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Casa Alianza Internacional

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Source of Information: Survey of Civil Society Networks 2001

A. Objectives

Casa Alianza provides both residential and non residential programs to street children in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The Regional Office for Latin America is in Costa Rica. Casa Alianza also provides advocacy services to both protect street children who have been victims of human rights abuses and also brings legal cases against individuals and governments who exploit street children in many shapes and forms. Casa Alianza has a Rapid Response Network through our homepage on Internet < www.casa-alianza.org >; where we inform people about the human rights abuses affecting children and ask them to send an email response to the authorities we list, with copies to the media.

B. Contact Information

Coordinator	Bruce Harris
Title	Exec Director, Latin American Programs
Telephone	+506-253-5439
Fax	+506-224-5689
Email	bruce@casa-alianza.org
Website	www.casa-alianza.org
Mailing Address	Apartado 1734-2050 San Pedro, Costa Rica

C. General Information

Founding year	1981
Legal Status	Each Casa Alianza program is independent in each country but all are members of the Casa Alianza network in Latin America
Types of actions	Casa Alianza provides residential services to more than 9,000 street children and youth each year in the region.

D. Programs

Name	Goal	Approximate budget ($US)

E. Geographical Reach

Countries in which network participates actively

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. This is where we have a physical presence. Casa Alianza also does training for other agencies working with street children in Central and South America.

F. Members

The network is composed primarily by: X Organizations _ Individuals

Principal Organizations	Central Interest	Country of origin
Casa Alianza Mexico	street children	Mexico
Casa Alianza Guatemala	street children	Guatemala
Casa Alianza Nicaragua	street children	Nicaragua
Casa Alianza Honduras	street children	Honduras
Casa Alianza International	advocacy for children	Costa Rica
Covenant House	Street youth	USA Canada

G. Resources

Approximate annual budget of the network (in $US)

Year 2000	Year 1995	Year 1990
5,600,000

Sources of funding:

Private International Sources, International Foundations, Other International Sources, Private National Sources, National Government, International Multilateral Agencies

H. Network Infrastructure

Number of paid employees in Central Office(s)/ Secretariat(s) of Network	7
Number of paid employees elsewhere in the network	420
Does the network have a physical site of its own?	NO

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