Educación para niños y jóvenes en los ITAF

Education for children and youths in the ITAF

TECHNICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY INSTITUTES - ITAF

Since 1987, the Technical, Agricultural and Forestry Institutes – ITAF, offer basic and intermediate secondary and technical schooling for young farmers in the area of ​​influence of Smurfit Kappa in the municipalities of El Tambo and Cajibío in Cauca and in Darién, in the Valle del Cauca. These institutes seek to contribute to the comprehensive education of children and young people, with basic, civic, labour and business skills, to be active citizens who know and value the countryside and can lead productive projects that contribute to the development of their communities.

Thanks to the pedagogical Alternate Education model implemented in the ITAF of El Tambo, and to the development of productive projects in the institutes, we stimulate in the young people a commitment to their families and communities, contributing to diminish the urban migration.

COVERAGE

ITAF CALIMA EL DARIÉN, VALLE DEL CAUCA.
DIRECT BENEFICIARIES: 159 STUDENTS
AREA OF INFLUENCE: 21 VILLAGES
ITAF CAJIBÍO, CAUCA.
DIRECT BENEFICIARIES: 196 STUDENTS
AREA OF INFLUENCE: 31 VILLAGES
ITAF EL TAMBO, CAUCA.
DIRECT BENEFICIARIES: 214 STUDENTS
AREA OF INFLUENCE: 31 VILLAGES
Smurfit Kappa Colombia Foundation