Education through arts for under-served youth
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Summary
Provide a photography workshop for 30 young people of a Buenos Aires shantytown which will enable them to acquire the skills to develop self-confidence and improve their job prospects through art
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Currently, ph15 serves 30 underserved young people who live in Villa 15, a shantytown in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Most participants' families came to Buenos Aires from rural areas of Argentina or from Paraguay with the hope of finding work. 30% of participants’ parents are unemployed and 40% receive government assistance. The main goal of the project is to integrate the beneficiaries of the program with the rest of the society through visual arts.
Activities
Each student attends a free 3-year course, divided as follows: Expression through Photography - Expression & Technique - Digital Photography. Plus organizing national and international exhibitions, fieldtrips, receiving visiting artists, etc.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $947
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $24,052
Total Funding Goal: $25,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.ph15.org.ar)
- BBC News. UK (http:// news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/americas_an_argentine_slum_through_childre)
- Boston Globe - US (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/08/07/letting_in_light_capturing_shadows?mode=)
- Clarin-Argentina (http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/09/26/conexiones/t-1059393.htm)
- Pagina 12 - Argentina (http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/radar/9-2736-2006-01-08.html)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
All participants will learn to use images to communicate with others; gain skills in photography, editing, design; gain self-esteem, self-efficacy, ability to work in groups; increase their chances of finding a job; achieve higher levels of education
Project Message
Ph15 has helped me meet new people and go forward with my life, teaching me to express myself and to not be trapped by the bad things in the villa, and to think instead about what’s outside.
- Natalia Godoy, 19 years old, Ph15´s 3rd year student
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Moira Rubio
Director
Darregueyra 2307 1 D
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1425
Argentina
5411 47738126
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Fundación ph15 para las artes
Darregueyra 2307 1 D
Buenos Aires,
Buenos Aires
1425
Argentina
54 11 47738126
http://www.ph15.org.ar
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Argentina
and can also be found under 
Education.
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 May 18, 2006
Latest Update from the Field
2008 Main Achievements
By MOira Rubio - Director, November 07, 2008 06:09 PM
1. Hold 10 photography exhibitions throughout Buenos Aires and Argentina, as well as abroad in Las Vegas, Cabo Polonio in Uraguay and San Pablo in Brazil.
2. Open new photography workshops: one more in the “Hidden City” (Ciudad Oculta) and another in Lugano.
3. Visit six photography exhibitions with all the students in Buenos Aires.
4. Carry out three photography fieldtrips for the students within Buenos Aires and the outskirts of the city.
5. Travel with the students of ph15 to the cities of Santa Fe, Tucumán, Jujuy, Bariloche y Córdoba, to teach other underprivilaged children pinhole photography.
Finally, and most importantly, to continue providing classes in artistic expression and photographic technique for more than 50 children between the ages of 10 and 20 in Ciudad Oculta, Boulogne y Lugano. Through these classes we are able to give these children a new way of communicating with the outside world, a world from which they are usually excluded.
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