This is the testimony of one Colombian children benefited with the Proniño program by Telefonica Foundation. This encourages the CJCF (Corporación Juntos Construyendo Futuro) each day to keep transforming the future of children.  In his words we find sorrow for the situations he lived in the past, but now he is happy to find a place where he could learn many things that allow him to live better his childhood.

 “I started working when I was 9 years old, I helped my parents with the household expenses selling candy in the streets and with the earnings during the weekend, I bought my things.I felt really bad because on the street I bumped into bad people who “bothered me” for being a boy and sometimes I did not sell everything; at the beginning I was happy to work with my dad because I was more time with him, but then I got bored and what I wanted was to play with other kids who lived near to my house and to go to school without being tired because of sun and rain, which made me get a cold and it was difficult to breath. My grandmother says that's why. I should be in sixth grade of high school now, but when I was in third grade I was moved out from school because at home there was no money and nothing to eat. At school I was not doing very well because I got distracted too fast and I felt shame of going to the board for fear of being wrong. Now I am 12 years old and since I entered the Proniño program I don’t work anymore, I like it because we take trips. I´m in the dance club and I practice Capoeira, and also I had never played a drum and learned to play it here. "

 Maikol Andrés Vizcaino. 12 years old beneficiary from Barranquilla, Colombia. (Taken from Newsletter ONE CJCF 2011)

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Las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación se convierten es una herramienta importante para prevenir y erradicar el trabajo infantil, porque desde la movilización de la sociedad, a través de internet y las redes sociales con información acerca del tema, permite sensibilizar a los actores de las regiones más afectadas por esta problemática. También el peso de los medios de comunicación es importante para unir fuerzas y hacer frente a los temas de infancia y así los medios se interesen por hacer difusión a los problemas que afectan a nuestros niños niñas y adolescentes.

En CJCF fortalecemos desde el contexto educativo, las metodologías, los recursos, las formas y los estilos de enseñanza-aprendizaje que se utilizan en las instituciones educativas del país, donde hay que trabajar no sólo en infraestructura y acceso a las TICs, sino también en la capacitación de los docentes que son protagonistas en el proceso de enseñanza de los niños, niñas y adolescentes. Toda ésta labor nos ayuda a luchar contra el trabajo infantil desde las escuelas, mejorando la calidad educativa.

Las redes sociales y comunidades virtuales se convierten en los servicios más populares en la red a los cuales los niños niñas y adolescentes acceden con mayor frecuencia en los tiempos libres, por ello se debe buscar desde ese canal de comunicación, una estrategia efectiva con los estudiantes. Además los docentes bien capacitados tendrán la habilidad de innovar y generar en sus estudiantes un grado de motivación y de conciencia mayor.

El trabajo infantil debe ser contrarrestado desde el diario actuar de todas las personas como gestores sociales que se interesen por defender los derechos de los niños y niñas, movilizándose desde las redes sociales con una participación activa en la difusión de ideas y estrategias que combatan el trabajo infantil, que es una realidad en nuestro país Colombia.

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ICT: A MEAN FOR CHILD LABOR ERADICATION
Translated into English by: CJCF
Information and Communication Technologies are becoming an important tool to prevent and eradicate child labor. The organization and civil society mobilization through internet and social networks with information about the subject, promotes stakeholder awareness. Also media outlets are important to address children's issues because they get interested in doing dissemination of problems affecting our children and adolescents.

In CJCF (Building Future Together) we strengthen from the educational context, the methodologies, the resources, the ways and styles of teaching-learning tools that are used in educational institutions in the country. We must work not only in infrastructure and ICTs access, but also in the training of teachers who are key in the process of teaching children and adolescents. All this work helps us fight against child labor in schools, improving educational quality.

The social networks and virtual communities become the most popular services on the internet that children and adolescents most frequently access in their free time, therefore it should be sought from that channel of communication, an effective strategy with students. Besides, the teachers well-trained will have the ability to innovate and generate in their students a degree of motivation and greater awareness.

Child labor should be offset from the daily act of all people as social agents who are interested in defending the rights of children, mobilizing from social networks with active participation in the disseminating ideas and strategies to eliminate child labor, which is a reality in our country Colombia.

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From February 9th to 12th of 2011, the III Managers Annual Convention of Corporacion Juntos Construyendo Futuro (CJCF) took place in Santa Marta, Colombia. The managers and the directive team of the organization brainstormed about the topic: “Management, a challenge for Institutional Sustainability”.

These days were propitious for learning and networking between the sub-directions, the managers, the coordinators of CJCF from the 9 cities and Makaia, who supports CJCF with international cooperation connections.

Carlos Alberto Zapata, the President and Alba Ines Zapata, the Executive Director of CJCF made a special emphasis on the importance of continuing to strengthen the processes and the managers’ capacity to mobilize resources and achieve collective solutions.

On the one hand, some presentations were made about the management of the online tool for the projects’ follow up, the review of the 2011 action plan and its new activities, as well as management and accounting topics.

On the other hand, the next Collaborators Meeting was launched, to be organized in the city of Valledupar in June 2011, and the 2012 Convention will be in the Coffee Production Area (Eje Cafetero).

The participants got to know more about the Santa Marta’s experience through the visit of the Educational Institution Cristo Rey, where they actively participated in the different dance and soccer activities with the children, as well as the Income Generation workshops with their parents.

The participants ended the event with the satisfaction of accomplishment, reloaded batteries, and even more motivated to achieve a transforming happiness in Colombia.

Gestión, un desafío para la Sostenibilidad Institucional
Translated into Spanish by: CJCF
Del 9 al 12 de febrero de 2011, se llevó a cabo la III Convención Anual de Gerentes de la Corporación Juntos Construyendo Futuro (CJCF) en la ciudad de Santa Marta, Colombia. Los Gerentes y el Equipo Directivo de la Organización reflexionaron alrededor del tema de: "Gestión, un desafío para la Sostenibilidad Institucional"..

Estos días fueron propicios para el aprendizaje y el acercamiento entre las Subdirecciones, los Gerentes, Coordinadores CJCF de las 9 ciudades y la Corporación Makaia, quien apoya en a CJCF en temas de cooperación internacional.

Carlos Alberto Zapata, Presidente y Alba Inés Zapata, Directora Ejecutiva de CJCF aprovecharon el espacio para hacer énfasis en la importancia de seguir reforzando los procesos y la capacidad de los Gerentes para gestionar recursos y lograr soluciones colectivas.

Durante el evento, también se presentaron charlas sobre el manejo de la herramienta en línea de seguimiento de los proyectos, la revisión de los planes de acción de 2011 y las nuevas actividades, así como temas administrativos y contables.

Por otro lado, se hizo el lanzamiento del Encuentro de Colaboradores en el próximo mes de junio en Valledupar, y la entrega de la sede de la convención 2012, que será en el Eje Cafetero.

Los participantes pudieron conocer más acerca de la experiencia de Santa Marta con la visita a la Institución Educativa Cristo Rey, donde participaron de manera activa en los diferentes talleres de Danzas y Fútbol con los niños y niñas, así como de Generación de Ingresos con los padres de familia.

Los participantes se fueron con la satisfacción del deber cumplido, las energías recargadas, y aún más motivados para lograr una felicidad transformadora en Colombia.