supporting
the Center - a family of families in quito, ecuador.

empowering families to break the cycle of generational poverty.

The Center – A Family of Families was founded in 1964 with the objective of creating, developing, and strengthening personal and familial values through its comprehensive educational, spiritual, skills & trades-based programming and health services.

The Center addresses the needs of its community and finds a way to sustainably meet those needs so that they may be empowered to leave the cycle of poverty.

This integral family support is shown in our institutional values: love, teamwork, loyalty, honesty, solidarity, spirituality, justice, and dignity.

The Center’s educational program has four levels: day care from ages 1-5, grammar school, high school with technical education as well as adult formation. The grammar and high school curriculum is based on the Multiple Intelligences model, understanding that there is no one way to measure intelligence, but rather various cognitive abilities.

In July 2021, the Center celebrated its first-ever high school graduation! These 17 students plan to continue their education and to enter the workforce to gain more knowledge and experience. Either path they take, they are going to change our world for the better!

Education is key.

In March 2020, our world changed drastically. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center had to pivot its integral family programming from in-person to mostly virtual services, with increased focus on food security and physical, mental & spiritual health.

While other organizations had to stop their services due to the pandemic, over the past two and a half years, the Center has continued to accompany and support its “Family of Families!” Despite two and a half years of these unprecedented challenges, the Center continues serving its community so that they may be empowered and achieve their personal and familial goals!

COVID-19 RELIEF WORK

Community Support

There are more than 300 families in the Center’s care.

Since the beginning of its work with the most vulnerable, more than 6,000 families have left the cycle of generational poverty because of the Center’s support.

Together, we are a “Family of Families!”