Centro de la Niña Trabajadora - CENIT

Centro de la Niña Trabajadora - CENIT is an Ecuadorian non-governmental, non-profit organization located in an impoverished neighborhood in the South of Quito. This is home to Quito’s highest concentration of at-risk working children, and CENIT’s mission is to improve the quality of life for these working children and their families to equip them to become autonomous agents of social change. The organization provides comprehensive educational, vocational, health, social and psychological services tailored to the needs of the community, with a particular focus on supporting and empowering girls and young women. CENIT has a primary school, a drop-in tutoring center, a vocational high school, a street outreach program, an adult education program and preventative health services.