"The children of the prisoners take part in play
and creative activities."

1. Children and the prison world

In 1999, the head warden of Pochutla called upon La Casa for a strange problem : some of the children of the prisoners
go every day to the prison with their mother or another relative, to bring food, clean clothes, money or
anything else needed. These children experience the prison world, several hours per day and often stay in jail for
all the week end. La Casa offers them every Saturday morning two hours of play and creative activities.

"La Casa and craft work made by prisoners"

2. Products of craft work

In order to help the prisoners sell their handicrafts (bracelets, key-ring, hammocks and others),
La Casa had opened, thanks to a gift from the *CNCD, a small store in Ventanilla, an island frequented by
tourists. In addition to these artisanal products, the store also sold instructive games created by La Casa,
postcards produced in the villages and in the prison, etc. We had to close this little shop in July 2004
because other people opened the same kind of shops in the village.

* CNCD : Centre National de Coopération au Développement

3. Computer courses for the prisoners

Since 2004 we try to give computer courses regularly to the prisoners who are interested.
This course is given by the volunteers who have the necessary skills and stay for at least three months.