Outstanding students attend a professional soccer game

To recognize our outstanding participants during the first trimester of 2013, on March 10^th they attended a Chivas (Goats) soccer game at the new Omnilife Stadium in Guadalajara.  The Chivas played against their great rival, Pachuca in front of a packed stadium and won 1-0.

Ramiro was invited to be a special ambassador to kick off the game.  He gave the ball to the referee and the team captains at the beginning of the match and was seen on TV across the nation. He was also able to meet the players and received a tour of the locker room and the rest of the new stadium.

This fieldtrip was made possible by the office of Public Relations of the Chivas. 

Thank you very much!

CODENI Circle in Hewlett Packard

On March 21 a group of CODENI adolescents and educators went to the HP Montemorelos plant to spend the afternoon with 20 employees. The objective of the event was to share the CODENI Circle experience with the HP team.

The educators planned different activities to carry out with the adults and teens.  Mairo Diego gave a drawing workshop; Mario Alberto organized a set of recreational activities and Maira Selene coordinated a trivia marathon.

In all the activities the adolescents from CODENI and the employees from HP had a chance to spend time together and get to know one another.

Maira  Selene also gave a brief presentation about CODENI, explaining what we do and how we work with the families who survive off the informal economy of the streets.

The event of CODENI Circle in HP was organized by the businesses area of Philanthropy that seeks to involve its employees in social responsibility projects.

Our participant of this quarter: Jocelyn Melanie

Jocelyn Melanie is seven years old and is in the second grade. She lives with her parents, four brothers and her baby sister on the outskirts of Guadalajara. Every day she and her siblings come into town to sell chips and candy outside of a private school. When they are not helping their mom sell, Jocelyn and her brothers work hard in school with the strong determination to get ahead in life.

Jocelyn attends CODENI twice a week in the evenings and participates actively to learn art, strengthen her academic skills, and also has fun with her friends. Her performance this quarter has been outstanding, earning her recognition on the Outstanding Participants board and an educational scholarship.

She is a very happy and active girl, who likes to study and to works easily with others.

When she grows up, Jocelyn would like to be a preschool teacher because she likes to work with little children. Until she finishes school, she dedicates her days to strive for a better future and to make her dreams come true. 

Alcohol abuse prevention workshop in CODENI

As part of the prevention activities we are carrying out with the participants, we received a visit from the Modelo Group in February. The Modelo Group is the largest producer of beer in Mexico, most famous for Corona. The workshop they gave to our teenagers focused on the prevention of alcohol abuse.

The activity covered different aspects of the risks of alcohol for the human body, the importance of drinking with moderation, and the risks of underage drinking, and was presented with a dynamic that encouraged participation and questions from the teens.

Cheers to the Modelo Group for being a socially responsible business!

Luis Delgadillo & the Keliguanes in CODENI

On February 1st the most renowned local music group for children in Guadalajara, Luis Delgadillo and the Keliguanes presented their interactive concert “A carnival of songs” in Casa CODENI. The tour seeks to promote children’s rights to listen to music and fairytales through an interactive-participatory concert. 

The act includes fantastic characters from fairy tales, legends and the groups’ imagination, who dance and play games with the audience throughout the performance.

The participants of CODENI and the volunteers which attended the show were able to interact with the artists through a fun-filled, educational experience.

Those who were unable to attend anxiously await the next show.  

We hope they return to Casa CODENI so

on! 

New gym construction begins in Casa CODENI

With funding from Grupo 100, a local group of architects and engineers, in February we began with the construction of the CODENI Gym to increase the interest and participation of our teenagers. The gym will also provide new opportunities for fitness related “life projects” and help prevent them from experimenting with drugs, crime and gangs, common scenarios in their daily lives.

Weights and cardio machines will be donated by benefactors from Vectra Forum in Calgary, Canada.

The project will include Zumba classes, aerobics, weightlifting and boxing to compliment the existing educational, artistic and other recreational activities in Casa CODENI.  

We hope to begin activities in May!