The Institute del Manana, in English the Institute of Tomorrow is a residential program for boys, patterned after to Boys Town in the United States.  Boys who have had some contact with the law live, work and attend school in the facility on a full time basis.

In an attempt to replicate family life, approximately 12 boys of differing ages live in a very attractive cottage with their "house parents" who look after them.  In their home the boys learn to help one another, do chores such as preparing meals and to do their own laundry.  A point system with specific rewards is used to teach responsibility.

A full educational curriculum is in place to meet the boys individualized needs, all the way through the upper grades.  Also taught are the job skills the boys will need to earn a living after graduation.  These include metal working, plumbing, auto repair, carpentry, shoe making and farming. 

All academic and job skill training takes place in a separate educational building surrounded with beautiful open fields, soccer playing fields and farm fields.  There is also an administrative building which houses the school store and medical facility.

Graduates of the program have used their training to move onto full productive lives with families of their own.  A few of the graduates have even become counselors at the institute.  One is now in Argentina helping to establish a similar institution.

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