Helping to Grow

Kaspar Hauser Development CenterLegal Entity N. 653 Peñalolén

Adress: Pasaje 19 N. 8671 - Aurora Town of Chili N.2, Peñalolén Comunity, Santiago, Chili

Presentation

The Kaspar Hauser Development Center is a non profit organization.Since 1994 is working in a very poor area of Santiago giving global assistance to people living in poverty and facing high social risk.

Objectives

Our aim is to share the educational and cultural resources of the Waldorf Educa-tional Philosophy in a preschool and in different workshops for children, teenagers and adults, preparing them in a creative skill that can be used as means for earing an income.

1.- Help parents and families with the education of their children according to the Waldorf teaching system.

2.- Train the adults who may require it, in a craft with which they can have the possibility to earn an income.

3.- Promote artistic abilities.

4.- Help the whole family to have access to human values, and assist them in acquiring culture and knowledge.

History

In 1994, a group of parents from a Wal-dorf school got together to work volun-tarily in a very poor area of Peñalolén with high social risks developing diffe-rent activities. Their aim was to share all the cultural resources to which these people had no access.

Once the contact had begun, a series of different needs raised the necessity to design a plan of action in order to help them. The municipality provided a meeting pla-ce where a preschool was formed with two groups of children, art

workshops were given and mothers were taught hand embroidery.Since it began, all the work was finan-ced by private donations and in 2001 and 2002 we were distinguished as a Natio-nal Referent by the Ministry of Education Program for Infancy Improvement

Constructing the Center

In 2003 as recognition to our social work, the Peñalolén city Hall lent us the land in commodate where we have built our Center with contributions and do-nations. Here, all the activities of our program take place.

Preschool

- We receive 30 children from 3 to 6 years old in a high social risk situation; the aim is to educate, form and recreate.

- Periodic health care control.

Workshops

Embroidery

Toy Making

Craft instruction and training is given to adults and teenagers – promotion and sales of the products made in the workshops.

Carpentry

Workshops

Open to all the community.

Library

School’s Social Activities

Bridging different realities.

Students from the following schools give permanent support to the center

San Cristobal EtievanGiordano Bruno Grange SchoolNotre Dame Rudolf Steiner

Pastorella Christmas

Organized play times for children and teenagers

ping pong

Cultural and Recreational Activities

Cycles of Music and Chorus Presentations

Cultural and Recreational Activities

Mutual Help

Fairs

- A day in which the community gets to purchase cloth, toys and other articles, received as donations at a very low cost.

- The collected money helps to finance the activities at de Development Center.

- It is an occasion to share, to receive all of the neighbors concerns and generate bonds.

Finance

This institution is financed with the ge-nerosity of a group of people who have committed themselves to this social work.

Cooperating Partners: Friends, Schools and individuals who give a monthly o annual contribution in: -Money for the Playschool teacher and helpers’ wages. -Food for the children. -Books for the Library. -Equipment for the workshops. -General expenses: gas, water.

Groups of volunteers: workshop instruc-tors, administration,operation, sale of workshop products, etc.

Schools: Students social action.

1.- Aim all our effort and resources towards the people who need it without taking account of their religious beliefs or political beliefs.

2.- Our beneficiaries may come at any time to get to know details or our pro-gram and the use of our resources.

Our Commitment

We invite you to be part of this great impulse, such as a cooperative partner, contributing with a monthly payment to continuing growing.Through a pack system (form in the next page) or contact:

Ana MetholPresident(569) 9333 9791(562) 273 7504anamethol@kasparhauser.cl

Carmen Ruiz-TagleVice President(569) 9325 9815 (562) 458 9264carmen.ruiz-tagle@kasparhauser.cl

María Paz Fuentes Treasurer(562) 2268553mariapaz.fuentes@kasparhauser.cl

Financing is needed to acquire the neighbor land in which a wide multi-purpose room is projected to be built in order to receive more people in training workshops ; As well as, developing an organic vegetable garden for kids so they can get the experience of working with land and also a wider place to play.

Thanks to all the people, school and ins-titutions who have helped us built, and maintain The Kaspar Hauser Develop-ment Center, provoking a social develop-ment through education and training in places of limited resources.

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