PIDEE is a non-profit Foundation whose purpose is to advance in the promotion and protection of the Human Rights of Children and Adolescents. Its work is focused on the increasing of programs with rights approach that privilege the development of Children and Adolescents by means of human rights education, citizen training and social inclusion of cultural diversity in communes with high rates of migrant population and areas of political and social conflict.
PIDEE board of director
President of the Board: Rosemarie Bornand Jarpa
Vice-president: Leonor García Gatica
Secretary: German Herrera Aguirre
Treasurer: Vilma Oyarce Reyes
Director: Mónica Echeverría Yáñez
Director: Carmen Hertz Cádiz
Members:
Paula Atias Castillo
Erika Hennings Cepeda
Alexis Zamorano Jofré
María Matilde Armengol
Nelson Cornejo Neira
HISTORY
1979
PIDEE was founded in 1979 in response to the demand of families affected by Human Rights violations during the civil-military dictatorship, to provide assistance to children affected by disorders resulting from the situation they were living in, in the areas of mental and physical health, education and culture, in addition to meeting their basic survival needs.
1992
PIDEE served around 12,000 children through the country, the foundation had eight-headquarters - in regions until 1992. The areas of attentions were as follows: Social Assistance; Mental Health Care; Physical Health Care; Psychopedagogy; Pedagogical Support; Therapeutic Recreational Workshops; Special Program of Attention to Returnees; Casa Hogar (Foster Home)
2003
In 2003 UNESCO register the archives of PIDEE Foundation on the Memory of the World Register, after a systematization of the documentation generated in the field of childhood care and assistance. The information was digitized and destined for Museo de la Memoria de los Derechos Humanos (the Museum of Memory and Human Rights); including original documents.
The work areas of the PIDEE Foundation are:
- EDUCATION, PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN’S AND ADOLESCENT’S RIGHTS.
- MEMORIA COLECTIVA Y ARCHIVOS ORALES.
- CENTRO DE DOCUMENTACIÓN Y PUBLICACIONES.
Our Mission:
To Ensure compliance with the Convention of the Rights of the Child and Adolescents through programs and actions focused on the best interest of the Children; Survival and its Development; the Right to Participation and Non-Discrimination. Promote the defense of the Human Rights through records, documents, and media.