ESC: VOLUNTEER IN COORDINADORA BARRIOS

Coordinadora de Barrios is a non-profit organization with more than 30 years of experience working with people at risk of marginalization and social exclusion. We have a long history of working with young people and their families in the framework of the prevention of social exclusion in some of the most marginalized areas of the city of Murcia. The work is mainly focused on the quality of life and integration of children at risk of social exclusion in our area through different projects and activities, and supporting their families. We have been working in different areas and municipalities of the Region of Murcia since 1986. The organization is made up of four groups (neighborhood collectives) that develop and implement different projects that work in specific areas, sadly famous for the high risk of social exclusion of their inhabitants: Barrio de Los Rosales in El Palmar, Barrio de Santa Rosa de Lima / San Pedro in Alcantarilla, Barrio Espíritu Santo in Espinardo and Barrio del Polígono de la Paz in Murcia. Our work began in the 90s as a response to the needs of the boys and girls living in Los Rosales: family problems, poverty and economic struggle, lack of trust in the educational system, early school-leaving, lack of space for activities of leisure where to have fun and live together. The objectives of the Coordinadora de Barrios are: - Addressing the problems of dysfunctional children, young people and adults, in order to respond to these situations through direct interventions and support. - Provide support and supervision where needed (urban areas, police stations, prisons, centers for drug addicts, etc.). - To get close to the concerns and anxieties of families and individuals in general, and to get involved and help them look for possible solutions. - Promote education and raise public awareness on these issues, developing critical analysis of situations that become an obstacle to the integration process. - Coordinate the work in the different areas and cooperate with the many organizations or institutions that share the same objectives.