THE “La Caixa” Foundation accompanies in the back to school to more than 65,000 boys, girls and adolescents from 40,000 families vulnerable situation. In order to support them in their learning process and to chart their path towards a better future, the CaixaProinfancia Programwith 17 years of experience, begins the new school year offering socio-educational support to those who need it most through educational reinforcementleisure and free time activities, family workshops, psychological care, speech therapy and psychomotor skills; as well as glasses, hearing aids, feeding aids and school supplies.
According to the latest calculations by the Consumers and Users Organization (OCU), the expenditure for Back to school can cost more than 500 euros on average per student. To help alleviate this expense for families in vulnerable situations, the “La Caixa” Foundation As every year, it distributes kits of educational materials to all boys, girls and adolescents of school age (from 3 to 18 years old) who are part of the CaixaProinfancia program.
They will be distributed three types of school kits suitable for each educational cycle (preschool, primary and secondary). The sets consist of a backpack and content that, depending on age, includes elements such as a pencil case (with multi-colored pen, pencil, eraser and pencil sharpener), colored pencils, fluorescent markers, an A4 notebook, a set of rulers, a compass, a scientific calculator and ecological file folders.
This school supplies It is sent to families through more than 450 social entities throughout the country that develop the CaixaProinfancia program in their territories, with the participation of educational centers and the public administration.
For a return to school with more opportunities
In Spain, 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 3 boys are in a vulnerable situation. THE “La Caixa” Foundationthrough CaixaProinfancia, seeks to break the transmission of inherited poverty and promote equal opportunities. This program is aimed at children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability in order to promote and support their development in a comprehensive and personalized way.
Environmental conditions, such as health or family organization, directly influence learning processes, so that children and adolescents who live in vulnerable contexts have more difficulty succeeding at school. CaixaProinfancia has been working for 17 years to promote the development of basic skills of minors, the improvement of study habits, autonomy in learning, the increase of expectations of success and improvement of academic achievement and school performance. With all this, it is also hoped to improve the self-esteem of the participants, their empowerment and the strengthening of the processes of socialization and social inclusion to break the cycle of poverty.
