Beginning in 1966, the Rehabilitation Institute of Puebla Civic Association (IPODERAC) has dedicated itself to providing a home and education for children who have been abandoned on the streets of Mexico. The use of an educational model based on the concept of personal development through an honorable job, IPODERAC combines their desire to be financially self-sufficient for the training of educational values, responsibility, and discipline to the children in its care, thus enabling them to develop a sense of belonging and some useful skills to life. This case examines the emergence and long-term evolution of the educational model IPODERAC, as the organization is faced with the constant search for productive projects, which will allow it to make a profit. After achieving this goal, IPODERAC also faces constant challenge of maintaining its business units, without deviating from its institutional mission. By April 2009, IPODERAC almost got independence, but given the national financial crisis and the onset of the influenza epidemic A1H1, IPODERAC main source of income (for example, sales of fine cheeses) suddenly decreased. The crisis has affected the stability of institutions, and as a result of new proposals for diversification was necessary to strengthen the financial stability and IPODERAC to avoid such pitfalls in the future. "Hide
by Francisco Layrisse Villa, Gerardo Lozano Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 14 pages. Publication Date: July 24, 2012. Prod. #: W12064-PDF-ENG
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