DMF Shop opens
March The shop is now well established and becoming more popular with local residents who are coming into use the photocopier then buying used clothes, shoes and jams and fruit preserves from La Zanca. The crafts are less popular at the moment but are designed more for the tourist market so the promotional material for…
We are increasingly being asked to help other organisations who are working with rural communities high in the Cordillera, with even less access to education and career progression. One such group is led by Anthropologist Terry Hoops from Arizona Texas who is working with a community in a remote valley near Cachi called La Zanjas http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x941955e38b19b2dd:0xbc4dfa011b54bee1&q=Las+Zanjas,AR&hl=en&ved=0CAkQ2QY&sa=X&ei=J8hsT-KsKObKwQH…
We have been very fortunate to have 2 volunteers from the States recently. Marci came to us from Texas after volunteering with FSD Foundation for Sustainable Development across South America and at other venues in Salta. She has excellent Spanish and was a contributor to the English lessons and helped with developing further promotional material….
During the summer break students have been coming into the centre and working at home creating saleable items out of waste materials. They have shown great innovative skills , producing handbags and shoulder bags out of old pairs of jeans, vases storage pots and gift boxes out of old plastic drink bottles, table mats and…
Students from Fey Alegria and Dr Miguel Ragone Schools have been joined by students from some of the inner city schools to undertake the taster sessions organised over the next month. The induction is to ascertain whether we suit the students and whether they are eligible to join the programme. The final 20 will be…
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Fundacion David Mather held its annual Prizegiving on Saturday 17th Dec evening. 18 students received certificates confirming their completion of the year and several also received awards for special achievements, for example Fernando won the English and maths prize, Enzo won a special attendance award and Leo was recognised for support of the organisation as…
Below is an independent article written by travel writer/blogger Katy Stewart for her website www.starryeyedtravels.com. Salta, Argentina. The locals call it la linda – the beautiful. At first glance, it’s easy to see why. Arriving fresh from a month spent in a poor town in the Peruvian Andes, Salta’s refined streets practically glittered. Designer clothes boutiques stand beside…
Two students from the Catholica University came to the launch of the Study Centre in March and were keen to help. They are part of a new media studies course and offered to look at developing promotional material for us. They have now developed a project group who have studued the Fundacion in depth and…
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