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Educational Programs

Fundación Telefónica Argentina is a member of RedEAmérica, a website created in 2002 with 55 corporate foundations and private Latin American companies. These work directly or indirectly in basic development projects aimed at increasing organizational abilities in communities with limited resources, in order to help reduce poverty. Since 2006, members in Argentina have been developing a program to promote better local educational opportunities for children. Many times, the basic rights of these children have been violated. The program conducts three projects in different parts of the country, benefiting more than 1,700 children and adolescents: “Building Collective Learning Spaces", “Reestablishing Bonds" and the “Cultural Center for Fairness".

In the last few years, violence has been a cause of great concern for society and for the Brazilian Government. A number of measures are being taken in an attempt to contain the increase of crime, robberies, murders and other illegal activity. However, most of them only address the response to   violence, instead of its prevention; the Linea de Actuación project is different. As a joint project of Fundación Telefónica, the Sou da Pax and the Papel Solidario Institute, it was set up  in the city of Itaquaquecetuba, in the   São Paulo region. Among other activities, this project helps to organize prevention workshops with young people and adolescents, with active community participation. Their results can be seen not only from a drop in crime statistics, but also in the local development in the area.

With the aim of providing Internet connections to thousands of Peruvian schools, the Peruvian Ministry of Education began this project six years ago. Its goal was to extend educational services to the poorest and most remote areas of the country through distance learning programs. Fundación Telefónica has been involved since the start of this program, installing a technological platform that supports public educational services. To date,  the Huascarán Program has benefited more than 1,000 primary and secondary schools, with more than 1.6 million students.