COPAME, the Pro-Amparo Community Children's Aid Association, is a non-profit NGO founded on October 30, 1984.

In that year, a group of people from the Santa Cruz community, moved by their concern and commitment, planned and implemented a project with the local Department of Child Welfare. This initiative gave birth to COPAME, a shelter and home for abandoned or abused minors referred to us by the Department.

Read what our volunteers say about their work at the institution.