COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Corporate Responsibility Report 2008
64
NINOS ADELANTE PROGRAMME. This is
the Group’s most important community investment
programme in Latin America. The aim is to
encourage greater integration of children from
underprivileged groups through education. In 2008
47,104 children received scholarships, 163% more
than in 2007. These funds are supplemented with
community service activities.
This is a far-reaching “glocal” plan:
• In all countries in the region in which the
Group operates, the main focus is on primary
and secondary education.
Niños Adelante programme
BBVA Group €12,2 m
contribution
Benefiting group Basic education for children from
underprivileged backgrounds
No. of beneficiaries 47,104
Niños Adelante programme
MEXI CO
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Secondary education for children and
young people from migrant families
from areas of greatest emigration
10,600 children helped
PANAMA
Education for children from indigenous rural
communities and poorer urban areas.
4,500 children helped
COLOMBI A
Primary/secondary education with food care for children
from families displaced by violence.
4,738 children helped
PERU
Leer es estar adelante
Primary education through reading among children
from poor urban areas.
13,824 children helped
CHI LE
Pre-school education in poorer urban sectors
4,450 children helped
• The plan addresses specific local social needs,
with different groups of beneficiaries and
criteria for allocating grants depending on
the specific circumstances of each country.
• Niños adelante is a networked initiative, pooling
the work of schools, public organisations,
foundations, NGOs and civil partners that
have been drawn into an alliance with BBVA,
contributing value and helping increase the
social impact of the programme.
ALLIANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION
OF IBEROAMERICAN STATES (OIS).
This agreement has enabled BBVA to strengthen
its commitment to education and children in the
region during 2008. The “Early childhood in
Latin America” project is intended to heighten
awareness among the general public and
politicians as to the situation faced by young
children in the region, and to foster the
development of instruments and public policies
that will ensure that the rights of minors are
respected in Latin American countries.
PUERTO RI CO
Secondary education for adolescent parents (aged 14-19)
40 young people helped
VENEZUELA
Basic education for children from poorer urban
and rural areas.
4,500 children helped
PARAGUAY
Primary education with food and ophthalmological
care for children form underprivileged families
in rural areas
3,600 children helped
URUGUAY
Secondary education for children from underprivileged families
in the Montevideo belt
90 children helped
ARGENTI NA
Basic, secondary and vocational education for young children and
teenagers from underprivileged urban families
802 children helped
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