Who are we?
We are a group of volunteers made up mainly of people who were once deprived of their liberty and of relatives of incarcerated people, called by God to serve Jesus Christ in the people deprived of their liberty in the prisons of Mexico and abroad.
Mission
To assist people deprived of their liberty in every prison and their families, teaching them human-relations courses based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and temporarily meeting their basic food needs, so that their lives are transformed, to prevent crime and family breakdown and to form useful citizens and agents of change.
Vision
To be an exemplary Private Assistance Institution in helping people deprived of their liberty and their families, expanding into every prison in Mexico within the next 5 years and into Latin America and the United States within 10 years, establishing strong leaders in each one.
Values
LOVE
It is the motivation and reason for being that must drive each one of us in every task and activity we carry out. Love for God and for our neighbor is the reason why we serve.
FAITHFULNESS
These are the qualities we seek to develop and improve in every volunteer and collaborator of the Foundation, which imply Constancy, Reliability, Trustworthiness and Loyalty in everything done on behalf of the people deprived of their liberty and their relatives, and among ourselves as a team.
PURPOSE
Always focused on preventing crime and family breakdown in order to transform our lives and the lives of those we serve, to become useful citizens and agents of change who in turn help others to leave the harmful condition in which we used to live.
History
In 1986 the work began at the Centro Femenil Tepepan (Tepepan Women's Center).
In 1987 the Penitenciaría del D.F. (Mexico City Penitentiary) was added.
In 1988 the CERESOs of Puebla, Cholula and Atlixco were added.
In 1989 the men's and women's remand prisons were added.
In 1990 all the women's centers of Mexico City and all the CERESOs of Puebla were added.
In 1991 all the men's centers of Mexico City were added.
From 1991 to 1994 the assistance work was carried out in all the centers of Mexico City and Puebla.
In 1995 the work began in Morelos, Sinaloa, Michoacán, Estado de México and Guerrero.
In 1996 it began in Baja California Norte, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Guanajuato and Querétaro.
In 1997 it began in Yucatán.
In 1998 it began in Durango.
In 1999 it began in Coahuila, Chihuahua, Quintana Roo and San Luis Potosí.
In 2000 it began in Aguascalientes, Zacatecas and Nayarit.
In 2001 the work began in Veracruz and Sonora. In 2003 the work began in Colima and Tabasco. In 2004 the work began in Campeche. In 2005 the work began in Cali, Colombia.
In 2006 the work expanded to 3 departments in Colombia: Pereira, Popayán and Palmira.
In 2012 the work began in Irving, Texas.
In 2014 the work began in Brownsville, Texas.
From 2014 to 2018 the work was consolidated across all 32 states of the Republic.
From 2018 to 2022 coordinators who are agents of change have been trained among former inmates to begin the assistance work in Central America.
In 2022 talks began with the embassies of Belize and El Salvador to begin the assistance work in both countries.
We currently provide assistance in 31 states of the Mexican Republic and have established:
· 28 Children's Breakfast Centers serving an average of 2,632 children daily.
· 4 Rehabilitation Centers for drug-dependent people serving 60 residents per month.
· 4 Children's Homes for boys and girls housing more than 100 children.
· 75 Training Centers where an average of 2,800 people are trained and assisted per year.
· 180 Detention Centers where Human-Relations Courses are given to more than 14,000 inmates.
Jalisco, Tlaxcala, Tabasco and Campeche, among others, have won the State Altruism Award of Fundación Best, and we have more than 50 recognitions from state and federal governments, the Junta de Asistencia Privada, the AMIAP, the PGR and the CNDH.
Background
The origins of Fundación Emmanuel date back to 1961, when a volunteer named Luis Torres Márquez decided to comprehensively care for a single inmate of what was then the historic "Palacio Negro de Lecumberri," seeking to meet not only his spiritual needs but also his health, family, emotional, physical, legal and material needs. With this vision, 5 years later, this fully renewed and rehabilitated inmate began to do the same work with his fellow inmates, among whom he cared for the man who is now the Foundation's International Coordinator, Mr. Jaime Guerrero, with whom he jointly leads a group of more than 70 inmates supported by external volunteer groups and with the same vision from the start. In this way, from his release in 1973 to the present, the same work has been carried out, cooperating with various civil and social associations mainly in Colombia until 1985.
YEAR THE WORK BEGAN IN MEXICO
The work began in 1986, simultaneously in Mexico City with Amistad Cristiana A.C. and in Puebla with Amistad de Puebla A.C. Then, from 1988 to 1990 the work operated as "Patronato de Ayuda y Amistad A.C.," and beginning in May 1990 it was established as a Private Assistance Institution (I.A.P.).
Fundación Emmanuel I.A.P. was founded in May 1990 as a Private Assistance Institution, in order to fulfill an altruistic mission under the coverage of the Junta de Asistencia Privada, carrying out the following activities:
- Assistance to people deprived of their liberty and their relatives
- Children's breakfast and dining centers
- Care for street children
- Help for people addicted to drugs, drug-dependent people and alcoholics
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Under the Law of Private Assistance Institutions for the Federal District, Chapter I of the General Provisions, Article 2 establishes the following definitions:
- Social assistance: the set of actions aimed at providing support, social integration and the healthy development of individuals or vulnerable or at-risk population groups, due to their condition of disadvantage, abandonment or physical, mental, legal or social lack of protection. It also includes actions aimed at addressing emergency situations, strengthening their capacity to meet needs, exercise their rights and, if possible, seek their reintegration into family, work and social life. Social assistance encompasses actions of promotion, provision, prevention, protection and rehabilitation.
- Private assistance: the social assistance carried out with privately owned property.
- Institutions: private assistance institutions.
- Foundations: legal entities constituted, under the terms of this law, through the allocation of privately owned property intended for carrying out acts of social assistance.
Our work
Corporate Purpose
- n behalf of low-income people deprived of their liberty and their relatives:
- Attention to basic subsistence needs in terms of food, clothing or housing.
