Entreculturas

Entreculturas
Address
Pablo Aranda, 3. 28006
Madrid
Information
Type Educational NGO
Established 1985 (1985)
Director Daniel Villanueva
Staff 74
Publication Revista Entreculturas
Affiliation Spanish Jesuits, Catholic
Website Entreculturas (in Spanish)

Entreculturas is a non-governmental organization for development cooperation, the international social outreach of the Spanish Province of Jesuits, founded in Madrid in 1985. It focuses mainly on educating the poor in Latin America and Africa, while responding to humanitarian crises and also educating to global awareness in Spain.[1]

Activities

In Latin America and Africa, Entreculturas supports initiatives that promote education of the disadvantaged, ranging from teacher training and building classrooms and vocational training centres, to supporting educational programs on radio, to nutritional programs.

Entreculturas offers free educational resources in Spanish on line, as well as informative videos.[2][3] It sends volunteers abroad for insertion experiences, to places like an orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya.[4]

References

  1. "Ignatian Spirituality". Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  2. "Mundo en tus Manos". Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  3. "La silla roja / Escuelas en peligro de extinción". www.lasillaroja.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  4. "Collaboration with Entreculturas". UPENDO PROGRAMME. 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2017-10-25.

Coordinates: 40°26′31.23″N 3°41′3.23″W / 40.4420083°N 3.6842306°W / 40.4420083; -3.6842306

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