Help vulnerable Argentine students finish college
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| Organization | fundacion programa Integrar |
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| Region | Argentina |
| Website | Website |
| ProjectLeader | anabella maudet |
For the last 14 years Integrar has been supporting talented students living in poverty to access higher education. We provide financial aid, constant guidance and mentoring on a personal basis. Argentina has a free public University system, however the social, cultural and economic context of our 150+ students makes it nearly impossible for them to navigate the system without our help. In a city of 15 million people mobility costs add complexity to the problem.
Challenge
More than 1/3 of Argentines are living in poverty. The current level of inequality is exceptionally high and concentrated in the young: 52,3% of children under the age of 14 are living in poverty and only 1/5 of Argentinians of age 25-34 have a higher education degree. Argentina has actually failed to make progress in the last 40 years: the cohort aged 45-54 today has a higher share of higher education graduates than those aged 25-34.
Long-Term Impact
Integrar aims at fulfilling the promise that once was the core of the Argentinian dream: the land of opportunity where everyone had the chance to make it through a solid and equitative educational system that provided the same opportunities to all. For the last 4 decades that dream was shattered and thousands of young people have been left behind. Integrar aims at bringing that dream back to as many as we can.
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