proximo “) and all people with limited resources.
Fondacio has been present in Chile since 1980 in its capital, Santiago.
There is a Children’s Pastoral (6 to 12 years old), different fraternities open to people of all ages (Santiago Gospel, Oasis, Sticks of Hope, Center, etc.) and several community groups of Seniors (people over 70 years). Everyone is invited to participate in various community meetings and retreats throughout the year.
Ignacio Troncoso is responsible for Fondacio Chile, the second responsible is Consuelo Silva. The other members of the Council are: Paula Vargas, Francisco Ríos, Lisette Catarino, Rafael Arcos and Luis de la Vega.
Average income
$795 / month
Annual growth
+ 1.1% / year
Illiteracy
6.85% pop.
human index
0.843 (44th)
Life expectancy
79 years old
Poverty situation
14.4% pop.
Our actions in Chile
A Hogar mas digno , construction and rehabilitation of houses and support for resident families. Manager: Cyprien Houssay.
Centro Ocupacional Hortiterapeutico , support for people with physical and mental disabilities through the cultivation and marketing of medicinal plants. Manager: Monica Espinoza.
Jesus Carpintero , training in trades that stimulate personal entrepreneurship to generate additional income and / or be an example in self-expression. Manager: Ximena Lobos.
Reciclo , assembling compost from the organic waste of families to create gardens in public places, strengthening ties between neighbours. Manager: Cécile Favreau.
Mi Proximo , accompaniment and support program for food and clothing for people living on the streets. Manager: Paula Vargas.
Biblioteca Los Almendros , partnership projects to support children in the educational and cultural field, young people and adults, stimulating their skills and their capacities for expression and creativity. In alliance with the NGO Vidascopio. Responsible: Cecilia Carnevali and Pamela Ávila.
Contact
Fondacio Chile
Avenida El Salto Norte 5625,
Huechuraba, Santiago, Chile.
(+562) 26208420
Correo@fondacio.cl
Fondacio in Chile
CECILE FAVREAU
These two years of volunteering have been an opportunity for me to reflect deeply on a personal and professional level.
My experience was a process of humility and gratitude for the reality of poverty I faced.
VERONICA MUÑOZ
These 28 years of permanence at Fondacio have been a journey of smallness and availability, of much prayer, to recognize where the Lord is calling me to serve.
Thus, I was able to recognize my deep vocation, which is to serve the most destitute, the poor and the neglected in society.
ADRIÁN MARTÍNEZ
I arrived at the Fondacio horticultural therapy program, guided by the need to share with other people, to reintegrate myself into the rhythm of society.
At that time, I was going through a deep depression and didn't want to leave my room. One day, my mother told me that I had been invited to a horticultural therapy workshop. That's when it all started.
A HOGAR MAS DIGNO
An integral intervention based on two lines of work: construction and renovation of housing, social support before, during and after the housing intervention.
JESUS CARPINTERO
The objective is to allow women without resources not to remain isolated, and through crafts, to find a space for meetings and creativity.
Reciclo
Transforming your neighborhood with ecology and recycling.
MI PROXIMO
Helping people in a situation of total marginalization and extreme poverty on the streets. Thematic solidarity campaigns: coat, blanket, backpack, among others.
Library Los Almendros
The library aims to develop educational and cultural activities for children living in neighboring slums, stimulating their skills and abilities for expression and creativity.
Center Occupational Horticultural
This center offers a complete rehabilitation alternative for physically or mentally handicapped adults with limited economic resources.
Fondacio in Chile on video
Fondacio in Chile: Mi Proximo Project
Mi proximo is a solidarity program that helps people living in marginality, in extreme poverty, in a street situation. In Chile, 4.5% of the population lives in extreme poverty (Casen survey 2015). 12% live in a street situation (2nd national cadastre), 20% manage to get out of their street situation and reintegrate into society. Fondacio began supporting these people in 2006. In addition to seeking to support people living on the street with material aid, friendship and words of encouragement, Mi próximo wants to network organizations that work with people living on the street, through a WebApp. Thus, it aims to improve general services for people in street situations in Santiago.
A Hogar Mas Digno in Chile
Presentation of the Fondacio Un Hogar Mas Digno project in Chile! We build and improve houses for poor families in the northern municipalities of Santiago, Chile. This program supports families in an integral way by seeking to improve the living conditions of these homes.
Biblioteca Los Almendros in Chile
The Library is a Fondacio project in partnership with the NGO Vidascopio, in collaboration with foreign and local volunteers. This team has created an educational network in the sector, with which it works closely (Las Araucarias, Las Azucenas and Rayen Mahui kindergartens, Las Canteras, El Trigal and Institut Padre Hurtado schools). It is also linked to the municipal child and youth network and the local health centre, which is why it participates in fairs and cultural events or services several times a year (book month, women's fair, the youth ...). In 2018, the Los Almendros library welcomed more than 850 children through its various activities, 150 adults and 500 families living near the site. Year after year, this beautiful project continues to grow!