- Social guidance, education or job training. Social guidance means advice on matters such as family, education, food, work, health, integral human development, and the care and prevention of addictions, with the aim of improving the quality of life of those assisted.
- Legal assistance, support and promotion for the protection of the rights of minors, as well as for the social rehabilitation of people who have engaged in unlawful conduct.
ASSISTANCE ACTS
FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY
- To give talks, courses, workshops and lectures on topics related to family, health, integral human development, work, prevention and care of addictions, as well as occupational and recreational therapies that contribute to the physical and emotional development of the beneficiaries.
- To provide legal advice so that they have due process.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF RELATIVES OF PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY
- To give talks and workshops, with the aim of preventing crime and promoting human values, communication, acceptance and family integration.
- To grant in-kind support, mainly food, clothing and footwear.
- To provide medical assistance through general consultations.
- To refer relatives of inmates who face drug-addiction problems, drug dependency and alcoholism to institutions specialized in the field, in order to form a support network.
- To enter into all kinds of contracts and agreements necessary to carry out its assistance purpose. The Institution may carry out all acts and activities necessary for its subsistence and the fulfillment of its purposes.
ACTIVITIES
At Fundación Emmanuel we provide assistance to vulnerable sectors of society: relatives of people deprived of their liberty, street children, drug-dependent people, the elderly, widows and single mothers, in order to prevent crime, family breakdown, prostitution, addictions and reoffending in prisons.
- ur core program consists of raising awareness among these vulnerable groups through Lectures, Courses and Human-Relations Workshops on how they can leave their current life condition and improve personally, socially, in family and emotionally, so that they change their attitudes and learn to manage their human relationships correctly and fend for themselves.
Assistance Purpose
- Deed: 68,601
- Book: 1,626
- Date: March 9, 2015
- Notary Public: No. 47, Alfredo Miguel Morán Moguel
ARTICLE 4
Fundación Emmanuel Institución de Asistencia Privada is a non-profit organization whose beneficiaries, in each and every one of the assistance activities it carries out, are low-income individuals, sectors and regions; indigenous communities and groups made vulnerable by age, sex or disability, and its purpose is to carry out the following activities on behalf of low-income people deprived of their liberty and their relatives:
- Attention to basic subsistence needs in terms of food, clothing or housing.
- Social guidance, education or job training. Social guidance means advice on matters such as family, education, food, work, health, integral human development, and the care and prevention of addictions, with the aim of improving the quality of life of those assisted.
- Legal assistance, support and promotion for the protection of the rights of minors, as well as for the social rehabilitation of people who have engaged in unlawful conduct.
To fulfill the above purposes and objectives, the Institution will carry out the following acts of assistance:
FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY
- To give talks, courses, workshops and lectures on topics related to family, health, integral human development, work, prevention and care of addictions, as well as occupational and recreational therapies that contribute to the physical and emotional development of the beneficiaries.
- To provide legal advice so that they have due process.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF RELATIVES OF PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY
- To give talks and workshops, with the aim of preventing crime and promoting human values, communication, acceptance and family integration.
- To grant in-kind support, mainly food, clothing and footwear.
- To provide medical assistance through general consultations.
- To refer relatives of inmates who face drug-addiction problems, drug dependency and alcoholism to institutions specialized in the field, in order to form a support network.
- To enter into all kinds of contracts and agreements necessary to carry out its assistance purpose. The Institution may carry out all acts and activities necessary for its subsistence and the fulfillment of its purposes.
Target Population
- People deprived of their liberty and their relatives (spouses and children): To provide them with help and assistance in order to reintegrate them into society.
- Children in unfavorable circumstances as a result of the imprisonment of their father or mother: To provide help to children living on the street, orphaned, abandoned, or from broken homes as a result of crime or addictions.
- People in need as a result of imprisonment: To provide help to those who, because of crime or addictions, need moral guidance, in order to form useful citizens able to fend for themselves.
- The elderly, widows and single mothers as a result of imprisonment: To provide help and support to elderly people without family or with low-income families, as well as widows or single mothers, victims of crime or addictions.
- Drug addicts, drug-dependent people and alcoholics among inmates and their relatives: To provide help to people addicted to drugs, drug-dependent people and alcoholics, referring them to specialized institutions.
- Similar institutions: To provide help to institutions carrying out similar activities, chosen by the Board of Trustees, in precarious situations.
Types of Assistance
TYPE OF ASSISTANCE
- To provide support and moral guidance to people deprived of their liberty through courses and workshops, in order to form useful citizens and reintegrate them into society, improving their quality of life.
- To provide talks and workshops to the relatives of inmates, with the aim of preventing crime and addictions and promoting human values, communication, acceptance and family integration.
- To provide aid, mainly food, to the families of low-income inmates living in extreme poverty, as well as older adults, women, adolescents and minors in a vulnerable state, according to their need and the Institution's possibilities, as a means to guide and train them to improve their quality of life.
- To provide aid to relatives of inmates who face drug-addiction problems, drug dependency and alcoholism, referring them to specialized institutions.
- To collaborate with other assistance institutions carrying out similar activities in order to share experiences and form a network of mutual support.
Rehabilitation and Reintegration Program
NEED TO BE MET
INTEGRATE
The inmate's family in order to achieve social rehabilitation.
PREVENT
VISIT
The families of the people deprived of their liberty at the Reclusorio Preventivo Varonil Norte involved in the project, in their homes and in the remand prisons and penitentiaries, to encourage them to take part in the social rehabilitation of their inmate and to promote family integration.
TRAIN
The relatives in the universally accepted moral principles through the courses: "The Ten Basic Degrees of Human Relations," "Human Relations in Marriage" and "How to Find Happiness," which have brought about a change in behavior, attitude and mindset in their inmates, so that they experience the change in their own lives and, together with their inmate and children, improve spiritually, morally, socially, in family, emotionally and economically.
PROVIDE TEMPORARY HELP
Spiritual, moral, emotional and material help to the families, in order to motivate and encourage them in the training.
