El Sueno
The region’s only Latino and immigrant community center seeks assistance in the completion of a renovation of a new space that will double the number of children it can serve in bilingual education, art and literacy programming, while also improving access to adult language and citizenship learning.
Why It Matters
The Latino population in South Bend is growing and La Casa de Amistad wants to be there to support the newest neighbors’ unique needs. When their doors opened in 1973, Latinos only made up 3% of the city’s population. Since then, the Latino population has grown five times in size. La Casa de Amistad is relying on hundreds of volunteers for help with landscaping, painting and final repairs to bring this project to life. They still need paint, lawn care equipment, tools and more to bring it to completion.
The Impact
“We see the most heartbreaking challenges of people's lives every single day at our Latino Community Center,” wrote project nominator Sam Cantelles. “We take 8,500+ calls to our front desk and route them all to appropriate resources to support their unique needs as immigrants and migrants."
As you can imagine, we work with families who might be jobless, homeless, without food, and who do not even speak English. These are the toughest of circumstances, but that's what La Casa de Amistad is here for.
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