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Core Values
Nuestros puntos Trust, Constancy, Madness, Tenderness cardinales Confianza, Constancia, Locura y Ternura
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Main Main Areas Areas of Focus of Focus Education, Education, music, music, sports, sports, arts,arts, the environment, the environment, audiovisual audiovisual skills, skills, technical technical skillsskills
Core Core Values Values
Trust, Trust, Constancy, Constancy, Madness, Madness, Tenderness Tenderness
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JustJust 1 kilometer 1 kilometer awayaway fromfrom el Parque el Parque de Diversiones, de Diversiones, Costa Costa Rica’s Rica’s national national amusement amusement park,park, people people live in live a in a reality reality withwith radically radically uneven uneven hopes hopes and and horizons: horizons: La Carpio. La Carpio.
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SIFAIS SIFAIS stands stands for “Sistema for “Sistema Integral Integral de Formación de Formación Artística Artística parapara la la Inclusión Inclusión Social”. Social”. Roughly Roughly translated, translated, that that means means “Comprehensive “Comprehensive System System of Artistic of Artistic Training Training for Social for Social Inclusion”. Inclusion”. We are We aare space a space of of multi-way multi-way social social transformation transformation that that allows allows the change the change fromfrom apathy, apathy, to to hope, hope, to real to real and and tangible tangible opportunities opportunities for both for both those those whowho are are giving giving and and those those whowho are receiving. are receiving.
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What What is SIFAIS? is SIFAIS?
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Pre-schooling Pre-schooling for children for children from from 3 to 3 to 6 years 6 years of age. of We’ve age. We’ve got teachers got teachers from from the community, the community, trained trained to to develop develop their intellectual, their intellectual, physical, physical, and disciplinary and disciplinary skills.skills. Here, Here, children children acquire acquire skills skills that will that will later on later help on them help them develop develop in in school. school. AsideAside from from education, education, they they also receive also receive balanced balanced meals. meals. We also Wemake also make sure to sure involve to involve the the parents parents in their in children’s’ their children’s’ social,social, emotional emotional and affective and affective development. development.
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Through Through classical classical music, music, hundreds hundreds of children, of children, teens,teens, and adults and adults managed managed to prove to prove that itthat is it is possible possible to make to make the change the change from from apathy, apathy, to hope, to hope, to real toand real and tangible tangible opportunities. opportunities. We count We count with more with more than 7 than 7 musical musical ensembles, ensembles, among among whichwhich several several standstand out: out: •SIFAIS •SIFAIS Symphony Symphony Orchestra Orchestra •Camerata •Camerata •Balance •Balance (a rock (a band) rock band) All these All these groups groups have have been been our our representatives representatives in both in both national national and international and international stages. stages.
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Hundreds Hundreds of young of young people people fromfrom the the La Carpio La Carpio community community practice practice different different sports sports within within our our Cuevadeluz Cuevadeluz building. building. PlacePlace where where our volunteers our volunteers teachteach themthem the skills the skills and values and values that each that each sportsport represents. represents. Among Among the sports the sports disciplines disciplines taught taught at SIFAIS, at SIFAIS, we have: we have: Boxing Boxing JudoJudo Soccer Soccer Chess Chess Capoeira Capoeira
Thanks Thanks to the toefforts the efforts of the of the volunteers, volunteers, manymany of the ofyoung the young people people havehave participated participated in in National National Games, Games, won won gold,gold, silversilver and bronze and bronze medals. medals. TheyThey havehave eveneven represented represented the country the country abroad, abroad, suchsuch is theiscase the case of the ofyoung the young judoka judoka David David Domínguez, Domínguez, who who has has moremore than than 100 medals 100 medals and and recognitions recognitions thanks thanks to histodiscipline. his discipline.
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Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship project project wherewhere young young people people from from the community the community of La of Carpio La Carpio explore explore their their creativity creativity and motor and motor skills skills with the withgoal the of goal portraying of portraying their their art art on fabric. on fabric.
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