MISSION
1. RAISE AWARENESS AMONG PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY
- Visiting the centers to share the vision in person.
- Giving personal-hygiene items to the entire prison population (6,800 inmates).
- Giving toys to their children to convey the message to their wives (1,000 children).
- Holding events to motivate them to join the program (plays, musical concerts, awarding of diplomas, gatherings).
2. TRAIN THOSE WHO RESPOND
Establishing study groups to move from motivation to action:
- Giving lectures on how they can leave their current life condition and improve personally, socially and in family.
- Teaching courses based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ in order to take his conduct as an example (The Ten Basic Degrees of Human Relations and How to Find Happiness).
- Teaching the course "Human Relations in Marriage" to couples.
3. INTEGRATE THE FAMILY OF THOSE WHO RESPOND
- In the marriage courses in the Conjugal Visit Room.
- In the meetings on family visiting days.
- Motivating and encouraging them with food pantries based on their participation.
- Informing them of home groups already established near their home, so that they join and associate with other families.
- Informing them of civil associations and aid institutions, so that they receive the benefits of the courses, lectures, seminars and aid.
- Teaching the Human-Relations Course to their children at their level on visiting days.
- Bringing together several families to give special courses for the wives of inmates once a month.
GRAPHIC STRATEGY
QUANTITATIVE CONCEPTS
- 5,000 inmates being trained together with their wives and children.
- 500 households helped.
- A team of 100 external volunteers and 70 internal ones to cover all needs.
QUALITATIVE CONCEPTS
- Improvement in the quality of the training.
- Greater learning by inmates and their relatives by delivering the teaching in an audiovisual format.
- Teaching material accessible to each family.
- Each family with its books and school supplies to reinforce learning.
Achievements: See the Trajectory section.
EXPECTED RESULTS
- Lives of inmates and relatives changed, reducing breakdown, crime and reoffending.
- Effective rehabilitation of people deprived of their liberty: from a negative to a positive attitude, from pessimism to optimism, from a deviant personality profile to a normal one.
- Regularization of primary, secondary and high-school studies and enrollment in other courses.
- Working productively on prison committees, as a volunteer, in workshops or on their own.
- Participation in the institution's sports, cultural and competitive activities.
- From being a problem inmate to being a well-behaved inmate.
- From practicing a vice (alcohol or drugs) to sobriety and not depending on the vice to be at peace.
- Attending marriage training together with their wives.
- Their wives and children attending family training inside the Center.
- Their wives being trained on the outside.
- Stable and orderly households in the emotional, social, economic and marital areas.
DESCRIPTION OF THE POPULATION HELPED
Socioeconomic description:
- 40% extreme poverty
- 50% poverty
- 10% low income
Description by age:
- Families made up of the elderly, adults, young people and children.
ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES
- Delivery of Human-Relations Courses inside the Centers.
- Delivery of Human-Relations Courses to the families, with personal visits to each home for motivation and grouping.
- Design and development of audiovisual material for the training.
- Screening of films with themes related to the curriculum to reinforce the teaching.
- Encouraging inmates with good participation with personal-hygiene items, the wives with food pantries, and both with toys for their children.
PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROJECT
- Tiendas Chedraui SA de CV
- Nacional Monte de Piedad I.A.P.
- La Casa Sobre la Roca A.C.
- Herdez S.A. de C.V.
- Fundación del Dr. Simi A.C.
- Discovery International
- Peninsula Bible Church
- Tamarisk Tree Foundation
- Los Trevi Produce LLC
- Fundación Emmanuel del Bajío A.C.
- Colchones Luuna
- Ricardo y Martalicia Zazueta
- Miguel y Blanca Calvo
- Alberto y Paola Núñez
- Alejandro y Luisa Treviño
- Carl y Bertha Gallivan
- Raúl y Esther Rodríguez
- Tania Karina González
- Jesús Emmanuel Mendoza
- Víctor Alegría
- Araceli Maya
- Claudia Cancino
- Edith Arriaga
- Jorge Arredondo
- José Manuel Torres
- Tarcisio Bravo
Food Bank
Need to be met
- Reduce hunger and malnutrition.
- Prevent crime (theft, prostitution, etc.)
MISSION
- To give Society part of our time, love and effort with the absolute conviction that every person deserves to live better.
- Our action is aimed at benefiting the low-income population of any community and groups made vulnerable by age, sex or disability, who are living on the street, and families of people deprived of their liberty, by attending to their basic food needs (Article 4 of our constitutive act).
PURPOSE
- To gather, through donations, as much food as possible in support of the beneficiaries.
QUANTITATIVE FIGURES
- 5,000 low-income families helped.
- A team of 50 volunteers trained and committed to this work, which will translate into benefit for our society and future generations.
- 16 vehicles in optimal condition for collection and distribution in Mexico City and the State of Mexico.
QUALITATIVE FIGURES
- Improvement in people's nutrition and quality of life.
- Reduction of hunger and malnutrition.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- A facility for the Food Bank in Cuautepec, Barrio Bajo, State of Mexico.
- A free dining hall where we serve an average of 50 diners in need daily, from 1:00 p.m., at the aforementioned address.
- Assistance to 1,500 people in extreme poverty according to the latest registry (June 2013).
- The support of Fundación Walmart and Fundación Chedraui, which make these achievements possible, with the permits previously authorized and signed by each representative as applicable.
EXPECTED RESULTS
- Temporary food assistance to the low-income relatives of people deprived of their liberty involved in the Social Rehabilitation and Reintegration Project.
- Temporary assistance to families in poverty and extreme poverty.
POPULATION HELPED (socioeconomic description)
- 60% in extreme poverty.
- 40% in poverty.
ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES
- Collection of donations at the stores.
- Storage at the facility.
- Organization, selection and classification of the food to be distributed daily.
- Assembly of food pantries for the families of people deprived of their liberty.
- Preparation of the meals for the dining hall.
