Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 10:22AM Claudia Giardinella, Genesis Foundation's Development & Fundraising Director, was interviewed by CNN so that she could give advice to two women on how to create their own non-profits in the U.S.
Watch this interview and learn more about Genesis Foundation!
http://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/video/health-2375242/un-ser-con-mucha-luz-29242902
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 02:52PM Check out the new section in our website called Education Articles under the media link. You will find opinion articles, editorials, papers and studies about education, education in Colombia and general themes of interest related to education!
Now you can refer to our site to learn more about education and be up to date with the current discussions, trends, topics and methodologies.
To visit the section on education articles click here
Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 03:46PM Marta is a teacher at CEDEPRO, a public school in Medellin, located in a low socioeconomic neighborhood that is affected by the armed conflict. Some students showed signs of aggressive behavior and a lack of discipline and she had difficulties maintaining the students’ attention and motivation while teaching Math, Spanish, and Social Sciences.
Since 2009 the program Learning to Learn was introduced as a playful and innovative pedagogical program that provides quality education by improving teaching skills and by strengthening the thinking and reasoning processes of students. Marta as well as 4 other teachers were curious about the program, but also worried about the extra time it demanded.
The training team easily established a strong working relationship with the group of teachers. Marta and her colleagues realized that Learning to Learn is not simply a set of toys and manuals for students, but rather it seeks to change the way teachers teach through the use of a playful methodology and the appropriation of theoretical knowledge of thinking and reasoning in children.
With the introduction of the program and the use of toys with a pedagogical purpose, Marta started to see positive changes developing in her classroom. Her students had a better attitude towards learning, and the use of toys creates a nontraditional learning-teaching environment and allowed the children to create and participate actively in their learning process. The general classroom atmosphere changed and conflicts decreased which enabled Marta to establish better relationships with her students through innovative strategies and tools, and to improve her pedagogical skills.
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 10:32AM We are very proud to share with you our great accomplishments of 2011. In an effort to continue our mission of enhancing quality of education in the most vulnerable communities in Colombia, we invested a total of US$1,343,489 in 21 projects nation wide. We increased our coverage from over 79,000 students the previous year to 168,000 students in 2011 due to the expansion and replication of our models.
We once again would like to thank all who support our work, and in this way help thousands of children achieve their dreams through education!
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 10:31AM In 2011, the model Juventud Rural, Educación y Desarrollo Rural was reviewed and adjusted in alliance with the Ministry of Education, Fundacion Manuel Mejía, Oxy and Fundacion El Alcaraván. Based on the results and in alliance with the same partners, it is highly probable that we may initiate the implementation of the model in 2012 in 150 high school institutions located in rural and urban-marginal areas in 14 departments (states) of the country. The project will prioritize educational needs especially in border areas, indigenous communities and in those regions with the highest drop-out rates and number of children who are out of the educational system.
For more information on Juventud Rural http://www.genesis-foundation.org/juventud-educacin-y-desarrol/
