Happy Holidays! - Jóvenes con Rumbo

The program began working with youth in conflict with the law in Tijuana and Monterrey, providing close oversight and social reinsertion support. In Tijuana, Magdalena Dorantes is working with 25 young inmates at the Diagnostics Center for Adolescents, facilitating human development and leadership courses and helping them create Personal Development Plans. In addition to working with at-risk youth, JcR also provides technical training in various fields. A group of 20 at-risk youth from the community of La Alianza began taking technical training on construction trades, which will be certified by Jóvenes Constructores de la Comunidad and the Mexican Chamber of Construction Industry. Meanwhile, a 23-year-old young leader from Mariano Matamoros, Fabián Corona, will begin tutoring youth from his community who are studying primary and secondary school in the open system. JcR has also partnered with the Social Development Ministry of Nuevo León to host the Intel Training curriculum at the community center "Unidad Piloto" in the Municipality of Guadalupe. This partnership has enabled the JcR program to launch technical training in Information and Communication Technologies with a group of 16 at-risk youth. These youth are also working on their Personal Development Plans with support and guidance from their JcR youth tutors. Furthermore, JcR targets youth at the highest risk of dropping out of school. After conducting diagnostics to identify high-risk students, JcR began working closely with high-risk students at four public middle schools and one high school in Tijuana and Monterrey. In Tijuana, 22 middle school students from Camino Verde, 16 from Granjas Familiares, and seven from Mariano Matamoros are working with JcR tutors. In Monterrey, youth tutors work with 23 middle school students from La Alianza and 19 high school students from La Independencia. These youth have begun implementing their Individual Action Plan to better prepare them to face the challenges that could drive them to abandon school. The JcR program has also established partnerships with various organizations to provide training and support to at-risk youth. For example, the program has partnered with CEDESKO to provide marketing training to over 65 youth from the JcR program. Additionally, the program has partnered with Quentra to provide neuro-linguistic programming and network marketing training to 20 youth from Mariano Matamoros. These partnerships have enabled the JcR program to provide a range of training and support services to at-risk youth, helping them to develop the skills and knowledge they need to succeed.