Fundación Paraguaya and Junior Achievement
Fundación Paraguaya's mission is to promote the development of micro- and small enterprises, as well as low-income individuals, through the creation, growth and strengthening of sustainable microfinance services. Fundación Paraguaya financially supports Junior Achievement Paraguay, enabling it to partner with AMIGOS.
Junior Achievement International began in the US in 1919 and has since grown to be the world’s oldest, largest, and fastest-growing non-profit economic education organization. Junior Achievement Paraguay began in 1996 and has since served over 45,000 children and adolescents, winning numerous international awards for their efforts.
The mission of Junior Achievement Paraguay is to create partnerships between the business and educational sectors to facilitate the greatest possible number of Paraguayan children and youth to realize the importance and value of socially responsible free enterprise and entrepreneurship as tools to improve the quality of their own lives.
Well-matched in our commitment to youth empowerment, Junior Achievement Paraguay and AMIGOS forged a pilot partnership for the first time in 2003 when five youth from the organization collaborated with AMIGOS Volunteers on community programs for 3 days. Due to the overwhelming success, this partnership has grown to include more youth for an extended period of 10 days.
For more info about these agencies, see Fundación Paraguaya's website and the Junior Achievement website.
Plan Paraguay
Plan International works in 45 developing countries on health, education, livelihood, housing, water and sanitation projects, and cross-cultural learning. Plan’s vision is of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people’s rights and dignity. It works with a participatory approach. Children, their families, and their communities are involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of all of Plan’s programs. Child sponsorship is the foundation of the organization—there are about one million sponsors in 15 donor countries helping over one million children all over the world, together with their families and communities.
Plan began its work in Paraguay in 1994. Over the last 12 years, Plan Paraguay has continued to grow. It currently serves over 23,000 children within 400+ communities in four Paraguayan departments: San Lorenzo, Caaguazú, San Pedro, and Guairá.
For more info about this agency, see the website.
SENASA
SENASA (Servicio Nacional de Saneamiento Ambiental or National Service of Environmental Sanitation) is a governmental branch of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Paraguay. SENASA primarily sponsors potable water projects in the rural areas of the country but also dedicates its efforts to community sanitation and waste management projects.
AMIGOS partners with SENASA on community sanitation efforts through facilitating latrine construction, health and sanitation education, and the development of local youth leaders. SENASA provides funcionarios, or technical experts, from the region to support and monitor the projects throughout the summer.
For more info about this agency, see the website.
