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Un Nuevo Amanecer - A New Dawn
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Un Nuevo Amanecer (A New Dawn) is a non-profit school for the treatment of disabled children in the area of the Bays of Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico. This year, Nuevo Amanecer will treat nearly 130 children through the help of donations, volunteers, and a dedicated staff of physical therapists and special education teachers. 70% of the families of the children that Nuevo Amanecer treats are below the poverty level for the state of Oaxaca. The state of Oaxaca is the second poorest state in all of Mexico.
If you are interested in visiting the school, Un Nuevo Amanecer is located in the township of La Crucesita on Jazmin street. It is on the second floor above a hardware store called 'Zaro'.
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Un Nuevo Amanecer, UNA, is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children with mental and physical disabilities, as well as children exposed to high risk factors for disabilities. Through our programs in Santa Maria Huatulco, La Crucecita, Copalita, and the surrounding communities we strive to:
- Stimulate early child development
- Integrate disabled children within their families and their community
- Prevent, when possible, the incidence and reoccurance of childhood disabilities
- Educate the families and communities of disabled children to provide a better supportive structure for the maximum development of the child
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UNA was founded as a response to the number of disabled children for whom there was a lack of treatment and support services. Established by parents and volunteers in 1995, UNA has achieved the following goals:
- 1995 UNA, in cooperation with the DIF, completed the first formal census of disabled and at risk children
- 1995 UNA founded the Special Education School to service the surrounding community
- 1996 UNA began a community program for the detection, attention, and direction of children with disablities, as well as programs aimed at prevention
- 1997 UNA opened the Center for Early Stimulation and Assistance
- From 1997 to 2003, UNA has continued to incorporate and improve their programs within the community
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UNA has established nine programs that function both within the center and at rural community out-reach centers. These programs include:
- Early stimulation
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech Therapy
- Hydrotherapy
- Nutritional Therapy and Counseling
- Detection and Prevention
- Free Medical Clinics
- Overall Family and Individual Support
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- To increase the coverage of service for disabled children
- Strengthen our internal structure to enable the organization to detect, diagnose, treat, rehabilitate, integrate, prevent and provide follow-up care
- Diminish the incidences of disabilities and reduce their reoccurance
- Ensure that parents, communities, and institutions accept their responsibility to better and further the education of disabled children
- Promote and establish programs that are well known and easily accessible to the community
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