Ecoclubes

Ecoclubes provides a space for training and organization for children and young people start on the path of social transformation, can be formed as youth leaders and be involved in the socio-environmental problems in their communities, promoting planned actions to solve them. Citizen participation and the impact on public policies are also objectives that we pursue as an organization to be partakers of the decision-making at local, provincial and / or national level that directly affect the quality of life of the population.

Taking into account the local reality, each Ecoclub makes a health and environmental diagnosis ccordin to it, they plan their activities. Through the years of growth of the organization and work in the same subjects, Ecoclubes has designed a series of national programs, agreeing a common methodology for all groups.

Social Mobilization Plan for the prevention of dengue

The objective of this project is to raise public awareness on prevention and control of dengue.

Goals:

Improve quality of life

Objectives:

To encourage nacional programs’ impact

To form new Ecoclubes

To train children and young people of Ecoclubes

Programs:

Vectors: Dengue, Yellow fever.

Waste: composting, recovery and recycling.

Water: access and sustainable use

Strengthening youth leadership: training, meetings of leaders.

Inspecting institution:

Inpección General de Justicia

Year founded:

2003

Volunteers:

250

Ecoclubes advances in the implementation of the Plan of Social Mobilization for the prevention of the Dengue. More than 30 groups of the whole country are developing sensitization campaigns in their communities from October.

This initiative is accompanied by the Health Nation Department , UNICEF, OPS/OMS, Red Cross and other local and provincial adherents. It is an interinstitutional and national crusade to avoid the proliferation of the Aedes aegypti, transmitter of the Dengue fever, promoting fundamentally domiciliary measures of hygiene and the “descacharrado”.

The Ecoclubes accompany the tasks of neighbourhood cleanliness with, prints, chat in public spaces, street events, plays of puppets, and others activities. The most important thing is the mobilization that the Ecoclubes generate in their communities with diverse creative actions to generate conscience, because the Dengue fever is a disease that one must prevent avoiding the vector.

WITHOUT WATER, THERE ARE NO PLACES WHERE MOSQUITOS GROW
WITHOUT PLACES WHERE MOSQUITOS GROW, THERE IS NO MOSQUITO
WITHOUT MOSQUITO, THERE IS NO DENGUE

Address:

Muniagurria 862

Locality:

Rosario

Zip/Postal Code:

2000

Telephone:

0341 – 4513936 - 4497205

E-mail:

fundacion@ecoclubes.org.ar

Website:

http://www.ecoclubes.org.ar

Board of Directors:

National Council of Ecoclubes: Matías Rubbino – Romina Gómez - Eduardo Woitovich – Belén Tartaglia – Abel Castellanos

Team:

Foundation: María Noelia Forgione – Evelin Pozzi – Alberto Cuesta - Santiago Cinquangelis