Youth and Education Opportunities in Argentina
After the recent economic crisis, those living at the bottom of the economic ladder ended up in severe poverty, creating a significantly larger percentage of children with inadequate living conditions and educational support.
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In response, FSD, interns, volunteers, and donors work with community-based organizations in the La Plata region to:
- Support a daycare center that provides meals, counseling, tutoring, English classes, arts and crafts, cooking courses, and computer science classes for vulnerable children and their mothers.
- Develop athletic education programs for vulnerable children and adolescents. Other extracurricular programs include craftmaking, music, art, and environmental awareness through recreation.
- Continue an FSD organic vegetable garden project that trains marginalized youth how to create a sustainable food source that offers hunger relief and a marketable skill for their future.
- House around 50 orphans, providing them with an education, room, board, and emotional support.
- Offer home-based newborn and young infant care throughout local villages.
- Spearhead recruitment campaigns that draw volunteers to serve as adult mentors for students ages 4-12, thus providing positive role models for marginalized and disabled children.
- Improve the level of education offered to working individuals and those who are otherwise excluded from traditional education by giving capacity-building courses in computer and English skills.
- Support a community library for vulnerable children through book drives, funding research, and other program enhancing initiatives.
Read more about Youth and Education programs and opportunities initiated by our Community Partners in Argentina.
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