Child Development and .......Day Care Center
.......................“The Children’s Hill”
What began in 1985 as an improvised, cooperative child care program for the children of CASA workers has grown into a professional program capable of accommodating 200+ infants and preschoolers. Staff and volunteers include early childhood educators, social workers, nurses, physicians, peer counselors, and midwives who attend to a group of toddlers ranging from 40 days to 6 years old, from all parts of San Miguel.
The Child Development Center (CDI) at CASA focuses especially on identifying and resolving the health, social, behavioral, and environmental issues that prevent children from realizing their full potential. The educational program stresses the importance of instilling traits such as respect, courtesy and sharing with others, as well as cleanliness and personal hygiene.
Features:
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Stimulating, colorful, loving and challenging environment.
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Two hot meals and three snacks daily, supervised by a professional nutritionist.
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Games and activities emphasizing teamwork
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Free, regularly visits from pediatricians and dentists
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Vaccinations and health insurance
2010 Goal
To achieve an 85% economic sustainability, meaning that some children can finance the needs of
other children in the center, and that all teaching staff of CDI remain in continuous and updated
training.
Help Us Continue Our Work
None of the families served pay the true cost of the service; all receive a scholarship of, on average, 60% of the program's real cost.
For more information on sponsoring a child, making a donation, or volunteering, click here.
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Maria Luisa Rosas Chávez checks the children
Achievements to Date:
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Deemed a “School of Quality” by the Secretary of Social Development (SEDESOL,
Federal Government Agency)
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In the last two years the admission and continuing stay of children in CDI has increased by
70%.
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Since its opening, over 1200 families have been successfully served.
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An increased number of admission requests (children on waiting list).
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40% of the children come from divorced parents and single mothers, and the rest of
the families have scant resources. It is an essential requirement for the parents to be
working in order to obtain admission.
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16 teachers, with the help of CASA’s scholarship, finished their professional studies.
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An intensive and permanent program to promote reading is maintained at CDI, which
generates a high percentage of children that graduate interested in reading.
CASA's daycare children dressing and lining up to celebrate "El Grito" of independence in a children's parade |