ANNUAL BUDGET
| Item | Quantity required | Unit cost | Frequency | Annual cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drivers | 7 | $3,000 | Monthly | $252,000 |
| Secretary | 1 | $3,000 | Monthly | $36,000 |
| Total project staff | $288,000 | |||
| Stationery, copies, folders and office supplies | 1 | $5,000 | Monthly | $60,000 |
| Total office expenses | $60,000 | |||
| Fuel | 12 | $70,000 | Monthly | $840,000 |
| Total travel expenses | $840,000 |
Total budget amount: $1,188,000 pesos
School Aid Program
The School Aid Program for the children of prisoners of Fundación Emmanuel, IAP, will be aimed at children and young people at school levels from primary through university.
The main elements describing the Project for the School Aid Program are the following:
Institutional Mission:
To foster better living conditions for people deprived of their liberty and their relatives, and in general for families in conditions of poverty, through educational and motivational programs, as well as in-kind and financial support.
Project rationale:
To carry out preventive work with the children and young people who are children of prisoners and of people with very low economic resources, in order to avoid an eventual criminal future like the one probably lived by some of their parents or relatives who, in addition to the suffering of the loss of liberty, leave their economic dependents in a condition of abandonment, family breakdown and its consequent emotional and psychosocial impacts.
Project Title:
School Aid Program of Fundación Emmanuel, IAP.
Diagnosis:
There is a high school dropout rate in the country among children and young people at the various educational levels, from primary through university, due, among other factors, to the lack of economic resources and the need to work to contribute to the family income.
General description of the project:
The School Aid Program of Fundación Emmanuel, IAP will consist of providing fixed monthly financial support to children and young people in conditions of poverty and low family income, according to the school level attended and the diagnosis obtained from an individual socioeconomic study, as well as extraordinary support in money or in kind for the purchase of books or school materials or the treatment of health problems, subject to prior investigation of the specific need.
General Objective of the Project
To help children and young people who are enrolled at some school level, from primary through university degree, and who live in conditions of poverty and low family income, to have a specific income to continue their studies, until the completion of the academic grade in progress.
Specific Objectives
- To provide fixed monthly aid of $750.00 to primary-school children, aged between 9 and 14, who have been selected as beneficiaries.
- To provide fixed monthly aid of $850.00 to secondary-school children, aged between 13 and 17, who have been selected as beneficiaries.
- To provide fixed monthly aid of $900.00 to high-school students, aged between 16 and 18, who have been selected as beneficiaries.
- To provide fixed monthly aid of $1,000.00 to university-level students, aged between 18 and 24, who have been selected as beneficiaries.
- To obtain beneficiaries at private educational institutions for the students with the best grades at each academic level (primary, secondary, high school and university).
Goals
1.1 To select as beneficiaries a maximum of 30 children who are in the third to sixth grade of primary school and have a minimum average of 8.5 on their report card.
2.1 To select as beneficiaries a maximum of 30 children who are in the second or third grade of secondary school and have a minimum average of 8.5 on their report card.
3.1 To select as beneficiaries a maximum of 25 young people who are in high school, from the third semester onward, and have a minimum average of 8.5 on their report card or grade certificate.
4.1 To select as beneficiaries 20 young people who are pursuing some grade of professional studies and have a minimum average of 8 on their report card or grade certificate.
5.1 To identify beneficiaries with average grades of 9 and above to review the possibility and advisability of their studying at private educational institutions with which the foundation has an agreement.
Actions for the Primary level
1.1.1 Determine the universe of candidate beneficiaries at the primary level, from among the children of people deprived of their liberty and other children in conditions of poverty, who submit their school-aid application.
1.1.2 Collect and analyze the general data and basic documentation of the school-aid candidates: name and age, name of the parents or guardians, address, name and address of the school where they study, monthly family income, birth certificate, proof of address, report card, etc.
1.1.3 Carry out a preliminary selection of the school-aid candidates who initially meet the requested profile.
1.1.4 Conduct a home visit to the eligible candidates in order to corroborate their data.
1.1.5 Select the candidates who, according to the analysis of the information corroborated in the home visit, meet the required profile.
1.1.6 Make the final selection of the school-aid recipients, according to the results obtained in the evaluation of the candidates.
1.1.7 Refer the beneficiaries to the corresponding health center, according to their address, for their enrollment in Seguro Popular and a general medical evaluation.
Actions for the Secondary level
2.1.1 Determine the universe of candidate beneficiaries at the secondary level, from among the children of people deprived of their liberty and other children in conditions of poverty who are interested in the program and submit their beneficiary application.
2.1.2 Collect and analyze the general data and basic documentation of the candidate beneficiaries: name and age, name of the parents or guardians, address, name and address of the school where they study, monthly family income, birth certificate, proof of address, report card, etc.
2.1.3 Carry out a preliminary selection of the candidate beneficiaries who initially meet the requested profile.
2.1.4 Conduct a home visit to the eligible candidates in order to corroborate their data.
2.1.5 Select the candidates who, according to the analysis of the information corroborated in the home visit, meet the required profile.
2.1.6 Make the final selection of the beneficiaries, according to the results obtained in the evaluation of the candidates.
2.1.7 Refer the beneficiaries to the corresponding health center according to their address for their enrollment in Seguro Popular and a general medical evaluation, and request that they be issued proof that they are free of addictions.
Actions for the High-School level
3.1.1 Determine the universe of candidate beneficiaries at the high-school level, from among the young people who are children of people deprived of their liberty and other students in conditions of poverty who are interested in the program and submit their beneficiary application.
3.1.2 Collect and analyze the general data and basic documentation of the candidate beneficiaries: name and age, name of the parents or guardians, address, name and address of the school where they study, monthly family income, birth certificate, proof of address, report card or grade certificate, and a letter from the school stating that the candidate beneficiary does not receive other financial support to pursue their studies.
3.1.3 Carry out a preliminary selection of the candidate beneficiaries who initially meet the requested profile.
3.1.4 Conduct a home visit to the eligible candidates in order to corroborate their data.
3.1.5 Select the candidates who, according to the analysis of the information corroborated in the home visit, meet the required profile.
