Social Action program

Thematic Area: Ethical Values and Social Action

Location of Program: Gobernador Castro

Principle Objective: To encourage youths to take part in social action, with the objective of instilling the values of social action.

Description: In the town of Gobernador Castro, in the Province of Buenos Aires, the Home is hoping to develop social action for the third consecutive year. Gobernador Castro is a town of 3,000 inhabitants, with innumerable needs. In the past year, a collaboration of the organization's volunteers, the Ministry of Development, and the youth from the Home received an investment of $35,000 worth of materials, with which they built a playground complete with 12 games for children and more than 150 square meters of painting, as well as a computer lab, at the public school nª 19. For the year 2010, we hope to repeat and exceed this accomplishment witt the creation of a computer lab and a park in the Center for Special Education of the town.

Budget: $60,000

Contacts: Gustavo Casares/Walter Oroño