A Home where hope lives !
CIMA Association - Center for the Integration of Abandoned Minors
A Home of Hope
CIMA celebrates 32 years of existence, thanks to friends, volunteers and the support of organizations that believe in our work.
We continue to strive to provide our young people with a home that allows them to satisfy their basic needs, overcome their problems and achieve comprehensive development.
Jorge Saavedra - Director
Children and adolescents enjoy specific rights related to their development process.
According to UNICEF, it is estimated that 170,000,000 Latin Americans are in conditions of absolute poverty. In Peru, 14% of the population is in extreme poverty or destitution, an equivalent of 3 and a half million inhabitants, of which 2 million are children and adolescents.
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Throughout its more than 32 years of work, CIMA has welcomed around 2,700 children, of which it is estimated that 70% have survived, successfully achieving their family and social reintegration.
I am grateful to CIMA, who gave me education and took care of my health. I learned many things and I value it, because now I am a good person. I currently live abroad, I have a job and I am doing well. Without CIMA, I wouldn't have made it.
Throughout its more than 32 years of work, CIMA has welcomed around 2,700 children, of which it is estimated that 70% have survived, successfully achieving their family and social reintegration.
I arrived at CIMA taken by a police officer who found me on the street. He was 10 years old. I stayed until '98. I felt like I was in a family; The teachers and tutors treated me with affection and Father Jean-Louis, to this day, is like a father to me.
A lo largo de sus más de 32 años de trabajo, CIMA ha acogido alrededor de 2 700 niños, de los cuales se calcula que el 70% ha salido adelante, logrando con éxito su reinserción familiar y social.
At CIMA I learned many things: being clean, organizing my things and taking care of the home environments. We had rules of coexistence and also fun. All this helped me a lot to change my life.