3.1.6 Make the final selection of the beneficiaries, according to the results obtained in the evaluation of the candidates.
3.1.7 Refer the beneficiaries who do not have medical service at the school institution where they are enrolled to the corresponding health center, according to their address, for their enrollment in Seguro Popular and a general medical evaluation, and request that they be issued proof that they are free of addictions.
Actions for the Professional level
4.1.1 Determine the universe of candidate beneficiaries at the professional level, from among the young people who are children of people deprived of their liberty and other students in conditions of poverty who are interested in the program and submit their school-aid application.
4.1.2 Collect and analyze the general data and basic documentation of the candidate beneficiaries: name and age, name of the parents or guardians, address, name and address of the school where they study, monthly family income, birth certificate, proof of address, grade certificate, and a letter from the school stating that the candidate beneficiary does not receive other financial support to pursue their studies.
4.1.3 Carry out a preliminary selection of the candidate beneficiaries who initially meet the requested profile.
4.1.4 Conduct a home visit to the eligible candidates in order to corroborate their data.
4.1.5 Select the candidates who, according to the analysis of the information corroborated in the home visit, meet the required profile.
4.1.6 Make the final selection of the beneficiaries, according to the results obtained in the evaluation of the candidates.
4.1.7 Refer the beneficiaries who do not have medical service at the school institution where they are enrolled to the corresponding health center, according to their address, for their enrollment in Seguro Popular and a general medical evaluation, and request that they be issued proof that they are free of addictions.
Actions to study at private institutions
5.1 Identify the beneficiaries with average grades of 9 and above to review the possibility and advisability of their studying at private educational institutions with which the foundation has an agreement.
POLICIES FOR GRANTING SCHOOL AID
School aid will be granted through the student selection process determined by the Foundation.
Applicants may or may not be living with their family, may live in an assistance institution, or may be children of a father or mother deprived of their liberty.
Applicants will undergo a medical and psychometric examination to determine their general state of health and ensure that they are free of addictions.
Applicants must, at the time of requesting the aid, prove that they are enrolled in a public educational institution.
The maximum age for applicants to submit their application will be as follows:
Primary: up to 14 years
Secondary: up to 18 years
Intermediate or technical level: 20 years
Professional level: 23 years
Candidates must present a certificate or report card issued by the educational institution they attend, as well as a Letter of Recommendation from the Director of the Institution or a Professor of the same, and any other documentation that the Foundation may request at the time for processing the school aid.
Minors (up to 17 years) will attend with one of the parents or the person acting as guardian or responsible for the minor's education.
According to the socioeconomic investigation carried out by the Foundation, it will be the one to determine the person who, for the purposes of the School Aid Program, acts as guardian of the minors under 17.
- PERATING POLICIES FOR THE SCHOOL AID:
The students selected to be beneficiaries of the program will be informed of it at their homes or by another means determined by the Foundation, and will receive a "Certificate of Beneficiary of the School Aid Program of Fundación Emmanuel."
The selected students will be identified as "Beneficiaries of Fundación Emmanuel" (in simplified form, "beneficiaries").
To be entitled to the monthly support, beneficiaries must present to the Foundation, during the first 5 days of each month, the grades obtained at school, in original (for verification) and copy, and any other documents the Foundation requests.
Beneficiaries must register as beneficiaries of the health sector's "Seguro Popular" program, in order to have a means of social security should they require it. They will also present to the Foundation the original card issued to them and a copy of it.
The financial support will be delivered to the beneficiaries at the Foundation's address during the first 5 business days of each month, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Minors must be accompanied by their father, mother or guardian, except in the cases explicitly indicated by the Foundation.
Beneficiaries who for any reason withdraw from the academic institution in which they are enrolled must inform the Foundation in writing and explain the reasons that caused it.
The suspension of beneficiaries from their normal program of studies will be grounds for suspension of the Foundation's support.
Beneficiaries who lower their monthly average below 8.5 (for the primary, secondary and high-school levels), or below 8 (for the university level), for 2 consecutive months, will be removed from the Foundation's School Aid Program.
The Foundation reserves the right to investigate the performance of the beneficiaries directly at the academic institutions where they are enrolled.
The Foundation may, at any time, make a home visit to the beneficiaries to corroborate the data originally collected in the socioeconomic investigation.
AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS
The Foundation will promote the establishment of agreements with private universities to recruit students from the social-service and psychology programs who wish to participate in the preparation of surveys and in the follow-up of the school aid program.
The Foundation will formalize agreements with private schools and universities of the different academic levels to obtain free enrollment for the most outstanding beneficiaries of the program.
The Foundation will sign agreements with private hospital institutions to carry out the medical and psychometric evaluation of the school-aid candidates, as well as an annual medical consultation for its beneficiaries.
PROGRAM OPERATION:
The operation and follow-up of the Foundation's school aid program will be carried out at its official address, located at: Eje 5 Sur Manzana 92 A Lote 5 Col. Paraje Zacatepec, Delegación Iztapalapa, C.P. 09560, D.F.
The research, psychological support and program follow-up work will be carried out with the support of psychology and social-work interns.
RESOURCES:
2 people for office work; they may be interns from the aforementioned programs.
Social-work interns to carry out home visits.
1 personal computer to start the program.
1 telephone line.
4 desks or work tables.
Chairs.
A fixed fund equivalent to one month of the school aid granted, the salary of the program coordinator, and support for the transport fares of the social-service interns.
UNIVERSE OF APPLICANTS:
Initially, work will be done with children and young people who are children of men and women deprived of their liberty. To date, we have the data of the children of male inmates of the different remand prisons and of the Penitenciaría del DF.
Community and participation
Beneficiaries
5 types of beneficiaries (as a result of the imprisonment of a family member)
- Families of people deprived of their liberty.
- Low-income families in vulnerable sectors.
- Male and female inmates held in detention centers.
- People housed in shelters and children's homes.
