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	The importance of instruction in the world is secondary only to the problems of hunger and health. Instruction is a determining factor in preventing the degradation of the social community, as well as a cardinal element in the preservation of cultures. The Butterfly Foundation, in its “Écoles sans Frontières” section takes on the planning, realization (turn-key), and execution of primary schools, prevalently in the most disadvantaged areas of the world, where the possibility of attending school is most often a rare privilege granted based exclusively on economic and cultural reasons. We intend to give the possibility of studying to children who otherwise would not be able to access any sort of education, and we seek at the same time to preserve languages and cultures in serious risk of extinction. Without going into the merits of ethical and political judgment, we would like to give our own important contribution in order to save the peculiarities of the cultures in a more ample and global point of view: just as every organ of the human body must necessarily be individual in its performance of its own functions, but in the larger context of the health of the whole organism. Therefore, together with indigenous languages and cultures, we seek to teach English language and other subjects which will guarantee the most training, professional in nature, and we seek to help children develop a multicentric way of thought, conscious of the similarities and diversities of man. In the area of the teaching corps, local teachers are always used in order to guarantee work opportunities.In the area of the teaching corps, local teachers are always used in order to guarantee work opportunities . It is perhaps useless to underscore the importance of teaching and education both as a means to raise consciousness and as a valid deterrent to poverty, delinquency, and degradation. In this respect, it is our opinion that “oral” teaching and teaching based on experience such as teaching the arts and trades, are also necessary. The etymology of the term educate, from the Latin for e-ducere, is based on the concept of leading someone, in particular, but not limited to youth, to develop intellectual and moral capabilities, while the word ‘instruct’, in fact, means to build. The philosophy of “écoles sans frontières“ is therefore intended to enlighten as many children as possible, in order to help them build a road, giving them the concrete possibility to live...
Areas of activity
Instruction and Training San Pedro Agricultural School Tashi Boarding School Saint Joseph’s School Kaungh-to School Boditti Primary School Mauro Hospital - Boditti Initiatives in Italy Indigo, Italy El Trueque Cultural, Genoa Solidarity Center for Disabled, Payaphyu Casa Laura Vicuña International Cooperation Potable water wells '03-'05 Potable water wells '06 Distance adoptions Myanmar Lama Tashi - Nepal / India Syria Brazil Colombia Ethiopia
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