Together with the Children (TWC)

TWC In the News

TWC was featured in the latest edition of Montessori Life, a quarterly magazine published by the American Montessori Society. The award-winning magazine is sent to all U.S. members and all international member schools and training programs.

As a sea of cars maneuvered through congested streets outside the Hidalgo Market in Puebla, Mexico, and buses transporting passengers spewed diesel fumes into the morning air, hundreds of people milled about under tarps, preparing for another busy day. Jose Rodriguez Rosales and his family were among those hundreds . . . read more!

Together with the Children (TWC) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that seeks to achieve the lasting social reintegration of street-involved children and their families in Mexico and beyond. TWC is the U.S. office for the JUCONI Foundation (Junto con los Niños or Together with the Children), a Mexican organization that has been internationally recognized for its unique “educative-therapeutic” intervention that effectively combats the fundamental causes of street-involvement and social exclusion. Taking to the street, chronic poverty, and social marginalization are byproducts of intergenerational violence. JUCONI’s nearly two decades of experience and innovation have led to the ongoing development of effective, personalized methodologies that are corroborated by the positive results:

• 80% of the 350 children and their families directly attended by JUCONI achieve social reintegration

• JUCONI now provides training both in Mexico and abroad to more than two dozen like-focused non-governmental organizations and governmental programs, indirectly benefiting thousands of children each year

In the U.S., TWC raises awareness of the core issues related to street involvement and social exclusion and promotes the JUCONI program in a variety of ways, among which are:

• Educational programs for children and youth that are geared toward promoting international mindfulness and participation

• Insight Trips to visit the JUCONI program in Mexico that provide participants with a first-hand experience and a chance to interact with the children and families JUCONI attends

TWC in the U.S. promotes the guiding principles that have made the JUCONI program so successful:

• a personalized commitment to each and every child,

• a focus on quality over quantity,

• and the importance of taking into account the entire social eco-system of each child to permanently break negative cycles of family violence.