- Children of people deprived of their liberty.
- Street children.
4 Types of Assistance:
- Delivery of Lectures and Human-Relations Courses.
- Donation of food pantries.
- Donation of bread, fruit and vegetables (perishables).
- School aid (only for children of people deprived of their liberty — school supplies, uniforms and footwear).
IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT AND METROPOLITAN AREA as of December 2023:
1. FAMILIES OF PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY
At the Operational Offices (40), the Anahuac Care Center (20) and the Food Bank (30):
- 90 FAMILIES ARE HELPED MONTHLY (AN AVERAGE OF 340 PEOPLE) WITH A FOOD PANTRY AT AN AVERAGE COST OF $1,000 PESOS.
At the 150 Home Care Centers:
- A REGISTRY OF 125 FAMILIES (495 PEOPLE IN TOTAL) IS HELPED WEEKLY WITH: 1 bag of bread, 1 bag of fruit and vegetables, AT AN AVERAGE COST OF $50 PESOS.
- THE SAME REGISTRY OF FAMILIES IS HELPED WEEKLY WITH LECTURES AND HUMAN-RELATIONS COURSES.
LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN VULNERABLE SECTORS
At the Food Bank, Rehabilitation Centers, Children's Homes, Shelters and marginalized areas where there are relatives of people deprived of their liberty:
- A REGISTRY OF 1,069 FAMILIES (4,277 PEOPLE IN TOTAL) IS HELPED ONCE A WEEK with 1 bag of sweet and white bread, 1 bag of vegetables and 1 bag of fruit, AT AN AVERAGE COST OF $85 PESOS.
MALE AND FEMALE INMATES OF THE DETENTION CENTERS
At the remand prisons, penitentiaries and social rehabilitation centers of Mexico City:
- A REGISTRY OF 3,000 INMATES IS HELPED 3 TIMES A WEEK WITH LECTURES, COURSES AND HUMAN-RELATIONS WORKSHOPS.
- Only sweet bread, white bread and cakes are brought in, and AN AVERAGE OF 1,000 INMATES ARE HELPED WEEKLY within the Human-Relations Courses Program with 2 pieces of white bread and 2 pieces of sweet bread.
CHILDREN OF PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY
- IN 2017 THE SCHOOL-AID PROJECT WAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED BUT IT REMAINS IN FORCE. See the "School Aid" Project.
- An annual event is held (IN THE STATES OF THE INTERIOR OF THE REPUBLIC) for 2,000 (two thousand) children of people deprived of their liberty, where they are given a toy and the message is shared with their families so that they join the Project, with the support of "Samaritan's Purse."
STREET CHILDREN
- AN AVERAGE OF 80 CHILDREN ARE HELPED WEEKLY WITH A MESSAGE OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND AWARENESS SO THAT THEY ENTER A CHILDREN'S HOME.
- THEY ARE HELPED WITH 1 bag of bread, 1 bag of fruit and 1 bag of vegetables.
THE PRISONER'S FAMILY IS NOT GUILTY OF THEIR INMATE'S CRIME, AND YET THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SUFFER THE MOST.
What are the benefits of helping the families of prisoners?
- Crime is prevented.
- Family breakdown is prevented.
- Prostitution is prevented.
- Addictions are prevented.
- Reoffending in prisons is prevented.
Many families, when they receive no help, fall apart; the children drop out of school and take to the streets or join gangs; women are driven to prostitution to earn their daily living.
The children, being abandoned and dropping out of school, follow the same steps as their parents.
The inmates, upon their release, are not welcomed back into their homes and return to the same thing, generating more crime and, therefore, reoffending and returning to prison.
- ne less criminal is one less danger in this and the next generation.
Prisons are the synthesis of society: there the social ills concentrate and multiply through the prisoner's bond: the family.
IF WE CARE FOR THE PRISONER'S FAMILY, WE WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO HEALING SOCIETY FROM ITS ROOT, SECURING A BETTER PRESENT FOR OURSELVES AND LEAVING A BETTER FUTURE TO OUR CHILDREN.
Staff and Directory
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| President | Alejandra Zazueta Lagos |
| Vice President | Blanca Estela Gómez Sainz |
| Secretary | Francisco Armando Sánchez Romero |
| Treasurer | Alberto Acevedo Hernández |
| Member | Araceli Maya Herrera |
| Legal Representatives | Alberto Acevedo Hernández, César Alfonso Licona García |
STAFF
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| National Director | A.S.I. Alberto Acevedo Hernández |
| Mexico City Director | Ing. Alfonso Licona García |
| Secretary | Celia Margarita Rocha Chávez |
| Accounting | C.P.C. Erick Bolaños |
| Donations and Fundraising | Araceli Maya Herrera |
| Donation Collection | Martín Apolinar García, Pablo Cruz |
| Public Relations | Gabriela Torres Lugo |
| Women's Centers Coordination | Blanca Estela Gómez Sainz |
| Tepepan Women's Center Coordination | Araceli Maya Herrera |
| Santa Martha Women's Center Coordination | Cecilia López |
| Reclusorio Oriente Coordination | Francisco Armando Sánchez Romero |
| Reclusorio Norte Coordination | Fernando Martínez |
| Reclusorio Sur Coordination | Horacio Molinard |
| Mexico City Penitentiary Coordination | Oscar Adolfo Ramírez |
| Sanciones Penales Varonil Oriente Coordination | Crispín Guzmán Guzmán |
| Sanciones Penales Varonil Norte Coordination | Martín Apolinar |
| Centro Varonil de Seguridad Penitenciaria 1 Coordination | Ramón Martínez |
| Centro Varonil de Seguridad Penitenciaria 2 Coordination | Fernando Martínez |
DIRECTORY
- ffice Phone/Fax: 55 5692-8076
WhatsApp: +52 55-9100-6688
Email: fundacion.emmanuel@hotmail.com
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Institutional details
Fundación Emmanuel I.A.P. (Institución de Asistencia Privada) Cda. Tenastitla Mz 8 Lt 16, Santiago Acahualtepec 1a Ampliación, Iztapalapa, C.P. 09608, Ciudad de México, México.
