2. Reaching U works to promote initiatives and strengthen organizations with
the aim of providing education opportunities which allow each socially
vulnerable Uruguayan to develop his or her full potential.
Connecting opportunities: Espigas High School
In 2015 a donation of over USD 4,000,000 will be channeled through Reaching U to build this high school:
a full-time educational center with an emphasis on science, mathematics, English as a foreign language
and values. The Retoño Foundation, who will run Espigas high school, is a nonprofit foundation which
seeks to develop better opportunities for at risk children and teenagers in Uruguay.
What did we achieve in 2014?
Our impact during the last 14 years
+USD 2.500.000 invested in education, health and social insertion projetcs in Uruguay
+45 organizations have been supported.
The lives of +30.000 persons have been touched.
Quality education in two main areas
Changes generated by Reaching U
“Through our work we seek to strengthen and promote individual and
community development in order to break the poverty and exclusion
cycles that so strongly condition the present and future of our
students”. Fiorella Magnano, Projects Manager.
The promotion of educational initiatives that improved the quality of the education programs at 17 organizations.
The wages of more than 70 primary and secondary school teachers, educators, coordinators and technicians
including social workers, psychologists, psychomotor skills specialists, educational psychologists, speech
therapists and specialized teachers who day after day worked to strengthen the abilities of more than 2,500
girls, boys and teenagers who took part in these programs.
The joint effort of persons, enterprises, foundations and volunteers in New York, Miami, Washington DC,
Los Angeles, Madrid, Geneva and Montevideo.
USD 473.000 invested in ...
10 projects to develop cognitive and socio-emotional capacities in children and teenagers, integrating tools
that suit their reality and improve their chance to move forward in the educational cycle.
8 projects to encourage teenagers to complete high school and to provide professional training to those
looking for other alternatives.
Furthermore, we grant full-time scholarships at two schools.
Retention rates of those who partake in the programs supported by Reaching U is approximately 50% lower
than that of similar populations.
The intervention of Reaching U brings good quality education and boosts individual and community
development.
Changing lives through
education in Uruguay
3. Work with preschoolers and first grade students outside of the classroom, providing them with the necessary tools
to succeed in school. Students receive comprehensive personalized attention.
“Learn to Learn” is a program that develops the capacity to enjoy and continue learning; it furthers the
development of abilities and skills linked to the areas of language and logical-mathematical thinking, it promotes
project work and fosters autonomy, motivation and confidence.
Focused on Comprehensive Health. It allows children and teenagers who have behavior disorders and learning
difficulties to have access to a proper diagnosis and treatment; an educational psychologist supports the work of the
educational center.
Innovation and Educational Improvement (a program within “Educational Psychology”) develops the potential of
1st and 2nd grade secondary school students by teaching them learning strategies that positively influence their
academic performance and help them to remain within the formal Education System.
Team of specialized technicians and volunteers provide after-school support to elemmentary school students. The
instruction is individualized and includes specific workshops at the local public school.
This program develops new and innovative formats of multidisciplinary intervention integrating the work of the
grade teacher in the classroom with specialized teachers and psychomotor skills specialists, educational
psychologists and psychologists.
The “UltreiaProject” aims to improve reading and writing skills through an early cognitive development in the
classroom by working in subgroups with students who have greater difficulty.
The “New Perspective” project provides educational support for children and teenagers who display learning
disorders within the formal educational environment to improve their academic performance as well as reduce
dropout rates.
Education through the arts: various workshops (Music and Movement, Crafts, Shape Drawing and Fairy Tales for
students in 1st and 2nd grade) are offered working together with teachers looking for a better predisposition in
students to receive academic input via artistic courses.
“I Feel, I Learn” project promotes the use of tools that allow teachers to support the emotional development of
students who attend public schools located in underprivileged areas. This project improves the teaching and
learning processes.
After school program that supports high school students by creating an adequate environment to study, do
homework and research as well as by accompanying students in their social and emotional comprehensive
development.
After school program for high school students from the 40 semanas neighborhood focused on reducing school
drop-outs. On the other hand, EspacioFrontera welcomes teenagers who have dropped out from school and lead
them to educational alternatives.
“Teenage Alternative” works in 3 areas: high school after school support; professional skills training; and a holistic
project that fosters the potential, attitudes, capabilities and interests of each student.
Promotes and supports teenagers and young men and women who live in socially vulnerable conditions in the El
Dorado area of Canelones so they can complete their high school.
The project trains teenagers who wish to start working immediately by offering Professional Training Workshops
(in particular Bakery/Patisserie).
An oasis for young boys and girls in Casavalle neighborhood, one of Montevideo´s most underserved
neighbourhoods.
The objective of this program is for strong academic achievers with extremely limited financial resources, who
have finished 3rd year of high school, to continue studying and to graduate from high school.
Recruits undergraduate and graduate students in Uruguay to teach for 2 years at high schools located in
socially vulnerable contexts. A Chapter of Teach for All.
Elemmentary school scholarship for underprivileged students. The school has a highly committed team of
teachers, an educational environment based on respect, it offers a broad curriculum and works individually with
each student and his or her family.
High school scholarships for underprivileged students.
The Met Live in HD Series: live broadcast in HD at the Solis Theatre of The Metropolitan Opera House of New York
opening performances.
“Bridges, Learn to Undertake Projects” aims to publicize and streamline the entrepreneurship and innovation culture
among people who are 50 or older by supporting the creation and setting of new endeavours, as well as by strengthening
the already existing ones to create new jobs and transform this age group into an active resource for Uruguay.
Los Tréboles
Educational Center
Providencia
Educational Center
La Casita and Encarando
(YMCA San José)
Jubilar Juan Pablo II
High School
Madres de la Cruz
Civil Association
Public School Nº292 and
Public Preschool Nº328
San Adolfo
Fe y Alegría School
Gurisaes Project
Don Orione Charity in Uruguay
Gurises Unidos
Los Tréboles
Educational Center
Salesian Center in Aires Puros
Organization Name
DevelopmentofLearningAbilitiesAfterSchoolProgramsforTeenagers
Brief description of the project
ScholarshipsforFormalEducation
(Elemmentaryandhighschool)
Otherprojects
Don Bosco Social and
Educational Project
Juntos-Fe y Alegría
Project for Teenagers
Gurisaes Project
Don Orione Charity in Uruguay
Los Pinos Educational Center
SalirAdelante
B’nai B’rith Uruguay
Enseña Uruguay
San Adolfo
Fe y Alegría School
Jubilar Juan Pablo II
Secondary School
Friends of the Solis
Theater Foundation
Network of Senior
Entrepreneurs - XENIORS
Projects supported by Reaching U in 2014 - Amount invested: USD 473.000
Micael Association of Arts and
Anthroposophic Sciences
(A.M.A.C.A. by its initials in Spanish)
PUBLIC School Nº 255
4. USD 500.000+
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