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Casa Lunas
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Project name Equipment
Year started 2011
Location Montevideo
Area of work Comprehensive Care
Beneficiaries in 2011 25 adolescent mothers
Start of support 2001
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The institution
Casa Lunas is a space created for low-income teen mothers in Montevideo. There they can find containment and an interdisciplinary team that provides them with support and development opportunities. The aim of this institution is to respond to the situation of increasing teenage parenthood in Uruguay. To achieve this, Casa Lunas takes full care of 25 teenage mothers and their children. This includes psychological, social, and educational care for the moms and their children. They also receive vocational training. Moms and dads work on their life projects and those of their kids, prioritizing mother-father-child relationship from pregnancy and throughout the process of participation in the institution.

Casa Lunas, together with Dianova Uruguay and with European Union funding, is developing a program aimed at preventing drug use. The 25 mothers who attend the center receive training, including job placement as waitresses, thanks to an agreement with ProyMujer.

 
The project
In 2011 Reaching U is supporting Casa Lunas with funding for the renovation of the pyschomotor skills room, learning material for the adult education workshop and early stimulation materials for the children.
 
Achievements with Reaching U's support...
  • 2010: educational work experience at Casa Lunas, that, by producing and selling handmade soaps generates appropriate work habits and provides management know-how, among other benefits. 10 mothers took part in this workshop. Reaching U also funded part of the rebuilding of the roof of the dining room of Casa Lunas.
  • 2009: implementation of project "Work leads to work," seeking to generate a source of work for resolving the young family's budget needs. It is an educational project in green areas with an ecological approach. Eight mothers participated in this project; most of them had completed primary education but had failed to continue their studies.
  • 2007: educational workshop for craft production and training of mothers to support the families they are forming.
  • For 10 years, Reaching U ran the sponsorship program called Friends of Casa Lunas. This program puts U.S. resident mothers in contact with teenage mothers at Casa Lunas. This funded perishable foods to ensure a balanced diet for mothers and children at the center.
 
     
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