Basur-Environmental Education

Environmental education Argentina

Basur-Environmental Education

Summary

Basur project is based on the appraisal of the social, economical and environmental situation. Seeking to improve the quality of life of the communities through an integral management of their waste.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,390 was raised for this project.

Received $1,390 from 48 donations from people like:

Allison
mariajoseph
Rose
Test
Merritt
(Anon.)

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Encompasing 8 townships of the Patagonia: Pilcaniyeu, Comallo, Ingeniero Jacobacci, Maquinchao, Los Menucos, Sierra Colorada, Ramos Mexía y Valcheta, this project focuses on health,sanitation andenviroment.These sites have a very low social and economic life standard and very few resources. The garbage is disposed off in an open sky refuse dump, which affects the health and dignity of the communities, as many of them live surrounded by garbage because of the strong winds that disperse it along many kilometers

Activities

Integral management of their waste eradicating existing refuse dumps and creating small manual sanitary landfill (MSLF) where, minimize the negative effects on the society and the environment. educational programs at community scholar technical level

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,390

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,390 .  The original project funding goal was $1,390.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

New jobs in the areas of composting and recycling. Improvement of the quality of life of the inhabitants. Their integration to the environmental preservation process.

Project Message

This project is our effort to improve quality life conditions and to take care of the enviroment.
- Beatriz Estevez, Project Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Beatriz Estevez
Director
Riobamba 1036
Buenos Aires, C1116ABF
Argentina
+541-4-813-8447
Email:

Project Sponsor

Asociacion Conciencia / Fundacion Desarrollar

Organization

Asociación Conciencia Logo

Asociación Conciencia
Santa Fe 1821 1*
Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1123AAA
Argentina
+541-4-815-1507
http://www.conciencia.org

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Argentina and can also be found under Environment.

For more information about Argentina, read the Human Development Report on Argentina or the Wikipedia entry for Argentina.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 17, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 18, 2004