📋 Tender Overview
Project sponsor: MaPaKi - Association for the promotion of the street children initiative Maya, Paya, Kimsa
Land: Bolivia Funding amount: € 148,700.00 Start: 01.01.2024 End: 31.12.2026
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
project goal
The project aims to contribute to the formation and application of a national child and youth protection system that does not allow children and youth to find a permanent living space on the streets of La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia.
The project contributes to SDGs 5, 10, 16 and 17.
expected results
1. Children and young people who have their centre of life on the street can leave this living situation by means of an individually guided process;
2. Children, adolescents, and families are supported to reintegrate into society (individually, economically, socially);
3. Girls, adolescents, and young women receive specific care according to their individual needs and problems;
4. Public prevention and care facilities for children, youth and families in Situation Street have been strengthened structurally, staff are trained. Advocacy and lobbying processes are supported, and policy makers are aware of the challenges;
5. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the living situation of the target group is analysed and prevention and care services are reformed, if necessary.
target group
Children, young people in street situations, as well as caregivers of private and public institutions.
Direct Beneficiaries: 630 (330 female, 300 male).
Measures
• Individual counselling sessions for children/adolescents with guidance on regaining/access to fundamental rights (identity, protection, family, etc.);
• Healthcare in specialised medical centers;
• Individual care and support for children and young people in the areas of health, education, protection, employment and entrepreneurship, family support, home visits, etc.);
• Educational group activities for school tutoring with primary and secondary school teachers (maths, physics and chemistry), and provision of teaching material for primary and secondary schools;
• Specific activities for girls and young women in street situations (paedagogical group activities, sessions with professionals for therapy and empowerment in cases of sexual violence);
• Meetings and workshops as part of technical cooperation with regional/city governments and local networks for methodological support and training of operational staff or sensitisation of political decision-makers.
background information
Despite positive economic growth, 43% of Bolivia's 10 million inhabitants live in poverty and 22% in extreme poverty. This poverty is visible in the rapidly growing urban centres along Bolivia's central axis (La Paz - Cochabamba - Santa Cruz) and often affects social risk groups (children, women, indigenous population, people with disabilities).
For children and young people, being homeless means living without basic rights and away from society. Whether due to a lack of identity documents or because
