The Universidad Externado de Colombia invites all those interested to participate in the calls for volunteers ‘Conocer dejando huella’ and ‘Acompáñanos desde el corazón’, which contribute to the fulfillment of the objectives of the line Appropriation and socio-cultural and territorial empowerment of the social outreach project Egipto Vivo.
The Conocer Dejando Huella (Learning while leaving a mark) project brings University people closer to the Egypt District community.
About 20 students from different faculties have attended the training sessions for volunteers offered by the “Conocer dejando huella” (Learning while leaving a mark) project. The initiative is part of the University’s outreach program carried out in the Egypt District as part of its social responsibility and allows students to learn in the classroom and the neighborhood.
Every week, volunteer students from various Externado de Colombia University programs, go up to the Egypt district “La Divina Providencia” nursing home to spend an afternoon with the grannies living in this household. This is just one of the initiatives currently being developed under the Professional Volunteer Program.