Spanish Immersion in Guadalajara

Help children who live and work on the street

General Information of the institution

GLC has joined together with MAMA, a private non-profit Institution founded in 1988 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. MAMA, A.C. (Movement to Support Abandoned Minors) was created by a cross section of people, men and women, professionals, house wives, educators, executives, and managers united for a common cause: to provide a future for seriously disadvantaged children who live and/or work on the street.

MAMA A.C. accepts volunteers with an intermediate level of Spanish. Because relationships are built with children, a minimum of three weeks stay is required. Students who are interested in voluntering should check the volunteer box on the application form.

Children at the ranch

Their Mission

Through assistance and educational programs, their aim is to defend, protect and improve the lives of homeless, abandoned and abused children who live and/or work on the street.

They focus on

  • Children who live in the street, fugitives from their homes or expelled from them. The street is a multifaceted place where they sleep, sometimes work, some of them prostitute themselves, beg, play, and do drugs (mainly glue and paint, they don’t do hard drugs).

  • Working children, who with dignity, earn money for themselves and for their siblings. Children of needy parents from poor and barren areas of the city.

  • Children at risk, siblings of those who work or live in the street. Their situation is also of high risk and vulnerability.

  • Adolescent mothers who ineffectively try to assume their role as mothers.

  • Adult mothers with many children and a lot of sorrows. The majority of them are working children's mothers who also need our help.
  • MAMA, A.C. IS NOT A PROMISE, BUT A REALITY… WHICH PROTECTS, SOOTHES, CURES, NOURISHES, AND EDUCATES CHILDREN.

    They act through assistance and educational programs which promote awareness, decision making, participation and organization.











    THE SIX PROGRAMS OF MAMA, A.C.

    1. Street work
    Schedule : evening to dawn
    Services : play, friendship, counseling, health, nourishment and legal support
    Capacity : number of children varies
    Location : the street

    2. Mamaīs Casa Grande
    Schedule : 24 hours a day
    Services : lodging, nourishment, friendship, clothing, shelter, moral support, guidance, health, sports, recreation, culture, study, training, counseling and formative education.
    Capacity : 50 children
    Location : buildings

    3. Open Air School
    Schedule : afternoon
    Services : literacy, help with homework, health, recreation, friendship, training, counseling and formative education
    Capacity : 80 children
    Location : the street

    4. Working Childīs House
    Schedule : morning and afternoon
    Services : nourishment, health, sports, friendship, legal support, recreation, culture, study, training, counseling and formative education
    Capacity : 80 children
    Location : building

    5. Mamaīs School
    Schedule : morning and afternoon
    Services : kindergarten, grade school and junior high
    Capacity : 125 children
    Location : in BH and WCH buildings

    6. Motherīs Program
    Schedule : morning and afternoon
    Services : nourishment, health, study, legal support, counseling, recreation, training and formative education
    Capacity : 30 families
    Location : in WCH building

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