Educational Center of San José Las Lomas

History
Since it opened its doors in 1988, the Center has carried out various programs with the aim of supporting the children and adolescents in terms of their integral development and their future performance as social beings, reinforcing affective bonds with the family and improving their nutritional status, their health and their living standard. The Center works with 827 children of 415 families living in the Las Lomas area as well as 10 areas surrounding the Center. With some services, it indirectly reaches 45,370 inhabitants, according to demographic data provided by the Municipal District Government of Cotahuma.
Outreach
  • Pasankeri Sur
  • San Martín
  • Calamarca
  • Obispo Bosque
  • Llojeta Vergel
  • Cotahuma
  • Pasankeri
  • Las Lomas
  • Tiwiña Tres Marías
  • Tembladerani
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Education

This direct care modality is carried out in the Center and targets children under 6 years of age who are organized in age groups to receive integrated care on the basis of two components: Early Stimulation and Health-Nutrition, which are both related to growth and development. The Center-based Preschool Creativity Center (PCC) encourages playing as a means for expression, exploration and knowledge-building, using the methodologies of the learning corners and the classroom projects. This process is complemented with periodic assessments of the children’s progress in the areas of development, growth and health.
This program provides home-based care, aimed to promote an understanding among the parents and primary caregivers of the importance of their roles as the main caregivers of their children under 6 years of age, supporting their growth and development and recognizing that the best educational environment for them is their immediate family. The program builds the caregivers’ capacities (knowledge, attitude and practice) to support their children, using the methodologies developed by the “Ready for the Future” Project. The monitoring and evaluation activities focus on follow-up of the activities programmed with the parents and/or educators and follow-up of the children’s development and growth.
The program targets children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years of age aiming to improve their schooling and strengthening their social and cognitive skills by participating in different personal development and recreational activities. The program is carried out through workshops and games-creative methods, focusing on the following 6 subcomponents from a comprehensive perspective: 1) Pedagogic Support, 2) Psychosocial Development, 3) Promotion of Health and Nutrition, 4) Personal, Social and Cultural Development, 5) Promotion and Participation of the Family, and 6) Socio–Affective Development.
It is a child and adolescent-friendly space in the community where priority is given to the children’s participation and empowerment so they learn to exercise their rights through the practice of kindness. They share this space with their peers and with adults, taking part in different activities such as playing, meetings, talks, art, sports, games, etcetera, were dialogue and participation of all and sharing knowledge and learning is encouraged. The Community Points are spaces that are physically located in the different areas surrounding the Educational Centers. The Center San José Las Lomas is responsible for the following ones:
  • Las Lomas Community Point.
  • Tiwiña Tres Marías Community Point.
  • Pasankeri Community Point.
The purpose of this service is to strengthen the work related to Pedagogic Support and in the Preschool Creativity Center by ensuring access to bibliographical material such as books, stories, encyclopedias, audiovisual material, games, educational material and newspaper archives, which are at the disposal of the beneficiaries and the rest of the community.
The objective is to facilitate the beneficiaries’ access to technology in order to strengthen their knowledge and skills and therefore their learning and research capabilities. The Computing area has a computer room equipped with machines that are connected to internet, targeting the children older than 5 with programs to improve their skills in math, reading and writing, life sciences and research. There is also training for the parents and the educators of the Centers in how to use different software packages.
This work area comprises psychological and emotional support for individuals, groups or communities as required. It also provides guidance and assistance for children, adolescents and youth who are referred by other areas when they have behavioral, school adaptation and/or learning problems. In these cases, a comprehensive psychological intervention is carried out, with participation of the families and, as needed, members of the school or community.

Healthcare

This pillar provides Primary Healthcare, emphasizing prevention and care, as well as the acquisition of knowledge to implement healthy practices among the people participating in all the activities from the Center. The beneficiaries benefit from annual medical check-ups to know the status of their health in general and for the timely detection and prevention of diseases. This area offers visits to a doctor, medication and healing services to the population in general at a symbolical fee.

The dental service offers annual dental controls to all target children and adolescents, as well as subsequent care, control and follow-up of all problems detected. The area also organizes educational and awareness-raising workshops targeting the affiliates, with the objective of strengthening oral health. These processes go hand in hand with fluoridation, sealant and other campaigns.

The area ensures adequate nutritional care based on an assessment, control and follow-up of the children and adolescents’ nutritional status. Furthermore, there are talks, workshops and nutritional counseling sessions for the parents and primary caregivers. This area also supports the medicine and dentistry areas, following up the cases they detected. And it administers and controls vaccinations, checks weight and height, and delivers medication for the cases requiring treatment.

Está encargada de apoyar a las áreas de medicina y odontología realizando el seguimiento de casos detectados por las áreas, asimismo realiza la administración y control a esquema de vacunas, controles de peso y talla y la entrega de medicamentos a casos con tratamiento.

Administration

This area is responsible for communications between the sponsors and the beneficiaries. One important task in this sense is to update the information on the beneficiaries and their family environment, which is complemented with training workshops for the beneficiaries and the educators about the importance and optimization of the process.

This area encourages and strengthens participation of the families in all activities of the Center and community spaces, by means of actions related to information and training, strengthening the levels and forms of organization, intervention and leadership.