To strengthen literacy, basic mathematics, and support the emotional development of adolescents at risk of EH and out of school in Barranquitas, San Luis, and surrounding areas. The program aims to help participants reach the educational level appropriate for their age, enabling their integration into Venezuela's formal education system and improving their life opportunities. This program provides comprehensive support to vulnerable adolescents by integrating education, health, and well-being.
Most of the adolescents at-risk for HD in Zulia State do not graduate from school, as they work on the fishing industry or have to care for their affected parents or siblings, who start having symptoms of Huntington's in their 30s. Often, they care for their siblings as parental care wanes due to the disease. Living in conditions of extreme poverty, school is not an option.
The program aims to strengthen literacy, basic mathematics, and support the emotional development of adolescents at risk of EH and out of school in Barranquitas, San Luis, and surrounding areas. The program aims to help participants reach the educational level appropriate for their age, enabling their integration into Venezuela's formal education system and improving their life opportunities. Monthly evaluations monitor academic and behavioral progress, track attendance, and address absenteeism.
By enabling students to attain a suitable educational level , including reading and writing and basic mathematics, we will contribute to their ability to return to school. Education is the ley to their becoming financially independent one day. Through the program, Factor-H engages the family as a whole and will provide a structured environment for other programs aimed at helping these adolescents - a psychological support program, and a trade program should the students want to develop a trade.
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