Initiatives

– Cooperanza: an alternative model to the traditional mental institution
– Rugby in support of youth from precarious settlements
– Refuot Community Medicine Bank
Cooperanza: an alternative model to the traditional mental institution

It is an initiative that functions within the Borda psychiatric hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It builds an alternative model to mental institutions generating and sustaining a network effort and workshops with an artistic and recreational orientation with different social actors of the community in defense of public health and human rights.

[More information->www.cooperanza.com.ar]

Rugby in support of youth from precarious settlements

A sporting initiative oriented to youth from slum Libertador, Córdoba, Argentina, that transmits values of camaraderie, fun and friendship. Win or lose, the rugby game makes the young protagonists of a team effort, keeping them away from street violence.

[More information->http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XDoC1tfH97U]

Refuot Community Medicine Bank

It is an initiative of Tzedaká Foundation that distributes medicines for free among vulnerable population in Argentina. It takes care of thousands of patients with chronic diseases and an equal number of people through hospitals and social organizations the medicine is destined to.

More information: [website->www.tzedaka.org.ar] – [Facebook->https://www.facebook.com/fundaciontzedaka?group_id=0]