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Mission of Ipoderac
“To guarantee help for street boys and abandoned boys, supporting other institutions with the same mission and organisations that decrease the generation of homeless and abandoned children, favouring self-sustainability, to construct a better future together.”
Ipoderac is located 25 km away from the city of Puebla and 150 km from Mexico City
Contact:
Ipoderac
Km 25 carretera federal Puebla-Atlixco
Col. San Agustín, Atlixco, Pue.
C.P. 74200 México
Tel: + 52 (244) 445 1508
desarrollo@ipoderac.org.mx
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Ipoderac: Educative alternative for socially excluded children
Ipoderac
IPODERAC is a Civil Association located 25 km away from the Carretera Federal between Puebla and Atlixco, a small city on the outskirts of the volcano, Popocatépetl, with a population of 80,000. Ipoderac was established on the 27th June 1966 as a Civil Association as a response to unstructured youth. Thus, formed as a home, Ipoderac dealt with “Insuring the integral development of children and youths on the streets and abandoned”.
History
The history of Ipoderac began in the early 1960’s when a group of people decided to concentrate their efforts on what was needed most by society. This group began their work by visiting inmates in the San Juan de Dios prison in the city of Puebla. As time passed, the group discovered that the once they had left prison, the prisoners not only did not improve their fates, but also relapsed into criminal activity.
The initial group was increased and decided to help vulnerable children and youths, like those that they had encountered in the prison. They decided to found an institution whose construction could make plans from the foundations, thinking of the functions and needs of the boys that they proposed to receive and raise, and dedicated entirely to them.
On 15th August 1968, The construction of the first house in Ipoderac was started. There are now 6 houses, each with the capacity for 12 boys, an educator, and a volunteer. There are also stables to house a herd of goats, a cheesery as a part of the project of development in work, a soap production workshop, a computer lab, a carpentry workshop, and a communal kitchen.
Institutional Awards
 2007, Fundación Comunitaria Puebla, “United in Philanthropy” Award
2005, Municipal Government of Puebla de Zaragoza – “Civil Merit” Award
2004, Bronze medal in the Third Mountain Cheese Olympics, Appenzell, Switzerland.
2002 y 2003, Social Development Secretariat – Recognition as the institution with the best social practices.
2002, Fundación Merced, A. C. – “Reason for Being” award
2002, Fundación Compartir, A. C. - “Share XIV Edition” award
2000, Procura, A. C. - Recognition as an example of a self-sustainable organization.
1999, Mexican center for Philantrophy (CEMEFI). “Committed to Others” Award.
1992, Technological institute for superior studies of Monterrey (ITESM). - "Luis Elizondo" Humanitarian Award |
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