Tuesday, March 21 / 1p.m. And 19:30 hs./ Faculty Polytechnic UNA – El Granel (J.de Salazar 372)
On Tuesday, March 21 will be given on two occasions, at 13:00 at the UNA Polytechnic and at 19:30 in El Granel, the talk “Mentoring: the power to change a life” by the American Matt Ziegenhorn, Whose visit to the country is thanks to the YLAI (Youth Leadership Initiative for Latin America) exchange program launched by the White House in 2016. Matt Ziegenhorn is director of events and marketing for MINDDRIVE – a social and educational organization in Kansas City that teaches Youth through mentoring, building electric cars, among other things.
About the YLAI-US and Paraguay Inverse Exchange Program of Professional Fellows
In 2016 El Cántaro BioEscuela Popular, in the person of Gustavo Díaz, general coordinator, was selected to participate in the YLAI exchange program, along with four other young Paraguayans. This program, which lasted more than a month in 21 cities in the United States, offered opportunities to 250 entrepreneurial leaders with a social vision throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. During his stay in the US, Gustavo Díaz (PY) was selected to participate in the professional exchange in the city of Kansas City, in the organization MINDDRIVE.
Among the 250 participants in the YLAI program, 40 of the host mentors (USA) who received the young trainees were selected to participate in the YLAI Reverse Exchange Program. This program consists of implementing a collaborative project with the YLAI fellowship community and thus broadening its impact. It is so for two weeks, Matt Ziegenhorn will be working together with the team of El Cántaro (PY), a mentoring program that will launch on March 25 at 9 am in the BioEscuela Popular de Aregua.
More information at: El Cántaro knows MINDDRIVE
During your stay in the country Ziegenhorn will carry out the following activities, with free entry and open to all those interested in knowing and learning about a mentoring program:
Tuesday, March 21 / 1:00 pm. Martin T. McMahon’s American Corner Room (Library of the Polytechnic Faculty, UNA).
Informative talk “Mentorazgo: The Power to Change a Life”
In charge of Matt Ziegenhorn – Director of MINDDRIVE (Kansas City, USA) – an organization that employs Mentoring and Project Education to empower young people whose main project is the manufacture of electric cars. Aimed at: students, teachers, graduates, professionals, retirees, volunteers or anyone in the community who want to contribute and learn about the Mentoring Program. Organized by El Cántaro – BioEscuela Popular in conjunction with the United States Embassy, Thomas Edison American Corner
Tuesday, March 21 / 19:30 hs./ The Bulk (Juan de Salazar 372 almost Artigas) (Juan de Salazar 372 almost Artigas)
Informational talk “Mentoring: The Power to Change a Life” – Chatting with the experts
In charge of Matt Ziegenhorn – Director of MINDDRIVE (Kansas City, USA). Aimed at: students, teachers, graduates, professionals, retirees, volunteers or anyone in the community who want to contribute and learn about the Mentoring Program. Organized by: El Cántaro – BioScuela Popular in conjunction with the United States Embassy and – State Alumni Paraguay (SAP).
About MINDDRIVE (USA) and El Cántaro BioScuela Popular (Paraguay)
MINDDRIVE aims to “inspire high school youth to learn through mentoring and project-based learning to broaden their vision of the future and to be a positive influence on the community.” One of MINDDRIVE is that they offer young people the opportunity to learn to design and build, in the company of mentors, fully electric and functional cars.
CANTARO is a social enterprise that uses art, education and community values as a means of transforming society. For 9 years it has created a place to offer opportunities for free access to cultural practices through art and sharing, generating a social impact on children, youth and adults of Areguá.
About the Benefits of Mentoring
Mentoring occurs when people in the community provide their knowledge, skills and experiences to train other people. What a mentor gives is his talent, advice, guidance or direction. In the case of MINDDRIVE, the mentor not only provides his / her experience, but also serves as a psychosocial support for these vulnerable youth and as an adult partner or model to follow. In addition, mentoring could be a strategy that generates benefits both to companies and social organizations, both mentors as well as young people forming
