Escuelas Abiertas helps the children and young people who live in areas of high level of violence by providing them the tools they need to achieve an integral development and to explore viable alternatives to poverty, violence, delinquency, lack of education and lack of opportunities. Escuelas Abiertas has given its attendants the possibility to see, reinvent and accept themselves, to increase their self-esteem and to reduce risk and violence factors in their communities.