Projects SOYC has initiated 24 projects over the past 3 years. In 2009 they attended 4 project, In 2010 they attended 6 project and 2011 they attended 14 project. We mention only some of them here but please revert to the “Pictures” section of our website for photo’s of all of our projects. We bring Magda to the airport she's going to the Netherlands                   The best student Giving the gift to the best student of Sur Headwig School, school for children with disability.    Street painting In town Willemstad at street painting with Shahaira and Alexander.    Seu culture                   Puck 60 birthday                   No accessibility in the period of carnival                   Marilu birthday                   Ho birthday                   High level meeting UN 2013 High-level meeting of the General Assembly on disability and development, 23 September 2013 at United Nation New York. All our projects we include children with no disability in the poverty and children with disability together, so they can socialize with each other and we support and help elderly too. We work on law for the rights, protection and development of people with disability. Since 2013 we are busy with the government and the parliament of Curacao to ratify the UN convention law for the rights, protection and development of people with disability. In 2014 we did approach the President of the house of representatives of the state’s general of the Netherlands to ratify the UN convention and June 2014 we did get an answer from the State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands. We are in 2018 still nothing from the government and the parliament of Curacao, but we will keep going for the rights, protection and development of people with disability.    Health program Here we did bring the people disability on a health program, so they can be included and that they can enjoy themselves.    Golden star presentation at centralbank                   Fifa worldcup 2013 November 2013 when Fifa came to Curacao with the world cup, we took the people with disability, so they can participate on the activity, our organization was the only one there with the people with disability.       Dolphins Weekend trip and tour at Curacao Sea Aquarium with the children and children with disability so they can swim with the dolphins.    Carnaval Here we did bring the people disability to carnival, Shahaira and Magda so they can be included and that they can enjoy themselves.    Bowling and gift             Art project with the youth                We are giving school materials to children in the poverty. We are giving school materials to children in the poverty.    Peace march against advancing crime on Curacao Peace march against advancing crime on Curacao, on front of the march with katholic Bishop MGR. Secco, reverant Curtis meris, President of Save Our Youth Curacao foundation and Mrs. Ilse from healing center.    Here we did bring Alexander to Isle de Lange concert Here we did bring Alexander to Isle de Lange concert, here there was no space for people with disability and we did let the promoter make some space for him to participate.    Coco Balentin Proff Coco Balentin Proff. Baseball player, homerun record 57 in japan. Visiting our people with disability in Emmastad.    Kortijn Kortijn is a disadvantaged community located in a poor section of Otrobanda. In 2011, a fire destroyed 5 houses, leaving 2 families with children homeless. Three of the houses were considered crack houses and were not inhabited. After much back and forth between the government departments that should be involved with the cleanup of the area cause of hygiene and the burning zinc plate for the children in that area and providing assistance to the homeless families, SOYC ended up stepping in and assisting 1 family with the construction of a new home. SOYC assisted the family from going to the notary to look up old title deeds, to obtaining construction permits, to construction of the house. SOYC obtained construction materials from various local companies, furniture was donated, kitchen appliances were donated etc. and the family was able to celebrate Christmas in their new home with their children and grand children.                   - Project duration: 3 months Sta. Helena Sta. Helena is al area located in [……….]. This was a horrifying case whereby a huge boulder weighing in at approximately ……….tones came loose due to excessive rain fall with the storm Thomas 2010 and came crashing down the hillside almost landing on a house. The boulder crushed part of the house but miraculously the elderly inhabitant sustained no injuries. The part of the house that was crushed served as a day care for the youngsters of the neighborhood. For two months nothing was done to eliminate the threat of the boulder continuing its path down the hill side and crushing houses in its path. Estimated cost to remove the boulder: ANG 200,000. SOYC stepped in and within 2 hours removed the boulder and within 2 weeks rebuild the crushed section of the house. Today the children of the area are happy to play there once again.                   - Project duration: 2 weeks. - Project Cost: ANG 5000.—to remove. Best Student of the Year Award For 2 years now SOYC has organized this award ceremony for children from disadvantaged families attending primary schools in low income areas. Each year 10 schools participate and send their best student to the award ceremony. These kids attend the ceremony with their parent(s) and receive a ‘school package’ consisting of writing materials, notebooks, planners, and everything needed to start their year at secondary school. This program is sponsored by various commercial companies.                   Dolphin Kids In SOYC organized a day out for 10 children from low income families for a day of fun in the sun with the dolphins of Sea aquarium! Sea aquarium sponsored the entrance tickets. This was a life changing event as the children did not know what a dolphin was let alone the fun tricks that they could perform. After a few anxious moments, the dolphins had the kids laughing and playing with them in the shortest time! It was an unforgettable experience not only for the kids but for the dolphin handlers as well.                   Project “Yudami” This project is unfortunately very typical in our community. Shahaira is physically disabled and confined to a wheel chair. She is 35 years old and lives in a low income area of Kibraltar. She lives in a government housing project and works by the library. She has been trying for 4 years to get the housing authority to repair and modify the entrance path to her house as well as the back part of her house by lowering the wash line so that she can reach it to hang up her laundry. Her plight was brought to the attention of SOYC. Through donations of brick and construction materials, SOYC fixed the entrance to her house, evened out the back of her house to make it safe and accessible for her wheelchair, built her a patio so that she can reach her clothes line and cut and lowered the clothes line so that she could do her laundry.                   - Project duration: two weeks Project “2012 Save Our Youth Curacao at Contacta in the Netherlands”    Project "November 2013 Save our youth Curacao Foundation With pastor Kapaland Martina” November 2013 Save our youth Curacao Foundation With pastor Kapaland Martina, Teachers of Surheadwig school children youth with disability at the university of Curacao waiting for the king of the Netherland, prime minister of Curacao Mr. Ivar Asjes, governor Mrs. Lucille Andrea George-Wout, so that the children with disability can give them the Convention on the Rights and development of Persons with Disabilities, so it can be ratify in the Netherland and in Curacao, for their rights and development.       Project "A special day for the children with disability at Sur Headwig School with a surprise guest Curacao professional baseball player” Save Our Youth Curacao Foundation did organize a special day for the children with disability at Sur Headwig School and did give them a surprise taking Curacao professional baseball player who’s playing in the united States, Jurickson Profar infielder for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball. He made his MLB debut in 2012, Jonathan Schoop second baseman and infielder for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball. to pass a nice day with the children with disability and taking pictures with them and signing ball for the children with disability.