At Conciencia, we believe that every person, regardless of where they are born, has within them a spark capable of transforming their life and their community. But that spark needs support and opportunities to ignite.
We have been working to make it possible since 1982. When someone discovers that they can finish school, access university, start a project, get a decent job, or get involved in their community, something changes: the future is built and hope is born.
That is Conciencia: building genuine connections with people and communities, and accompanying each path with closeness and commitment.
We did it in the democratic transition, when society needed to trust again.
We did it in the years of crisis, when inequality and disillusionment threatened to break the social fabric.
And we continue to do it today, in every province, in every school, and in every community that we support with our work.
Because we believe in education as an engine of change, our task and our horizon is to accompany, with genuine connections, the construction of an Argentina of peaceful coexistence, with responsible citizens who value and respect living in democracy.
Conciencia was founded in 1982, driven by the initiative of a group of 20 women who sought to contribute to the return of democracy in Argentina.
With the call for elections, these women voluntarily began to train citizens on the importance of voting, democratic values, and voting procedures.
We participated in the National Pedagogical Congress, which began in 1984 and ended in 1988, contributing our experience and vision for critical and participatory civic education.
Uniendo Metas (Joining Goals): Our Model United Nations is born: a methodology that promotes democratic values and life skills /// Participation in the debates for the Constitutional reform:
With the social and economic crisis of 2001, Conciencia expanded its work to address social problems that went beyond citizenship education and to support the community.
Porvenir (Future): Program for the prevention of child labor in rural areas.
The scholarship and school tutoring program was created.
Training in youth voting (16-18 years old) begins due to the Youth Vote Law.
We participated in the organization of the first presidential debate.
Electoral participation and voting training campaigns “Hoy participamos” (Today we participate) and “Vamos a Votar” (Let’s Vote).
We promoted the electoral reform of the Single Ballot.
“Vamos a Votar” (Let’s Vote) campaign and participation in the presidential debates.
Together with more than 60 organizations, we demanded the incorporation of the Educational Pact into the May Pact.
We have 6 programmatic lines working at the federal level, supporting the life project of more than 49,000 young people. This year we continue to train young people in participation and voting, and all our programs in the use of the Single Paper Ballot.
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