{"id":3189,"date":"2018-02-06T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg.bgcpr.org\/quienes-somos\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T12:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:39:49","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bgcpr.org\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_section css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1520561180345{margin-top: -105px !important;background-image: url(http:\/\/bgcpr.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/quienes_somos_bg.jpg?id=2378) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;bottom&#8221; el_class=&#8221;quienessomos&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;38744&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1730298225954{margin-bottom: 20px !important;padding-top: 26px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;MISSION&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%230180c6&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; icon=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-family: Roboto Serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Offer children and youth hope for a better future and opportunities for them to develop to their full potential.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;quienessomos&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;38748&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1677604355721{padding-top: 26px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;SERVICE PROMISE&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%230180c6&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; icon=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-family: Roboto Serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Offer a safe and creative place where we help develop children and youth to become leaders who achieve their academic, personal and professional goals. We provide them with the necessary tools to create and \/ or obtain a satisfactory job so that they can attain economic security.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Roboto Serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span data-teams=\"true\">7 out of 10 of our participants live on incomes below the poverty line.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Roboto Serif; font-size: 14pt;\">64% of our participants\u2019 families have annual incomes below $17,240.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto Serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Living in poverty means that our youth grow up in families that do not have enough income to cover their basic needs of quality education, food, health services, and transportation, among others. As a result, they do not develop the necessary skills to meet their personal and professional goals, which would allow them to escape poverty. 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