Privacy Notice Click to read the full notice
In compliance with the Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties, "Fundación Emmanuel," Institución de Asistencia Privada, hereinafter referred to as the "Foundation," is mindful of the security of your personal information through the use of our services. We take the protection of your personal data seriously. We therefore want you to know which data we keep. With this Privacy Notice, we inform you about our security measures.
In accordance with the provisions of Articles 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 29, 36 and other related articles of the Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties (the "Law"), we hereby inform you that the "Foundation" will use the personal data it receives from You and/or the Beneficiary(ies) for the following purposes:
The "Foundation" is a non-profit organization whose beneficiaries, in each and every one of the assistance activities it carries out, are low-income individuals, sectors and regions; indigenous communities and groups made vulnerable by age, sex or disability, and its purpose is to carry out the following activities on behalf of low-income people who are deprived of their liberty and their also low-income relatives:
a) Attention to basic subsistence needs in terms of food, clothing or housing.
b) Social guidance, education or job training. Social guidance means advice on matters such as family, education, food, work, health, integral human development, and the care and prevention of addictions, with the aim of improving the quality of life of those assisted.
c) Legal assistance, support and promotion for the protection of the rights of minors, as well as for the social rehabilitation of people who have engaged in unlawful conduct.
To fulfill the above purposes and objectives, the Institution, by way of example and not limitation, will carry out the following acts of assistance:
I.- For the benefit of low-income people who are deprived of their liberty:
1.- To give talks, courses, workshops and lectures on topics related to family, health, integral human development, work, prevention and care of addictions, as well as occupational and recreational therapies that contribute to the physical and emotional development of the beneficiaries.
2.- To provide legal advice so that they have due process.
II.- For the benefit of the low-income relatives of people who are deprived of their liberty:
1.- To give talks and workshops, with the aim of preventing crime and promoting human values, communication, acceptance and family integration.
2.- To grant in-kind support, mainly food, clothing and footwear.
3.- To provide medical assistance through general consultations.
4.- To refer relatives of inmates who face drug-addiction problems, drug dependency and alcoholism to institutions specialized in the field, in order to form a support network.
5.- To enter into all kinds of contracts and agreements necessary to carry out its assistance purpose.
In order to fulfill its corporate purpose, the Private Assistance Institution may carry out all the acts and activities necessary for its subsistence and the fulfillment of the purposes for which it is constituted.
The "Foundation" has designated a person responsible for and in charge of the processing of your personal data, called the "Privacy Officer," who for these purposes is Blanca Estela Gómez Sainz, holding the position of Secretary of the Board of Trustees.
To exercise your ARCO Rights, object to the processing of your personal data, or revoke your consent, you may contact us at Cda. Tenastitla Mz 8 Lt 16 Col. Santiago Acahualtepec 1ª Ampliación, C.P. 09608, Del. Iztapalapa, México, D.F., telephone (55) 5692-8076, email fundacion.emmanuel@hotmail.com and website www.fundacion-emmanuel.com.
You and/or the Beneficiary(ies) may limit the use or disclosure of the information by means of a communication addressed to the "PRIVACY OFFICER" through a previously established signed document as indicated in this Privacy Notice.
From the entry into force of the Law, You and/or the Beneficiary(ies) may exercise the following rights before the "Foundation," also known as the "ARCO" Rights, which by their initials in Spanish are: Access, Rectification, Cancellation and Opposition.
You have the right to:
- Access your data;
- Request the Rectification of erroneous or incomplete data, in which case we will notify you of such rectifications;
- Request the Cancellation of the data, which may involve their being blocked for a period or their total deletion; and,
- Object to the use of your data in any form and any type of processing.
The purposes of storing the data held on our servers are the following:
- To compile the file of services the beneficiaries attend.
- To conduct socioeconomic studies.
- To issue tax receipts.
- To inform you of the policies, regulations and procedures under which the "Foundation" operates.
- To inform you of the "Foundation's" fundraising activities and events.
- Access log.
- To inform you of changes in the structure and staff of the "Foundation."
- Activities inherent to the various programs the "Foundation" provides.
- For legal follow-up of the beneficiaries.
The personal data held by the "Foundation" will be processed under confidentiality controls, including the sensitive data established by law.
The "Foundation" does not provide data of any kind to public or private, national or international organizations, or governmental institutions or bodies, without a prior court order or, where by legal provision they are not expressly and legally authorized to know it, under the regulatory provisions governing the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, the substantive and procedural codes at the respective Federal and Local levels (Civil, Criminal, and Civil and Criminal Procedure Codes).
The database and its contents remain on the data processors or servers and files of the Foundation and are our responsibility.
Your personal data are not provided by us for the use of third parties in any form, except for the purposes proper to the activities and functions of the Foundation, unless we have obtained your consent or authorization, tacit or express, to do so. We have ensured that the data-security regulations are followed through technical and organizational means. We will maintain control of and responsibility for the use of any personal information you provide us, under the legal framework that governs us as a Private Assistance Institution.
The "Foundation" may transfer the personal data held in its databases to private parties, to national or foreign governmental authorities and to public assistance institutions, only by court order or express provision, unless the respective data owners expressly state their opposition, under the terms provided by the Law, and such opposition does not constitute an administrative offense or crime attributable to the "Foundation."
