Catalina Escobar began the "Juan Felipe Gomez Escobar Foundation" to improve children's health in Cartagena, Colombia The foundation also provides teen mothers with education and job training.
Aid for teen mothers —
Catalina Escobar began the "Juan Felipe Gomez Escobar Foundation" to improve children's health in Cartagena, Colombia The foundation also provides teen mothers with education and job training.
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From the start, Escobar noticed that 70% of the mothers she was working with were between age 14 and 16 and most lived in the slums outside Cartagena.
Aid for teen mothers —
From the start, Escobar noticed that 70% of the mothers she was working with were between age 14 and 16 and most lived in the slums outside Cartagena.
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She realized that the only way to ensure the long-term health of the children was to enable these teenage girls to break the cycle of poverty.
Aid for teen mothers —
She realized that the only way to ensure the long-term health of the children was to enable these teenage girls to break the cycle of poverty.
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In the last 10 years, her Juan Felipe Gomez Escobar Foundation -- named for her late son -- has brought health care to tens of thousands of children in Cartagena and provided more than 2,000 teenage mothers with counseling, education and job training.
Aid for teen mothers —
In the last 10 years, her Juan Felipe Gomez Escobar Foundation -- named for her late son -- has brought health care to tens of thousands of children in Cartagena and provided more than 2,000 teenage mothers with counseling, education and job training.
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