ILORI Program from Costa Rica Shares about their Program and Free Children's Animation Stories
I had the honor to meet some of the beautiful staff from ILORI at an international Neohumanist Education Conference in July of 2015. Their work and dedication are so inspiring to me. I am thrilled they are sharing about themselves; along with some free amazing animations stories they have developed in English and Spanish. I know you will enjoy reading about their work. Check out their webpages and link to the stories.
Deep in the heart of San José, Costa Rica lies the community of La Carpio, an informal settlement that around 25,000 people, about half of them migrants, call home. Children grow up in this community surrounded by poverty, violence and insecurity. It is here that the ILORI Educational Program was born.
A safe space in the middle of La Carpio, ILORI not only provides with academic support for children ages 6 to 14, but also a space to grow, learn and cultivate their inner treasure. We believe in a holistic education, where spaces for arts, music, performing, meditation, yoga and visualization allow children to explore their inner and outer worlds thru the lens of our core values: creativity, curiosity, eagerness for learning and love for humanity and nature.
After seeing the amazing impact that the program has had in the children of La Carpio, ILORI decided to expend their vision to include children from all over the world. Inspired by the experiences of our day to day work in ILORI, and even in some stories written by the children themselves, our team creates beautiful animations, as well as stories, magazines and educational materials, in which we invite children from all over the world to embrace our values and, little by little, change the world!
We invite you to know more about our work in our websites:
And enjoy our animations:
En el corazón de San José, Costa Rica se encuentra la comunidad de La Carpio, un asentamiento informal que alberga a 25,000 personas, alrededor de la mitad de ellos son migrantes. Los niños crecen en esta comunidad rodeados de pobreza, violencia e inseguridad. Es en este contexto que nace el Programa Educativo ILORI.
Un espacio seguro en medio de La Carpio, ILORI no solo ofrece apoyo académico para niños y niñas en edades entre los 6 y 14 años, sino que también es un lugar para crecer, aprender y cultivar su tesoro interior. Creemos en una educación holística en que a través de espacios para arte, música, actuación, meditación, yoga y visualización, los niños exploren su mundo interior y exterior a través del lente de nuestros valores fundamentales: creatividad, curiosidad, avidez por el conocimiento y amor por la humanidad y la naturaleza.
Después de ver el increíble impacto que el programa ha tenido en los niños de La Carpio, hemos decidido expandir nuestra visión más allá de esta comunidad y hacia el mundo. Inspirados en ron creados las experiencias del trabajo día a día en ILORI e incluso en historias que los niños y niñas escriben, nuestro equipo ha creado hermosas animaciones, así como cuentos, revistas y materiales educativos, en lo que invitamos a los niños y niñas de todo el mundo a hacer suyos estos valores y poco a poco cambiar el mundo.
Les invitamos a conocer más sobre nuestra labor en nuestroi websites:
Y a disfrutar de nuestras animaciones en: