A kindergarten for 130 refugee children in Erbil

The campaign to raise funds for "A kindergarten for 130 refugee children in Erbil" is getting more and more supporters around Argentina. A lot of people from different communities and villages decided to organize an event to raise money and collaborate with our cause. We want to share with you some of this experiences.

In Esperanza, a small village closed to Santa Fe City, in the Region of Santa Fe, a group teenagers decide to organize several meetings in order to sell cakes, popcorns and other meals made by themselves to raise money. The result was amazing since they met the support and collaboration of all the community. ACDI shares with you 2 pictures it received from the students, one of all of them selling popcorns after school, and the other is a screenshot of the Facebook Page they made up to spread the initiative.

Another important event that was recently realized in order to promote ACDI's campaign was set up buy a grup of friends in Venado Tuerto, another small village of the Region of Santa Fe. In this field, Stella Martha lidered the initiative by inviting her friends and family to support the Kindergarten. A lot of people decided to bear her, moved by the intention to help in a concrete way iraqui children. The community organized a "Locro Solidario", a big event where everybody could collaborate economically by sharing a lunch with tipical meal, the so called "Locro". We also share some pictures of this event.  

Last but not list, ACDI wants to thanks it's Unknow Special Donor who donate 1.000 dollars by GlobalGiving. Tanks to give such an important impulse to our campaign.

Until now, ACDI reached approximately 75.000 pesos, that means, in terms of children, the availability to support 50 of them during one year!!

The campaign to found the kindergarden "La Casa del Bambino Gesù" in Erbil will continue until 
approximately the end of July 2016, although the accompaniment in the field will be maintained by 
our partners of AVSI Foundation, who will stay in Erbil and follow the proyect and the evolution of 
this terrible war and humanitarian tragedy.

In recent months, from the Asociacion Cultural para el Desarrollo Integral , we continue the 
campaign by promoting awareness and promoting informal actions to spread the initiative.

A few days ago we received a donation from a joung couple, Matias and Ana, who decided to 
donate $ 100 to ensure educational support to a child refugee in Iraq. In Argentina, a country 
where inflation is growing rapidly and is difficult to make some earning at the end of the month, 
it's not so common that a famly with 3 children supporte a couse overseas. For us, they are, like 
others donors, an important example of solidarity and humanity.

We hope to continue receive the support of such special people, as well as contributing to the 
process of sensitization and awareness of people who live far away from this war.

We thanks eache donor and share a video of gratitude that we received from the cooperant of 
AVSI in Iraq, who told us that the 68% of the funds needed for the execution of the whole project 
has already been rised.

Links:

• Video from the AVSI Cooperant in Irak