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Bienvenidos a la primera edición de AFOS News, nuestro canal de comunicación con todas las personas que han colaborado con la Fundación AFOS. Nuestra intención con el mismo es difundir las novedades, los nuevos proyectos e iniciativas actuales, futuras y pasadas que se han llevado a cabo. Si quieres colaborar contando tu experiencia, pueden hacerlo enviándonos un mail a esta dirección. En esta edición conoceremos la experiencia de Ricardo Guido de Italia en su iniciativa de Cine Callejero en Villa La Tela, informamos sobre los nuevos cursos de español para extranjeros que brinda la Fundación y te invitamos a participar de la primera encuesta de relevamiento para ex voluntarios y pasantes. Muchas gracias por dedicar unos minutos a leer nuestras novedades!

Street Cinema in Villa La Tela The weekly “street cinema” project in Villa la Tela started as a kind of “indirect social alphabetisation” due to the difficulty of the achievement and maintenance of the interest and concentration level of the kids (or general public) during the activities. Being a visual communication graduate my plan was to use the visual channel (in this case the cinema) to show the values and problems the kids face and deal with every day. In the movies the characters fall in love, found great friendships, they fight or are scared, they do things they regret or are proud of exactly in the same way happens to us (audience) in our real lives. The cinema was built up every Wednesday night tying the screen on lampposts at the beginning and after we obtain a tripod we could use the screen in places where there were not posts or trees available. For the screen we used a white plastic fabric so it could be seen from both sides, the Asamblea los Boulvares (another organisation we worked for) gave us their availability to using their projector and for the sound system we asked one of the Mirta’s son (one of the woman we worked with in Villa la Tela) who is a DJ/party planner. The purpose of the project was to strengthen the self-confident of the kids under the concept “it could happen to everyone” which is not a specific characteristic of the community they live in. Written by Ricardo Guido. Thank you very much for your collaboration! More photos, click here.

New Spanish for Foreigns courses at AFOS We have just started offering Spanish Courses designed to enable students to immerse in the Argentine culture and to confidently involve themselves in any Spanish-speaking society. The classes start every Monday throughout the year. Courses are taught by native teachers highly experienced at all levels (basic, intermediate and advanced). It´s not required to be a volunteer, you can apply to the Spanish courses independently. Due to our non-profit orientation, Argentina's favorable currency exchange rate for foreigners and Córdoba/s lower cost of living, we can offer our programs at very accessible price. Please consider that by learning Spanish with Fundación AFOS you are also helping to finance our organization costs as well as the work of the non profit social organizations that we support. For more information or to apply please click here or emails us.

Primera Encuesta de Relevamiento Durante el transcurso del año realizaremos distintas encuestas con la finalidad de mejorar nuestros servicios. En este primer caso quisiéramos conocer cómo llegaste a nosotros. Si haz realizado un voluntariado o pasantía en AFOS, por favor dedícanos unos minutos para responder esta encuesta anónima de sólo 5 preguntas. Haz click aquí para responderla. Gracias!

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