Abstract
Covenant House, a non-governmental, social action organization assisting homeless children in the United States is compared and contrasted with its Latin American counterpart organization, Casa Alianza, which services street-living and street-working children throughout Mexico and Central America. Although Covenant House and Casa Alianza share a common mission: to protect children and guarantee their rights through promoting social justice, clear differences in organizational structure, program philosophy, intervention techniques and client characteristics are evident ltural contexts within which both organizations are embedded reveals how surrounding macrofactors can influence and uniquely shape social action organizations in their efforts to develop and deliver systematic and indigenous responses to the homeless, street-children population throughout the Americas.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 85-102 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 29 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Casa alianza
- Cognitive behavioral model
- Covenant house
- Empowerment
- Homeless children
- Liberation theology
- Social action
- Street children
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Religious studies
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health