Who we are?

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We exist so that children and young people in situations of social exclusion can choose a life they value, free from violence and in the full exercise of their rights.

We expand their resources, strengthen their skills, and facilitate their access to development opportunities through personalized support that responds to their needs and interests, and allows us to work with their families and their community.

We are a non-profit, non-religious, and non-partisan civil society organization. We operate our own programs directly in the field. We have been active since 2013 and were formally established in 2017.

Our history

Since 2013 we create virtuous futures that are born from the imagination.​

Since 2013, we have been creating virtuous futures born from imagination. In 2013, the increase in insecurity and violence in Malinalco became very troublesome. As a result, several community members came together to create a process of reflection and diagnosis.We identified problems of inequality and lack of social cohesion in the community. We realized that the most affected population was the young people of San Martín, the most impoverished neighborhood in the municipality. Thus, the neighbors interested in the issue formed the Imaginalco committee and decided to focus on prevention work with these young people.

This gave rise to what is now a comprehensive model of violence prevention in the municipality. The tireless search and struggle toward a more just, united, peaceful Malinalco, with opportunities for all, has forced us to evolve and focus fundamentally on promoting the integral development of the children and young people with whom we work.

Mission and vision

Mission

We help girls, boys, and young people in Malinalco choose and live a life they value, through a personalized, comprehensive and continuous accompaniment model, that promotes their rights to protection from violence, development, and participation.

What does it mean that a girl, boy or young person can choose and live a life that they value?
  • Has the ability to take decisions about his life project
  • generate and search opportunities to transform your life or environment.
  • keeps a satisfaction personally with his life.
What does personalized, comprehensive and continuous accompaniment mean?

Accompaniment: actions aimed at strengthen their capacities from two components:

  1. Internal or psychological: addresses skills, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors. 
  2. External or social: it addresses relationships at the family, educational and community levels and the determinants of the environment.

 

This accompaniment is given under a scheme: 

  • Personalized: takes into account the specific needs and strengths of each participant. 
  • Comprehensive: considers all the elements that affect the person (individual, family, social). 
  • Continuous: we are present in the community and with the doors open constantly. 

Vision

By 2028, to be a solid and sustainable organization, with its own and replicable model to contribute to the development of capacities in the in girls, boys, and young people in social exclusion in Mexico.

What does it mean to be a solid and sustainable organization?
  • Healthy finances: Count on the economic resources necessary to maintain the existence and operation of our intervention for one year, and with sufficient sources of financing to allow the medium-term planning of our programs. 

 

  • Administration, transparency and accountability: Having processes and capabilities suitable for an efficient and transparent administration of resources, and for timely compliance with legal and fiscal obligations.

 

  • Organizational culture: Ensure that all the people who collaborate in the operational team and in the board of directors share values, pillars and objectives that guide our actions and decisions.

 

  • Strategic alliances: Identify, establish and maintain alliances with organizations, institutions and networks that allow us to enhance the impact at the local, regional and national level. 

 

  • Human resources: Have adequate processes for attract, retain and train constantly to a suitable team that can give continuity to the work we do, at different levels of the organization (operating team, management, and council).  
What does an own and replicable model mean?
  • An intervention model that lives and goes through the organization internally. 
  • It has been built participatively, based on the interests, needs, strengths and proposals of the community. 
  • Part of learning from other good practices, which have been adapted and tested in the context in which we work. 
  • It incorporates the approaches of the organization, has theoretical and empirical foundation, enables results to be measured and reported, and it is documented so that it can be replicated. 
What does it mean to contribute to the development of the capacities of girls, boys and young people?

That we can demonstrate that our intervention contributes to increasing capacities (knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, skills, resources, networks and opportunities) so that girls, boys and young people can choose and live a life they value.

Values

Commitment

Being aware of the importance of fulfilling our promises, fostering responsibility for our lives and our environment, setting goals, and consistently guiding our actions toward these goals. Being committed leads us to act proactively and purposefully to turn our vision into reality. 

Trust

We believe we can build fairer communities, and we believe people have the potential to build more fulfilling lives when given the opportunity. At Imaginalco, trust is the certainty that comes from believing in others and, therefore, empowering them to act on their own decisions. 

Empathy

Empathy is the intention to understand the emotions and feelings of others. It is what drives us to want to help each other. At Imaginalco, we start with empathy to understand the people and communities we work with, to design strategies that respond to their needs and perceptions. We also foster empathy within our team in order to support each other more effectively. 

Team

Board of Directors

Experienced and visionary individuals who volunteer their time to support Imaginalco's sustainability, transparency, and professionalism.

Daniel Kuri

President

 




  

 

 

Francisco Ibañez

Secretary

advisers

Columba Suinaga Romero de Terreros

Miracles Fernandez Fernandez

Omar Gonzalo Merida Ariceaga

Alfonso Fierro Garza

advisers

Hernan Sabau Garcia

Ivo Palafox Padilla

Ana Romero de Terreros Gomez Morin

Directors

The people responsible for ensuring that what we do is possible, sustainable, and supports our objectives. 

Marcela Orraca

Executive director

Ines Carrion

Program Director

Angelica Montes

Program Coordinator

 

 

Elizabeth Perez

Director of Fundraising

Educators

Experienced people responsible for leading or implementing our activities, projects, and programs with children, adolescents, and young adults.

Formal Education Program

Selene Ferreyra

Program leader

Elizabeth Noriega

Educator

Game for Development Program

Victor Castillo

Program leader

Bony Hernandez

Educator

Elizabeth Noriega

Educator

Alejandro Luna

Coach

Yen Rodriguez

Coach

Yareli García 

Coach

Mariana Hernández 

Educator

 

Healthy Families Program

Charles Ponce de Leon

Program leader

Beatrice Motta

Educator

María Guadalupe Vázquez

Educator

Fernando Martínez

Educator

ASINoJugamos Program

Nayeli Sanchez

Program leader

Guadalupe Amilpa

Educator

Mictlan

Ximena Camu 

Director

Administration

People in charge of the proper functioning and use of our resources and spaces.

Maria del Carmen Hernandez

Cleaning lady

Communication and Innovation

Team in charge of enhancing our ability to communicate, connect, and learn from others.

Lorenza Kuri Breña

Director of Communications and Institutional Development

Cecilia Hernández 

Communications Leader

Seis Garritas

People in charge of our second-hand bazaar.

Lourdes Escobar

Coordinator

María José Chagre

Assistant

Xoloplastics

Team that transforms discarded plastic into works of art. 

Julia Marin

Executive Director

Liliana Noriega

Promoter of Alliances

Quetzalli Castaneda

Promoter of Matter Prhyme

Tania Gomez

Product Promoter

 

Guadalupe Catzin

Production Promoter

America Tetatzin

Environmental Promoter

Emerald Souk

Environmental Promoter

Gabriela Castaneda

Environmental Promoter

Karen Tetatzin

Environmental Promoter

Marcela Garcia

Environmental Promoter

Karina Pliego

Environmental Promoter

Alliances built

We know that by building connections within and beyond the community, Imaginalco becomes stronger.

We forge alliances with institutions and groups that we can support with our strengths, and vice versa. 

We seek to join forces with foundations, organizations, and socially responsible companies interested in investing time and resources in the development of Mexican children and youth.

Our main donors

You make our work possible!