TOGETHER WE WILL
Oaxaca Youth Empowerment serves children and youth in Oaxaca, Mexico, to help ensure their full and continued access to education.
New Name, Same Mission
In January 2024, we changed our organization’s name from Oaxaca Streetchildren Grassroots to Oaxaca Youth Empowerment (OYE).
We are the primary funder for Centro de Esperanza Infantil (CEI), a non-profit based in Oaxaca, Mexico., that operates two centers: Casa Jodi and Casa Emilie. Both provide lunch daily, academic tutoring and counseling, and workshops to upwards of 550 program participants and their families. Casa Jodi also houses CEI’s administrative staff, who manage the financial aid that provides students with uniforms, shoes, and materials, and underwrites their school fees.
Sewing Classes at
Casa Jodi and Casa Emilie
Thanks to a generous grant from the Century Arts Foundation, both Casa Jodi and Casa Emilie of Centro de Esperanza Infantil have eight sewing machines. Mothers and adolescents have taken workshops to learn basic sewing skills and produce a variety of items, including pillowcases, bags, and shorts (seen here.)
The grant also provided 40 electronic tablets to be shared between the two centers. Students will use the tablets to learn coding, improve literacy, and learn English.
When my mother learned of CEI, I knew that I had a good opportunity to stay in school. Now, I am graduating with a degree in medical surgery and will pursue a specialty, perhaps traumatology. I have an older brother who is now an engineer and two younger sisters who are enrolled in CEI.
— Kevin David Cruz Velasco
Medical school graduate, 14 years in CEI
A STORY OF HOPE
