Get to know more about Anya's experience with VG and her relationship with Argentina πΏ
Thank you, Anya! π
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Last Monday, Pachamama Day, was the 7th anniversary of Comunidad Milpa. Happy 7 years! From VG we are very happy to see how the project is growing every year and achieving countless goals π
π±π±π± A few weeks ago the agro-ecological vegetable garden and gardening workshop returned. It takes place every Saturday morning in the community space of Comunidad Milpa.
#communitybuilding#foodsovereignty#sustainability
AMBASSADORS' QUOTESβ β
Today: Neil
πIn this quote, Neil gives some tips for future volunteers to keep in mind. He volunteered in a Community Center assisting teachers in the preschool and helping in the soup kitchen for the first time in 2018 and then he got back in 2019
Comunidad Milpa joined to defend the sovereignty of our rivers, ports, and wealth of our soil. In Vuelta de Obligado where our patriots defended the coasts of the ParanΓ‘, the organizations gathered and organized early in the morning against the business of national waters.
AMBASSADORS' QUOTESβ
We continue with the section of phrases from our ambassadors π₯
Today: Liz
πLiz was part of the communications team, she had already had contact with the Argentine culture, but in this phrase, she tells us why she wanted to volunteer in Buenos Aires.
DID YOU KNOW?
π Avenida de Mayo was inaugurated in 1894, it is located in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Monserrat, it was the first boulevard that the City of Buenos Aires had and the first avenue in South America.
205 years ago, 29 deputies met in San Miguel de TucumΓ‘n to conclude the emancipation process started in May 1810. On July 9, 1816, after nine hours of debate, the president of that time the "Act of Emancipation" was written.
On Saturday a new popular fair was held in Comunidad Milpa.
Saturday was also the day of the cooperatives. We celebrate the work carried out in Comunidad Milpa that day by day militates for popular sovereignty.
#cooperativework#communitydevelopment
AMBASSADORS' QUOTES
Today: Evelyn!
Evelyn talks about what she learned during her volunteer experience. She volunteered as part of the VG communication team, but she was also deeply involved in Comunidad Milpa's first steps.
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#volunteerabroad#communitydevelpment
Last week Milpa was again part of "El barrio cuida al barrio" an essential space to build community and promote popular economy together with other social organizations.
We want to give a very warm welcome to Kim, from the #USA !
πShe will be joining VG as a grant writer.
π Kim is majoring in Communication and International Relations, with an emphasis on Peoples and Nationalities
β¨ If she could choose a superpower it would be teleportation!
Last Sunday, June 20, 2021, Comunidad Milpa and the organizations that build in the territory day by day commemorated our heroes who fought for a Free and Sovereign United America at the Belgrano Monument β