APAER
ASOCIACION CIVIL DE PADRINOS DE ALUMNOS Y ESCUELAS RURALES
CIVIL ASSOCIATION OF PATRONS
OF STUDENTS AND RURAL SCHOOLS
Conesa 2141, PB “A”
C1428CUG - Capital Federal
ARGENTINA
Phone: (+54-11) 4788-3009
Fax: (+54-11) 4788-5423
e-mail: info@apaer.org.ar
Website:http://www.apaer.org.ar
Personeria Juridica 000093 (30/03/87)
CUIT 30-63229480-4 (17/7/91)
Ministerio de Salud y Accion Social, Entidad de bien publico con exencion impositiva. Res. 7975 (25/11/91)
Memorial Gustavo Cragnolino
|
The family of Gustavo Cragnolino invites you to attend a memorial ceremony in his honor.
June 20 th, 2009-06-09
From 5 to 7 pm.
At the
Jewish community Center,
12500 North West Military Hwy
Fisher Board Room (2nd floor, Room 227)
San Antonio TX 78231
Rsvp to ernesto@alterestudio.net
Remember and Celebrate
In lieu of flowers a memorial fund in Gustavo’s honor has been created to benefit the Asociación de Padrinos de Alumnos y Escuelas Rurales (APAER), a charity organization in Argentina that helps rural schools and fund scholarships for children of rural schools to attend high school.
If you would like to contribute to this organization in Gustavo’s name, please send checks to the order of “C.A.S.A., Restricted for A.P.A.E.R.” Please, state in the check’s memo: “Gustavo Cragnolino Memorial Fund”.
Send checks to C.A.S.A., P.O. Box 17325, San Antonio, Texas, 17325
|
APAER -
Our philanthropic activities aim primarily at pre-K and primary school students in rural schools in all the provinces of the Argentina Republic, with no political, economical, religious or racial distinction.
Our work focuses on solving different problems: the drop-out rate, malnutrition, the physical deterioration of school buildings, ecological damage, the lack of curricular updating that affects rural teachers, the absence of communication between teachers who share the same environments uprooting as a consequence of unemployment and the children's health in the scholastic environment.
INSTITUTIONAL PROJECTS
PATRONAGE OF SCHOOLS
We help supply all kind of basic necessities (footwear, clothing, school supplies, books, food, etc.), sustaining the children towards completing their primary level education and the teachers fulfilling their pedagogical mission.
PATRONAGE OF VEGETABLE GARDENS
Through planting fruit trees and forestation, we help to supply fresh food for the school children.
Workshops for labor training, based on projects presented by teachers, with the objective of developing skills with which pupils will be able to work in the future.
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES FOR TEACHERS
We collaborate with the process of permanent education for the rural teachers by providing the following courses:
- Mathematics
- Spanish Literature
- Nutrition
- Health care
- Language
- Argentine History
- Psicogenesis of Language
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
Over many years of uninterrupted work, we have helped to increase the attendance of children from rural areas to elementary schools. This was in part accomplished by a drop in school desertion in these areas thanks to the sponsorship system proposed, organized, and supported by our Association.
Some of our specific achievements are:
* Massive cooperation from the civilian population: More than 7,000 sponsors throughout the country work in partnership with our Association.
* Organization of a task force of volunteers: APAER trains volunteers in their specific job areas by means of different courses and seminars.
* Construction of new buildings and facilities: We helped build and inaugurated 35 new schools.
* Free Freight System: We proposed the implementation of a counter-destination scheme for commercial hauling companies willing to participate.
* Community activities: We support -via our network of sponsors- the construction, maintenance, and follow-up of greenhouses, market gardens, and sewing, textile, and carpentry classes.
* Cultural Activities: APAER edits and publishes different free instruction courses to take at home that benefit more than 3,600 teachers from different rural schools in contact with APAER.
AWARDS
1986 "Alicia '86". Fundación Alicia Moreau de Justo. Argentina Recipient: Noemi D de Arbetman
1987 "Letter of the year". Clarin newspaper (section "letters to the Country"). Argentina N.D.A. 1989 "Jean Harris 1989". Rotary Club Argentina (Feminine branch) Mention N. D. de A.
1994 "AIAP 1994". International Association for Preventive Law. Recipient : APAER
1994 Award to the merit Rotary Club Libertador Recoleta. Argentina. N.D.de Arbetman
1994 Award "Padre Jorge Chaupuis". Fratelli Delle Scuole Cristiane- Consiglio Generale - Rome, Italy. Recipient: APAER
1995 Certificate of Honor. Alliance for Human Behavior. Argentina. Recipient: APAER
1995 Certificate of Honor Argentine Congress ("Children and Television" Educational Program).
1996 Certificate of Honor Argentine Congress ("Children and Television" Educational Program)
1997 Certificate of Honor Argentine Congress ("Children and Television" Educational Program)
1997 Cohabitam Award. Cohabitam
1998 "Paul Harris Member" Award. Rotary International, Recipient: Noemí D. de Arbetman
1999 Certificate of Honor.Argentine Congress ("Children and Television" Educational Program)
1999 "Alma de Luz" Award. Rising Sun Foundation. Argentina. Recipient: APAER
1999 "Guest of Honor" Award. "Villa Ocampo City Hall. Santa Fe. Argentina. Recipient: APAER
1999 "Excelencia al servicio a la comunidad". Association for Private Education of Argentina
1999 Certificate of Honor Alliance for Human Behavior. Argentina. Recipient : APAER
2000 Member of Honor. International Foundation Talents for Life. Argentina
2001 Trebol de Plata – Rotary Club International
Recipient: María Noemí Delellis de Arbetman
2002 “Award to quality” Radio 10 to APAER
2002 Distinction Foundation Manantiales APAER
2004 Award “Communiti Service in Education”
2004 “Philips Vida” Mention to APAER
2005 “Philips Vida “ Mention to APAER
2005 Award “Best Educator” La Nación B Galicia
2008 “Certificate of Honor” Emporesarial Social
Responsability to APAER and TELECOM S.A.
2007 Pregonero Especial Book Foundation Apaer
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Padrinos de la Esperanza Ed. Tu llave. Buenos. Aires. Argentina - 1993.
- Los viajes de los Padrinos. Printed by Graziani Córdoba. Argentina - 1995.
Magazines:
- Aquí Padrinos. published quarterly and freely distributed to more than 3.600 schools, members, journalists, public and private entities Numbers 1to41
- Testimonios I- 1996. How teachers prepare to work in a rural school.
- Testimonios II- 1997. National Plan of Education and its implementation in rural schools.
- Testimonios III- 1998. Children at work. How this affect their performance in school.
- Testimonios IV- 1999. Health of children in rural schools
- Testimonios V –2001 – Nutrition
- Storys Special Edition I – II – III 2004 /2006/2008
-
HOW TO HELP
- Becoming a Patron of an Argentine rural school, individually or with a group of friends, family, colleagues, etc.
- Becoming a member of APAER through a periodic voluntary contribution (monthly, quarterly, biannually or annually).
- Subscribing to our magazine "Aquí Padrinos".
- Helping with any of our projects.
- Becoming a Patron of a vegetable garden.
- Becoming a Patron of a productive project.
- Donating goods or services.
- Integrating our committees.
- Joining our efforts.
