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“We become a hope for these children”

A SDSU program helps abused children in Tijuana

By Pablo Jaime Sainz

Michel Garcia Martir has lived close to poverty.

Before living in San Diego, the college student lived in Tijuana, where she would see children selling gum or asking for money in the streets of Downtown.

Back then, she would feel impotent for not being able to do anything to help them.

“I was in middle school and it would fill me up with rage to see those children suffering of hunger. Even though I grew up seeing all of that, I didn’t know how to help them beyond giving them a coin or buying a piece of gum from them,” Garcia Martir said.

Children at Centro para la Protección Social de la Niñez in Tijuana.

Today, when she’s about to finish her bachelor’s degree, this young woman can lend a hand to children living in the streets thanks to a program between San Diego State University and Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF), Tijuana’s government social services agency.

It’s an internship where SDSU students spend several hours a week at Centro para la Protección Social de la Niñez, a temporary shelter where about 15 children that have been abused physically and sexually are taken off the streets to receive psychological help, food and shelter.

The program, which began last summer, is sponsored by SDSU’s Latin American Studies Department and one of its main purposes is to provide a bridge through which college students can have a positive presence in the lives’ of the children, said Jennifer Daby, the intership program coordinator.

At the Centro, three times a week, about 10 SDSU students organize activities for children, whose ages are between 8 and 17 years.

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“Nos convertimos en la única esperanza de estos niños”
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Por Pablo Jaime Sainz
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By José A. Alvarez
What a difference the presence of a candidate makes. Within a week, there have been two debates between the aspirants to be the next mayor of Chula Vista.

Stories

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México del Norte
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LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
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San Diego County Memorial Day Weekend
Schedule of Events
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
San Diego, Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery

First Person:
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Families are key in preventing obesity among children
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City Loan Program Fuels Small Business Start-Up
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Editorials

Editorial:
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The June 6 Primary Elections for the 51st Congressional District, will determine which Democratic candidate, the current incumbent Congressman Bob Filner or the termed-out Assemblyman Juan Vargas will be, for all intents and purpose, the next representative for the 51 Congressional seat.

Editorial
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Comentario:
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Días atrás, desvelándome para ver, escuchar y analizar los comentarios vertidos en uno de los programas transmitidos a medianoche por el Canal 2 de Televisa, vi sin asombro aunque sí con cierto desagrado cómo los comentaristas expresaban sus puntos de vista, mismos que en alguna medida trataban de hacernos creer que las “encuestas” de días atrás sí son confiables y que Andrés Manuel López Obrador está (ahora) abajo en la intención del voto en relación con el candidato del PAN, lo cual es más que increíble por no decir sospechoso ni otra cosa.

Commentary:
Immigrant debate’s focus on National Identity could be good for all Americans
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TEZOZOMOC SPEAKS
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Etc. Etc. Etc.
Entertainment, Reviews, Sporting news, and other tid bits

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EVENTS:
KUSI’s San Diego People, the Hispanic Edition
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Ross, Hartung earn second-team honors
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Fútbol de Primera Transmitirá la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2006 en 80 Estaciones de Radio Hispanas en Todo el País
Fútbol de Primera, poseedor de los derechos exclusivos de transmisión de la Copa del Mundo 2006, en todos los idiomas para la radio en Estados Unidos, anunció hoy los detalles de la transmisión y de la organización de partidos, como así también al equipo de grandes personalidades que los acompañarán en los análisis y comentarios.

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