That is where some money went ….and if anyone wins the lottery…

Last week I finally decided to spent some of the money that was raised by a farmacy near Freiburg/Germany and by a Latin Night in a Pub in Scotland with the help of a lot of Sponsors.
In the centre there is one problem the staff there keeps mentioning when asked for urgent changes: the police. Police here is not like police in Europe. They have a different attitude to work and with a good number of policemen in the centre exist quite difficult problems that hinder the work of the professionals in the centre. The boys do spent day and night there and staff leaves at 6. After that they are alone with the police that is with them constantly, in the same house, same rooms etc. The space forces everyone to live quite close and the fear of the policemen that the boys try to run. Therefore the boys are never alone, always with authoritive policemen who are contradictory to the vision and objectives of the work of the centre. Therefore Juan decided with a bit of money in one pot to build the wall around the centre higher and install lights for the night, so that they can successfully ask the police authorities to remove the policemen from the boys’ quarters and put them in the corners of the centre. That would solve quite a lot of tensions and problems and incidence (as one very ugly one last week). As we are in Ecuador though, the pot of money was not enough and that happens a lot over here. Step by step, always waiting that something happens. And how lucky this time again, friends, family, businesses and other supporters raised a couple of hundred Dollars for me to take over to Riobamba. Thank you so much and now you also now what it was spent on. As an almost Social Worker and observer I can assure you that this is quite a beneficial way of spending the money for the lives of the boys. Thank you all so much …
By the way, if anyone wins the lottery, there is still this amazing project “Juan´s dream” in Santa Cruz: a village with workshops (to self-finance), a Human rights centre, schools, colleges and family houses for young people from very poor backgrounds that otherwise would not have a chance of education. It is a centre to facilitate the growing and flourishing of young leaders of tomorrows new and fairer, just world. At the moment it is still just foundations and structures of 3 houses and needs at least 175 000 Dollars more to get build. There is more to it and if anyone wins the lottery, get back and ask…it is honestly and amazing idea that is more than beautiful…