Objetive:
The program Photography for Youth’s Rights is intended to raise awareness in children about human rights and citizen responsibilities using photography as a recreational tool through which they show their interpretation of what they have learned in the workshops and in addition, occupy their free time in a productive and healthy way.
Target Population:
The project brought together forty (40) children and adolescents between seven and fifteen years of age in the neighborhood Potrero Grande to the East of the city of Cali.
Duration:
Julio 2014 – Julio 2015.
Achievements:
- A book entitled: Capturing Rights and Duties, with photographs of the workshop.
- Photo exhibition Photography for Youth’s Rights -Museo de la Salsa, Jairo Varela.
- Increased knowledge and appropriation of citizens’ rights by the beneficiary children and their families.
- Recognition by children of their duties as citizens which has been reflected in their sense of responsibility in their daily lives.
Implementing Institution:
Foundation Siembra Comunidad
Alvaralice Foundation Role:
Fundraising to carry out this project
Partners:
- Alvaralice Foundation
- Tecnocentro Cultural Somos PacÃfico
More Information
Contact:Â Â Isabel Quintero
Phone: +57 (2) 333-12-30
Email: Â clubdeamigos@alvaralice.org