Our three core pillars – education, social, and economic – work together to cultivate well-rounded participants who are prepared for the future. From the classroom to the community, we offer opportunities for growth, learning, and prosperity.

Academic support: aims to close the academic gap between children and youth from 6 to 18 years of age. The program seeks the integral development of children and youth through experiences in science, technology, language arts, engineering, fine arts and mathematics, based on a learning community that includes family, school staff, as well as Club leaders. Participants will increase their academic and personal skills, graduating from high school and continuing on to post-secondary studies, and then entering the nation’s workforce.

Post-Secondary Support: Career exploration and college preparation has two components:

1. The Plan for the Future: is a longitudinal process starting at age 16 and runs progressively until the transition to university at age 18. Equipped with the results of the career interest assessment, the post-secondary advisor facilitates the design of Plan for the Future activities, aligning strengths and areas of further development with opportunities for each young person. Participants will find their purpose in life and have more clarity in their career choice.
2. Transition to University: is an academic support initiative for first year university students, designed to ensure their successful adaptation from high school to university.

STEM: The activities are designed to expose and motivate participants aged 6-18 to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). It includes the development of experiments, community projects, development of critical thinking skills and problem solving.

Art: Reading, speaking, active listening and writing skills are developed and strengthened through the integration of the fine arts. These experiences foster creativity, emotion management and problem-solving in participants aged 6-18 years.

Bilingual Club: strengthens English language skills by bridging the gaps faced by its participants that could become barriers to finding and keeping a job. This gives the 150 participants per club an advantage because of the opportunities this Bilingual Club provides to support them in moving from poverty to economic security.

D2D: A program to help participants archive their high school diploma through modules and lessons. This program benefits 144 participants per semester.

Passport to Manhood: Explores culturally influenced masculinity, identity and self-esteem in boys aged 8 to 17 years.

Girls’ Circle: Promotes self-esteem and responsibility among girls from 9 to 18 years old. Girls meet weekly to discuss issues of interest and/or concern and seek solutions as a group.

Torch Club: leadership and service program for participants ages 11 to 13 that seeks to develop social skills such as problem solving and communication. In addition, goal setting and decision making are promoted.

Juntos Sanamos: A psychological impact programming for participants per Club that begins with participant assessment, followed by a 15-session program, promoting the well-being of victims of violence and trauma through a combination of play, art, dialogue and therapy to develop emotional management skills.

Food Program:

Our Food Program enables our children and youth to receive a hot, nutritionally balanced meal every day, which for most of them represents their last meal of the day. During its first four years of operation, 566,851 hot meals have been served to children, youth and adults. Nutritious food provides energy, improves cognitive skills and influences the healthy development and optimal functioning of the body and mind.

Our Food Program provides an average of 121,703 hot meals to our participants each year.

Triple Play (NYRR): A dynamic wellness program designed to help youth create opportunities to take charge of their personal health and well-being. This program has 3 main components: Healthy Habits, Daily Challenges and Social Recreation.

Keystone: This club provides leadership development opportunities for youth ages 14 to 18. Participants engage in activities in three focus areas: academic success, career preparation and community service.

¡JUST4U!is a program whose objective is to help pre-adolescent children (9–12 years old) from low-income households develop life skills that will enable them to grow up happy and strong. Through a series of fun, interactive workshops, 10 participants per club learn about:

• Hygiene: How to maintain personal hygiene habits that help them feel good and healthy.
• Personal care: Take care of your body, your image and your emotional health.
• Self-esteem: Develop a positive self-image and confidence in their abilities.

Project Makers: This program aims to develop the entrepreneurial skills of participants between the ages of 9 and 18. They perform practice exercises, discuss basic concepts of personal budgeting, and explore what credit is and how it is done. They also begin to develop a small business project while applying the concepts discussed throughout the program.

Ehub:This program for adults (18 years and older) teaches sales projections, business accounting and financing. The objective of this program is for participants to design and develop a business idea.

Job Ready: teaches job search skills to participants ages 13 to 18. It covers topics such as personal budgeting, credit and how to manage your finances after getting a job.

EMPower:prepares and accompanies young people and adults between 18 and 60 years of age in their search for employment and insertion in the local labor market in the areas of hospitality/customer service and medical administrative assistant. It offers professional development opportunities, social work skills and life skills.

YouthBuild: It offers educational services to young people between the ages of 18 and 24, with the objective of graduating from high school and receiving job training in the construction sector. Includes components of emotional support, leadership skills development, and job and/or post-secondary placement.

Our educational programming is strengthened from Vimenti School for the communities impacted by our center in Ramos Antonini.