APREDE’s pioneering crime prevention and gang rehabilitation programs have over the last decade confronted many challenges including the social cleansing of APREDE youth leaders.
In adjusting to this repressive climate, APREDE has redefined its programming activities focusing on educational outreach programs with at risk children and youth and programs in prisons in conjunction with the Guatemalan Government’s Ministry of Culture and Sport. Gustavo Cifuentes himself a former gang member, currently runs APREDE’s prison outreach and street education programs. Elubia Velasquez works as an outreach worker.
Contact: Gustavo Cifuentes
Tel: 011-502 5689-0482
Contact: Elubia Velazquez
Email:
Tel: 011-502-5778-1315
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