We inform you that in order to fulfill the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, as well as for the achievement and performance of our assistance function, we need to collect and process, among others, personal data that are considered sensitive under the Law. The data we obtain by this means may be those referring to:
Personal and Sensitive Data such as: Name; Nationality; Place and date of birth; Birth certificate; School record data (report cards and official documents); Medical record data (medical history, vaccination card, prescriptions, medical follow-ups); Clinical record data (psychological, psychiatric reports); Religious documents; Blood type; Father, mother or guardian record (date of birth, name, surnames, age, education, marital status, occupation, work history, legal situation and address); Unique Population Registry Code (CURP); Legal situation (Preliminary Investigation, Case or File Number in Civil, Family and/or Criminal matters, at the Federal or Local level, in connection with settling a dispute in which the children are a party); Home or tax address; Telephone number(s) and/or fax number(s); Email address; Photographs; Name, address and position of representatives of governmental bodies and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) representing the interest of the referred children; Business name and address of governmental bodies and CSOs that prove their legal standing, legal interest and/or legal representation of the children referred to the "Foundation"; and all documentation that the "Foundation" deems useful to achieve the objectives of a Private Assistance Institution.
We undertake that your sensitive personal data will be processed under appropriate security measures that guarantee their confidentiality and in accordance with the principles established by the Law, its Regulations and the guidelines of the Privacy Notice. We require your express consent for the processing of your sensitive personal data, so that at the moment of the user's admission we ask you to indicate whether or not you accept the processing of your data, which will be recorded in the forms held by the "Foundation."
For the purposes indicated in this Privacy Notice, we collect your personal data in order to give you a grocery food pantry, allocations of perishables, incentives (hygiene items, toys), school aid and various donations.
We may obtain information about your personal data from other sources permitted by Law, such as telephone and work directories, research conducted by the Legal and Social Work Areas, as well as all those that are obtainable at the request of private parties by being of a public nature.
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to provide the services indicated in this Privacy Notice, with your consent, unless the Law provides otherwise. Upon the departure of the beneficiary(ies) from the service we offer, we keep the information and documentation for a period of 5 years.
The personal data provided by the data owner will be recorded on physical or electronic media. The personal information you provide us is kept in controlled databases with limited access, and will subsequently be discarded in order to avoid improper processing of it.
The "Foundation" uses technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your data from casual or deliberate manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons, to prevent the misuse of the data by third parties.
Your Sensitive Personal Data will be processed based on the principles of lawfulness, consent, information, quality, purpose, loyalty, proportionality and responsibility under the terms of the applicable legislation. The confidentiality of your personal data will be maintained by effectively establishing and maintaining administrative, technical and physical security measures to prevent their damage, loss, alteration, destruction, use, access or improper disclosure.
The revocation and exercise of the ARCO Rights will be free of charge; you must only cover the justified shipping costs and/or the cost of reproduction in copies or other formats established in the request, as applicable.
To begin the process of requesting the ARCO Rights (Rights of Access, Rectification, Cancellation, or Opposition), and to revoke your consent to the processing of your Sensitive Personal Data, you must submit a duly signed request letter to the "PRIVACY OFFICER," which must be accompanied by the original documentation (for verification) and its respective copies, and must contain the following information:
I. Name, and specifying the following aspects of the address:
a) Street with interior and/or exterior number,
b) Neighborhood,
c) Borough,
d) Postal Code,
e) City and State.
II. The documents that prove the identity and/or relationship with the beneficiary.
III. A clear and precise description of the personal data with respect to which one of the "ARCO" rights is sought to be exercised;
IV. Any document and information that facilitates the location of your personal data; and,
V. In the event of requesting a rectification of data, the modifications to be made must also be indicated and the documentation supporting the request provided.
The "PRIVACY OFFICER" will deny access to personal, confidential or sensitive information in the following cases:
I. When you are not the owner or party responsible for the personal data, or you cannot prove representation of the owner;
II. When the personal data are not held in the database of the "PRIVACY OFFICER";
III. When the rights of a third party are harmed;
IV. When there is a legal impediment or the resolution of a competent authority that restricts the "ARCO" rights; and,
V. When the rectification, cancellation or opposition has been previously carried out.
The denial may be partial, in which case the "PRIVACY OFFICER" will carry out the access, rectification, cancellation or opposition of the applicable part.
Likewise, we inform you that the denial may be partial, in which case the "PRIVACY OFFICER" will carry out the access, rectification, cancellation or opposition of the applicable part.
At any time, you may revoke the consent you have given us for the processing of your personal data, so that we stop using it.
To do so, you must submit your request by delivering a duly signed letter at the Foundation's address to the PRIVACY OFFICER, or by email at fundacion.emmanuel@hotmail.com, following the previously established procedure.
- nce your request has been submitted through a signed letter:
a) If you do not include the requirements established in this Privacy Notice, the "Foundation" may request, within a period of no more than 10 business days following the receipt of your request, the information and/or documentation established in this Privacy Notice.
b) You will then have 15 business days following receipt of this notification to attach the information requested by the Foundation. If you do not address this requirement, the request will be deemed not submitted.
c) If the request is admissible, within a period of no more than 30 business days the Foundation will carry out the ARCO Right you requested, which will be notified to you through the contact means you established.
If you consider that your right to the protection of personal data has been harmed or violated by any conduct of our employees or by our actions or responses, or you presume that in the processing of your personal data there is a violation of the provisions established in the Law, you may file the corresponding complaint or report with the Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection (IFAI).
It will be understood that you, as the owner, expressly or tacitly consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with what is stated in this Privacy Notice when, having been made available to you, you do not state your opposition through a signed document delivered at the Foundation's address or by email. The voluntary provision of personal information constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Notice and, consequently, it will be understood that you have given your consent for the processing of the personal data and the express authorization for its use.
In the event of a security breach at any stage of the processing of personal data that significantly affects your economic or moral rights, the Privacy Officer will immediately notify you, through the website www.fundacion-emmanuel.com, of the security breach, so that You and/or the Beneficiary can take the necessary measures for the defense of your personal data.
We undertake not to transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except for the exceptions provided by the Law, as well as to carry out this transfer of the same.
This Privacy Notice may undergo modifications, changes or updates arising from new legal requirements, from our own needs for the services we offer, from our privacy practices, or from other causes.
You should review this Privacy Notice regularly, as it may have changes or updates at any time. We undertake to keep you informed of the changes that this Privacy Notice may undergo, personally and directly.
Sincerely,
Fundación Emmanuel, I.A.P.