Our organization aims to improve the Life Project of people with disabilities and their families: Promoting their social and labor inclusion; Sponsoring the development of Good Practices and favoring reciprocal collaboration between institutions OUR VISSION
Disability is a reality that can affect the lives of all people in different stages of their lives, and our commitment is based on the sin
cere aspiration to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities and their families, creating new and better alternatives for addressing problems like school segregation, labor discrimination and social exclusion, promoting their physical, economic, emotional and spiritual well-being.
We are convinced that we can contribute to a more inclusive society, both by encouraging respect and mutual understanding, creating awareness about the rights of people with disabilities; as well as assuming a proactive attitude supporting selected initiatives, promoting research projects enriched in collective feedback and institutional exchange, seeking new models of approach that result in transferrable value.
Fomenting a process of synergy between institutions, is a valuable opportunity for mutual enrichment; enabling the exchange of different experiences, inserted in different realities and cultures, promoting joint reflection and the opportunity to complement their capacities, allowing to experience new learnings and obtaining common benefits.
To work for the common well-being is also to assume the social responsibility about the environment we inhabit, so it is vital to promote and spread the principles of environmental ethics through the education curriculum; as well as applying sustainable development principles and techniques both during projects design and ex*****on, acknowledging the importance of satisfying present needs without harming the possibilities of future generations. OUR HISTORY
Since a few years ago the group of people that today make up the Friends of Alborada organization has been interested in the work that the Alborada Foundation has been doing for 39 years in Argentina. This is a non-profit institution in the city of Rosario, originated in 1981 with a strong commitment to the problem of people with disabilities, and since then it has dedicated to support two educational ventures for adolescents and young people with special educational needs. It permanently face the challenge of creating better educational opportunities and generating new projects oriented to the development of different skills and competences. In order to enrich these projects, as well as to offer their long experience in the field of disability, an interesting process of exchange between institutions in Argentina and the United States was initiated, researching and searching for new models of reference related to the care of People with Disabilities and the educational activities, with strategies for labor and social inclusion; as well as incorporating learning from knowing building projects materialized with a high environmental commitment (eco-friendly structure). OUR PROJECT
The experience described above demonstrates the importance of giving continuity to this process of mutual enrichment between academic institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations, companies, professionals and people of good will. Our purpose is to continue deepening the exchange, thus strengthening the synergy between the different actors, which means increasing the growth possibilities of each party involved, as well as the achievement of common results and benefits. Goals
• Deepen and consolidate links with organizations dedicated to the care of persons with disabilities.
• Identify and know about good practices on the subject of the labor inclusion of people with disabilities.
• Identify building projects with good sustainable practices and a high degree of environmental commitment.
• Identify good reference practices for sustainable building, which respond to the challenge of climate change that can be applied in the Alborada Foundation Project in Argentina.
• Create exchange and volunteering programs to enrich the projects of all the institutions involved.
• Establish links and cooperation agreements between Universities of Argentina and the USA.
• Promote activities to obtain resources to finance the different activities and projects.
