Goals
Our goal is to enhance and coordinate the active network of regional actors in order to boost deinstitutionalisation processes and prevent unnecessary family separations.
LET'S BRING FAMILIES INTO THEIR LIVES
WHAT WE DO
Here, at RELAF, we work to fulfil the right to family life of children who live in institutions or orphanages, deprived of a loving family and exposed to violations of their rights, so that they can have a family to play, to learn, to talk, to be taken care of when they are ill, to celebrate their birthday... A family in which they can grow, be happy and plan for their future. We work so that all children in Latin America can have a loving family just like yours.
Beneficiaries
Our beneficiaries are children, adolescents, families, communities, professionals, carers, field workers, the personnel of institutions, government authorities and officials, policy-makers, among others.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES. DONATE TODAY SO THAT OUR CHILDREN CAN LIVE IN A FAMILY AND HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR FUTURE.
BE A DONORNEWS
Many Americans travel to Latin America to help in orphanages, but their presence often only compounds the misery of unnecessarily institutionalizing children.
Adriana Ramírez Lozano, president of DIF Guanajuato (the state's system for Integral Family Development), met with directives from the state DIF's of the Centro-Bajío-Occidente states in order to join efforts to guarantee the protection of children.
There are now 15 certified families that contribute to the state government in the restoration of the rights of children who are under the guardianship of the state's Attorney's Office for the Protection of Children.
When children get used to living in Social Assistance Centres, they sometimes refuse to go live in a family
Social Networks
Adress: Plaza Independencia 1376, 8vo Piso | Montevideo, Uruguay Phone: +54 11 4342 7672
E-mail: info@relaf.org