The 19^th of July is the day of the ‘Small, great gesture’ in Argentina. In other words; the day on which we can all make a difference. Che Amigo was invited by the company Capex to give a presentation for their employees in Buenos Aires. 

Earlier we already reported what an amazing project is taking place in El Alfarcito! Apart from being the first secondary school in the region, the buildings are also being used for numerous projects, workshops, and other forms of development aimed at empowering this remote local community.

New school books for students!

Che Amigo has bought 150 new schoolbooks for a school in one of the slums of Buenos Aires. The Dutch Museum of the Tropics (KIT) has donated 500 euro’s for this project. They raised the money by selling old computers. Also two school classes of the Alkwin College have raised funds for this project. Thanks for your support!

And…Che Amigo engages in more activities to support schools in the slums of Buenos Aires. There are more than 700 children here that go to school under very harsh circumstances. Interested in knowing how we help? Click on ‘read more’ or watch the film for more information!

La Union is a small village situated at about 300 km outside of Salta, near the border with Bolivia. Fortunately for the children in this area there is a secondary school for them to go to. However, because of the bad condition of most roads and lack of public transportation and financial means, many children are unable to actually get to the school!

They are forced to stay at home and are therefore deprived of education. About 45% of the students in the age 12 to 16 lives in La Union, the other 55% live dispersed in the area at distances of up to 40 kilometres removed from the village. Che Amigo helps them! We support the construction of dormitories for students so they can stay over during the week. In order to do so we have donated a total of 40.000 euro.

Click on read more to see the film.