National Youth and Student Coordinating Bodies
There are some national youth coordinating bodies in Ecuador. The National Youth Assembly (Assamblea Nacional por los Derechos de los Jovenes) has gathered over 140 youth organizations from all across Ecuador to discuss youth issues and offer their concrete proposals to government authorities. Another organization, the International Youth House (Casa Internacional de la Juventud), has an objective of acting in the fields of development, peace, education, cultural activities, ecology, education against drug addiction and international cooperation.
One of the NGOs, Ecuadorian Center for Training of Street Educators (CECAFEC), undertook a project entitled "Preventive education for children especially difficult circumstances (ECU/837)", which took place from May 1994 to December 1997. Recent local studies estimate the number of drug abusers in Ecuador at 400,000, of which some 30,000 need specialized treatment. The highest prevalence is found among youth between 17 and 25 years of age, although First-ever drug consumption starts much earlier. The group mostly at risk includes the so-called "children in especially difficult circumstances (CEDC)". In Ecuador there are 100,000 children between 6 and 17 years of age, working in the informal sectors. Further, there are 5,000 institutionalized children and 5,550 "street children" in Quito and Guayaquil alone. The project will use the nationwide reach and expertise of the NGO CECAFEC to implement drug abuse prevention programmes throughout the country for the benefit of CEDC at two levels: (a) training of 500 street educators for drug abuse prevention and basic counseling, and (b) incorporation of drug prevention into programmes of some 67 government agencies and NGOs working with CEDC in 12 Ecuadorian cities. The project will reach some 15,000 children at risk in Ecuador. The total budget was US$ 383,000.
A contact list of youth related organizations in Ecuador follows:
AIESEC Ecuador
Gran Colobia entre Manzarenes y Unidad Nacional
Casilla Postal 1909
Cuenca, Ecuador
Alberto Crdenas Davalos, Minister
National Youth Direction
Ministry for Social Welfare
Robles 850 y Paez
Quito, Ecuador
Asociacion Cristiana de Jovenes de Ecuador (ACJE)
Carrion 1155 y 10 de Agosto
Casilla Postal 17-011-177
Quito, Ecuador
Asociacion Nacional de Guias Scouts del Ecuador (ANGSE)
Carcelon Alta-calle Juan Berrezuete
Quito, Ecuador
Asociacion de Scouts del Ecuador (ASE)
Av. America 4501 y Manosca
P.O. Box 1708-8291
Quito, Ecuador
Casa Internacional de La Juventud
Av. Isidro Ayora (Sauces 1)
Casilla 09 01 3894
Mz F 31 V20 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Centro Andino de la Juventud (CAJ)
Casilla Postal 21304 EA
Rumipamba 1198
Quito, Ecuador
Confederacion de Nacionalidades del Indieenas del Equador Conaie(CNIEC)
Div. Juventud
Granados 2553 y 6 de Diciembre
Quito Pichinca, Ecuador
Cruz Roya Ecuatoriana de la Juventud (CREJ)
Av. Colombia Calle de la Cruz Roya
Casilla Postal 2119
Quito, Ecuador
Federacion de Estudiantes Universitarios de la Universidad Catolica (FEUUC)
Avda. 12 de Octuber y Veintimilla
Cassilla 17-079-251
Quito, Ecuador
Federacion de Estudiantes Universitarios del Ecuador (FEUE-Nacional)
Ciudad Universitaria Facultad de Bellas Artes
Quito, Ecuador
Fundacion Nuestros Jovenes (FNJ)
Inglaterra 566 y Mariana de Jesus
Quito, Ecuador
Fundacion Senda Juvenil (FSJ)
America 1530 y Ramirez Davados
Quito, Ecuador
Ibero-American Conference of Youth
Oficina Permanente Veintimilla, 325 y
Avda.12 de October Edifico Quito
12-El. Giron or Oficina 51 W.P.O. Box 1712432
Quito, Ecuador
Juventud Musicales del Ecuador (JME)
Calle Foch 520
Quito, Ecuador
Juventud Obrera Cristiana de America (JOCA)
c/o Helio Antonio Alves
Selva Alegre No. 169 y Av.10 de Agosto
Apartado Postal 17-211-200
Quito, Ecuador
MR Patricio Carrera M, President
Federation of Students
University of Ecuador
4 de Septiembre de 1996
Quito, Ecuador
National Youth Committee of Ecuador (CNJE)
Apartado Postale 222
Quito, Ecuador
Partido Democracia Popular-Secion Juventud (PDP-SJ)
Saa #153 y Sodiro
Quito, Ecuador
Partido Izquierda Democratica, Direccion de Juventud (PID-DJ)
Polonia # 161 y Vancouver
Quito, Ecuador
Partido Movimiento Popular Democratico (PMPD)
Juventud Revolucionaria del Ecuador (JRE)
Edificio Benalcazar #1000, Of. 506
Quito, Ecuador
Partido Social Cristiano (PSC)
Frente de Juventudes (FJ)
Carrion #548 y Reina Victoria
Quito, Ecuador
Partodo Socialista del Ecuador (PSE)
Juventud Socialista del Ecuador (JSE)
Palacio Legislato 3 piso Saa y Hnos. Pazminio
Quito, Ecuador
Secretariado Latinoamericano del MIEC-JEC (Estudiantes Catolicos/ Juventud Estudiantes Catolica)
Asuncion 529 y America 2 piso A
Casilla 17-03-1675
Quito, Ecuador
Union Latinoamericana de Juventudes Ecumenicas (ULJE)
Casilla 5328
Guayaquil, Ecuador
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