Acercando Realidades

Since 1995, Acercando Realidades Association has been driving social transformation through innovative social and educational intervention strategies. It has developed a model that blends human sensitivity with professional expertise.

The association focuses its mission on supporting vulnerable communities, particularly in urban contexts of social exclusion, advocating for children’s rights and promoting inclusive education as a tool for sustainable development. Its ACRE Model prioritizes support networks, community empowerment, and methodological innovation, establishing itself as a benchmark in social action and proving that collective commitment transforms lives and builds more just societies.

Since 1999, Acercando Realidades Association has managed child protection centers with a human and educational approach, starting with the opening of the Acercando Realidades Residential Center—the first co-ed center in Andalusia—providing a warm and structured environment for adolescents at risk.

In 2007, the Heliópolis Immediate Reception Center was launched to support children in critical situations, followed by the CREA Center in 2016, focused on young people in social conflict. Each space reflects the association’s philosophy of educational and emotional care, involving families in the process. With over two decades of experience, the association has helped transform the child protection system, ensuring nurturing environments and opportunities for every child to build their future.