Biblioteca Los Almendros in Chile
The Library is a Fondacio project in partnership with the NGO Vidascopio, in collaboration with foreign and local volunteers. This team has created an educational network in the sector, with which it works closely (Las Araucarias, Las Azucenas and Rayen Mahui kindergartens, Las Canteras, El Trigal and Institut Padre Hurtado schools). It is also linked to the municipal child and youth network and the local health centre, which is why it participates in fairs and cultural events or services several times a year (book month, women's fair, the youth ...). In 2018, the Los Almendros library welcomed more than 850 children through its various activities, 150 adults and 500 families living near the site. Year after year, this beautiful project continues to grow!
Biblioteca Los Almendros in Chile
The Library is a Fondacio project in partnership with the NGO Vidascopio, in collaboration with foreign and local volunteers. This team has created an educational network in the sector, with which it works closely (Las Araucarias, Las Azucenas and Rayen Mahui kindergartens, Las Canteras, El Trigal and Institut Padre Hurtado schools). It is also linked to the municipal child and youth network and the local health centre, which is why it participates in fairs and cultural events or services several times a year (book month, women's fair, the youth ...). In 2018, the Los Almendros library welcomed more than 850 children through its various activities, 150 adults and 500 families living near the site. Year after year, this beautiful project continues to grow!
Centro Occupational Hortiterapéutico in Chile
Through training in organic cultivation of medicinal plants, the “Centro Occupational Hortiterapéutico” improves the social inclusion of people with disabilities in a northern neighborhood of Santiago, Chile. In the northern sector of the city of Santiago, there are towns such as La Pincoya, Conchalí or El Barrero, which have significant pockets of poverty and inequality. Here, people with disabilities with limited resources are usually invisible and are isolated in their homes, without receiving the appropriate stimulation and treatment. COH wants to achieve the social inclusion of people with disabilities with limited resources, through their active participation in the community. COH aims to improve the physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being of these people through their training in the reproduction and propagation of medicinal crops.
Jesus Carpintero in Chile
«Jesús Carpintero» is a learning space, through entrepreneurship workshops, which offers people the possibility of training. It is aimed in particular at the inhabitants of the vulnerable sector near Fondacio in Chile. A district at the confluence of several worlds Chile is one of the most unequal countries in the world and one of the five most unequal in Latin America. This reality is present in a very concrete way in Huechuraba, a municipality in the north of Santiago located where the headquarters of Fondacio in Chile is located. Thus, a very poor neighborhood adjoins wealthy neighborhoods and a business city.
IFF America in Chile: Fondacio Training Institute
The Fondacio América Training Institute offers intercultural and innovative training in the areas of ethical leadership and social project entrepreneurship. A training designed to enable young people, with their conviction, to contribute to the social transformation of the continent, from their own communities of life. In recent years, Latin America and the Caribbean has undergone many political changes and developed strongly in a short time. Unfortunately, this development has been very uneven across the continent, including in Chile. In fact, 102 million people, or a total of 10.2% of the population, still live in extreme poverty (ECLAC, January 2019). IFF América was born in 2014 in Santiago de Chile to fight against these inequalities and allow young Latin Americans to be perfectly trained to become actors of social change. Thus, IFF America fulfills its mission based on the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Development Program, through Goal #4 - Quality Education. IFF America aims to offer these young people, with a strong social vocation, the training that allows them to carry out social projects based on their own conviction of leadership. Through this experience, they will be able to actively discern their vocation, acquire the skills, leadership and project management tools, to create in their country of origin projects with strong social impact responding to local needs or to integrate social structures. existing. IFF America facilitates an experience of personal knowledge that allows each student to take charge of their life with a protagonist attitude.The Chilean Economy Seems Stable.
In Truth, 75% Of Growth Goes To The Richest 8%
Chile’s problem is the high rates of income inequality in the country. About 75,000 Chilean children do not attend school and only 20% of Chileans actually live in a developed country
Economic context
Poverty in Chile has a fairly low percentage of 14.4%, which is lower than that of the United States. However, Chile’s problem is the high rates of income inequality in the country: which has pushed about 10% of people into poverty.
Inequality also accrues to poor education systems. There are approximately 75,000 Chilean children who do not go to school . The number of uneducated people is closely related to people living in the deepest poverty.
At first glance, the Chilean economy appears stable. In fact, in 2011, the United Nations even named Chile the 44th country with the highest human development rates. These rankings were made by collecting national averages, which means it can hide the truth about the country’s inequality.
In truth, 75 percent of the growth went to the rich , and only 10 percent went to the poor. This information is unclear in the nation’s reports. The world recognizes Chile as a developed country, but only 20% of the population has incomes equivalent to those of a developed country. The rest, which is hidden, exposes the true extent of poverty in Chile.
The Chilean economy depends on copper prices. Chile’s GDP increases when prices rise, but that alone does not create jobs that lead to prosperity. The truth about poverty in Chile shows that GDP growth does not always benefit the majority of the population.
In order to reduce poverty in Chile, education reform advocates nationally and internationally suggest a significant increase in education spending. The objective would be to create quality institutions and, in doing so, to reduce poverty. Some economists even suggest a change in tax rates, as low tax rates are one of the main reasons inequality has not been reduced . By fixing the tax issues, Chile could significantly address issues such as low education and poverty.
source: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/chili/presentation-du-chili/
