César Alierta Presents ProFuturo Program in Assisi (Italy) before 400 Religious Leaders from around the World
September 16 2016 - 8:24AM
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- The program, sponsored by Telefónica
Foundation and the “la Caixa” Banking Foundation, has already
helped with the education of 2 million school children in Latin
America and Africa
- The ProFuturo digital education
solutions will continue to spread, not only through Latin America
but also in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia until it reaches the goal
of helping ten million children in the next five years.
- The Italian city of Assisi will
commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first interfaith summit,
bringing together the principle leaders of different religious
beliefs under the theme “Thirst for peace: dialogue between
religions and cultures”.
- This is the first time that a
private and open initiative like this is presented at such an
event.
ProFuturo, the great digital education project for
underprivileged children and adolescents sponsored by the
Telefónica Foundation (NYSE:TEF) (LSE:TDE) and the “la Caixa”
Banking Foundation through their presidents, César Alierta and
Isidro Fainè, has already brought education to two million boys,
girls, and adolescents in Latin America and Africa.
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This education and training program, whose goal is to continue
working to help ten million children in the next five years, will
be presented globally this weekend during the interfaith meet up
“Thirst for peace: dialogue between religions and cultures” which
is expected to gather 3,000 people in the city of Assisi.
The event, which will include the participation of 400 religious
leaders from all beliefs around the world, will commemorate the
30th anniversary of the historical Day of Prayer for Peace which
took place on October 27, 1986 and was led by Pope Saint John Paul
II. In addition to the 3,000 attendees, 12,000 pilgrims are
expected to arrive in Assisi in the next few days.
Subjects related to peace, inequalities, and the challenges
society is currently facing will be discussed before an audience of
heads and representatives from Christian Churches, Ecclesiastical
Communities, and other different religions. Education is a key
subject and the Chairman of the Telefónica Foundation, César
Alierta, will have the opportunity to present the goals and
challenges of ProFuturo, thus extending the project to the largest
religious congregation in the world.
This is the first time a private and open initiative is
presented to other institutions in an encounter of these
characteristics, constituting a very relevant milestone.
ProFuturo is the continuation and reinforcement of the
historical commitment that Telefónica and la Caixa made to
education through technology and innovation. Its goal is to promote
equal opportunities through quality and fair education using
locally deployed digital tools. According to information from the
United Nations there are more than 50 million girls and boys around
the world without education.
ProFuturo broadens the impact of the large footprint already
made by Proniño by not only taking its digital solutions to Latin
America, but also including countries in sub-Saharan Africa and
Asia. Since 2015 there has been a pilot program in Angola,
specifically in the province of Luena, that has shown very positive
results. This project, executed with the collaboration of the local
Angolan bishopric, is being developed in nine schools, directly
benefiting 60 teachers and the literacy of 2,700 girls and boys and
adults.
For each deployment ProFuturo reaches agreements with the most
relevant agents in the field of international cooperation: private,
public, and third sector. In fact, conversations are already being
held to expand the number of partners with the same goals and
concerns.
ProFuturo is flourishing within a proven and successful model
through different initiatives such as Proniño or Telefónica
Foundation Classrooms. These initiatives are present in every
country in Latin America where the company is present, training
nearly 30,000 teachers, and having an impact on 610,000 children
from more than one thousand schools.
In addition to his presentation during the inaugural day, César
Alierta will participate again during the Assisi Summit’s second
day when he will be part of a round table discussion entitled
“Economy and Inequality”. During this discussion he will be
accompanied by representatives from the FAO, the Social Sciences
Pontifical Academy and different international think tanks.
Note to Editors:
In July 2016, Telefónica and Spanish national bank La Caixa’s
respective Foundations that exist to promote social good and
wellbeing across the globe, signed an agreement for the joint
development of ProFuture – an initiative with foundation status
aimed at driving equal opportunities through the provision of
quality and equitable education programmes based on the use of
digital tools. To achieve these goals, the project will focus on
the following activities:
- The introduction of a mobile digital
classroom, equipped with both hardware (a case containing a
laptop-server, a varying number of tablets and a projector) and
software (educational platform and content) at schools located in
vulnerable areas. This resource is self-powered for a whole school
day, and the educational platform works without the need for
Internet connection. All that is required is occasional connection
with Internet in order to update content.
- Training teachers in the use of
information technologies, the educational platform and its content,
and in innovative teaching methods.
- Designing a model adapted to real
circumstances in refugee camps.
- Ensuring the accessibility of the
content and the platform to people with disabilities.
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