ASCRIGERE – Love in the Street Ministry was created as missionary work to care for children and adolescents living in the streets.
The range of programs from ASCRIGERE – Love in the Street Ministry arises from the specific needs that have been shown to us along the way.
Populations that have been covered include those which are already in social pathological situations, such as people who are homeless or in juvenile detention centers.
Preventative and formative programs have also been developed, specialized according to age group, in areas where higher incidences of social problems have been detected.
The Shelter – Household of Restoration Program was developed for every child or teenager who requires a change in lifestyle.
Likewise, the Knowledge of Stewardship Program could be of interest if a community, organization or church (national or international) would like to develop programs for the social good.
As an organization, we receive no government contribution. Each program is supported by our faith in God through donations, volunteer work and the development of sustainable projects.
Research, development, optimization and process improvement have been encouraged in each of the programs developed.
Professionals from different disciplines and the ministerial team in general add their knowledge and experience of the highest caliber to the programs.
However, divine intervention, with His grace, love and power has made possible the changes we see in the lives of the people who receive the opportunities provided to them. Thus, ASCRIGERE – Love in the Streets Ministries rises as a pillar from the ground of the truth revealed by Jesus Christ on Earth.
ASCRIGERE begins going to the streets in order to approach, evangelize to and induct children and adolescents who are in situations of indigence.
The first Christmas party for the children from the Zona Roja del Líbano (The Red Light District of Líbano) is performed.
Visits to the Luis Felipe González Flores Center are began. (This was the former underage detention center in Costa Rica)
Program of Restoration of Children from the Street is designed.
Fieldwork in the streets is strengthened and a shelter for the homeless is opened in downtown San Jose.
Research is conducted over the children the program serves and their origin in the street. Six urban/marginal communities of San José are identified as having the highest prevalence of expulsion of children towards the streets.
First experiences with people voluntarily committed to the Detoxification Shelter, created at this time as the first stage of a broader treatment process.
In this Shelter, children and adolescents are treated in a structure of 12917 square feet of construction and 64584 square feet of land.
Preventive Social Risk Program in CommunitiesEvangelistic activities are started for children and youth in three communities: San Juan de Dios, Los Guido and Los Cuadros de Goicoechea.
Likewise, a short-term mission in the indigenous community of Chiroles, Talamanca.
A front of spiritual unity of social ministries is started, which happens to be run by a committee made up of leaders from various ministries operating in different parts of the country and in different mission fields.
The Detoxification Shelter changes location. It also restructures the program in a broad way and is renamed Shelters – Households of Restoration Program. It includes different ages and a spatial separation by gender.
The first land is acquired, located in Pococí, Limón to begin construction of the Shelter – Household of Restoration Program thanks to a Costa Rican friend and businessman’s donation, who believed in the vision that God has given us.
Female Shelter - Household of Restoration Program is moved to Aserrí, San José.
Female Shelter - Household of Restoration Program is moved to Guácimo, Limón.
The development of a specialized program for teenagers and youth is required to cover their needs and to provide them with space to share with their peers.
The land is acquired where the Female Shelter – Household of Restoration Program is currently located.
All these programs are redesigned to provide care that covers the whole family, with a specialized approach by age group.
We implement all of these programs, as well as the different Programa_Proyectos_Completo
ASCRIGERE – Love in the Streets Ministries
Phone: (506) 2229-6341 | (506) 2229-6304
Email: info@ascrigere.org
North side front "El Trapiche" gas station
Coronado San José, Costa Rica
