CHS Alternativo assumes human rights in an integral, interdependent and complementary manner. It assumes that human rights are universal, inalienable and indivisible and focuses on the realization of the rights of the victim populations of the various forms of exploitation mentioned in their vision and mission, as well as the rights of those who run the risk of being violated.
Social Audit
CHS Alternativo develops a role of surveillance and promotion of public policies and management, through decentralized social audit mechanisms, seeking to obtain comprehensive and current information about exploitation situations and conditions of vulnerability.
Assistance and protection
Provides guidance, legal and psychological assistance, through its Legal and Psychosocial Care Center (CALP) including accompaniment and referral to relevant state institutions, a longitudinal intervention, and employability and entrepreneurship initiatives.
Knowledge management
CHS Alternativo carries out actions to collect and analyze information that contribute to deepening the knowledge of human exploitation, which allows the approach of new and more appropriate strategies for prevention, persecution, protection and reintegration of victims.
Network Participation
CHS Alternativo establishes strategic alliances and agreements with state and civil society organizations; participates in national and international spaces in order to strengthen its institutional positioning; and establishes synergies with organizations that express common goals and / or actions.
Strategic communication
CHS Alternativo fosters a public opinion with a critical vision of the problems that it identifies and seeks to solve, through the permanent implementation of various communication actions. Additionally, in order to promote effective and sustainable public policies, it promotes advocacy strategies aimed at authorities and decision makers.
Technical assistance
CHS Alternativo deploys a strategy of technical assistance and training for public operators and State officials, as well as the creation of effective instruments for the better management of public policies related to the issues it addresses.
CHS promotes gender equity. To achieve this, it cuts gender across its actions seeking to develop a […] process of assessing the consequences for women and men of any planned activity” (Economic and Social Council 1997). In that sense, CHS Alternativo promotes gender sensitive decisions, where the impact of the actions towards greater equality among people is analyzed, justified and oriented.
CHS Alternativo promotes respect for the protection and guarantee of the rights of children and adolescents. In this sense, it practices and drives the adoption of decisions that impact them aiming at improving their development and well-being.
From a psychosocial perspective, CHS Alternativo promotes a horizontal relationship with the beneficiaries of their actions, seeking that the person feels comfortable with the information, guidance or attention that can be provided. For the intervention to be adequate, the knowledge, customs and beliefs of the population in which they are going to work must be respected, betting on flexibility and tolerance in relation to the various particular problems of each person.
