To provide impoverished, marginalized Peruvian children and families the tools to change their own circumstances through education and community development.
Corazon de Dahlia's Center for the Promotion of Child
& Family Development
Located in Saylla, Peru (a province of Cusco)
Our
comprehensive services currently include:
- Assistance with homework for elementary school students
- Literacy intervention for struggling readers
- A library with books & educational games
- Individual and group psychological counseling
- Substance abuse prevention
- Domestic violence prevention
- Field trips to Inca historical sites and to cultural activities
- Environmental & recycling awareness program
- English classes for children and adults
- Computer classes for children and adults
- A media library with educational DVDs and computer software
Below: Corazon de Dahlia's After School Program in Action - March, 2011
Below: The municipality building in Saylla. Our center is on the 2nd Floor. 
Established in the
district of Saylla on June 4, 2010 in the municipality
building. In
collaboration with district mayor, Edwin David Cahuana
K'una. | Below: Primary school children in Saylla.   |
ABOUT SAYLLA
Location: Southern
Valley Region; Province of
Cusco
Population: 2,635 habitants
Land irrigated with
contaminated water: 80%
No access to potable drinking water
and
electricity: 27%
Domestic Violence Prevalence: 33%
Alcoholism Prevalence: 59%
Data collected in 2010 as part of our base study by Marleni Palomino Buleje.
Below: Technology Center Below From Left: Marco, Fiorela, Dahlia, Laura, Marleni
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Corazon de Dahlia, Inc.
