El Agustino Educational Services
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| Abbreviation | SEA |
|---|---|
| Established | 1978 |
| Type | Empowerment of the poor |
| Headquarters | El Agustino, Lima, Peru |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 12°2′48.23″S 76°59′53.83″W / 12.0467306°S 76.9982861°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
Director | Guillen Ayala Cirilo Felix |
President | Garr Mattingly Thomas[1] |
Main organ | Boletín mucho ojo UnToke newsletter |
| Affiliations | Jesuit, Catholic |
Staff | 16[2] |
| Website | SEA Peru |
El Agustino Educational Services (SEA) (Servicios Educativos El Agustino) was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1978 in Lima, Peru, to work for more equitable social and economic development in the El Agustino district and in the larger capital area. It works to empower the poor to be their own instruments of change in society. Current areas of action include economic and environmental management, micro finance, solidarity, and the promotion of women and youth in the community.[3]
History[edit]
Land invasion by migrants from the countryside beginning in the 1940s led to the Agustino settlement along the Rímac River area in East Lima. On January 6, 1965, Law 15353 incorporated this densely populated area into the city.[4]
Jesuit work in El Agustino began with their founding of Virgin of Nazareth parish in 1968. By 1978 need for a more concerted effort at community building was realized. Early efforts of El Agustino Educational Services (SEA), after its founding in 1978, were neighborhood renewal and a soup kitchen, along with training and advising neighborhood boards on organization, house construction, and legal issues.[5]
After 1980 SEA continued its work in health and nutrition in the face of an economic crisis, and organized health teams, a popular dwellings program, and organizations for neighborhoods, for communications, and for youth.
From 1990 to 1995 SEA helped formulate the district’s Integral Development Plan and extended its work to Santa Anita District. During this period of free-market Fujimorism, SEA gave economic advice and assisted with neighborhood organizations, health, and food. Actions against violence and to foster peace continued.
In 1995 to 2000, SEA helped with the founding of pharmacies, of a bakery, and of other stores, and founded the Community Banks Microfinance Program. Communities were organized for the prevention of family violence. There were also infrastructure projects and advising for Environmental Networks and for the Youth Civic Committee.
After the centralized control of the Fujimori years, the years 2000 to 2008 saw decentralization and regionalization: new development plans, participatory budgeting, and citizen oversight. In 2002 the First Pact of Governance was signed in El Agustino, and extended to Ate and Santa Anita districts in 2006, promoted by District Initiative groups. SEA continued its help to networks for environmentalism and for the prevention of family violence, and its assistance for youth organizations, for microentrepreneurship, and for the formation of communal banks.[6]
The mayor of El Agustino made SEA a part of the "Driving Team for the preparation of the Local Economic Development Plan of El Agustino 2017 - 2021".[7][8]
A book was dedicated to the "remarkable women" of SEA, "the best of liberation theologians".[9]
Programs[edit]
SEA offers business training for youth between the ages of 18 and 29 under the title: Believe in you ... Create a Business.[citation needed] In 2012, 59 youth were trained and 40 business plans were approved for funding, involving 32 women and 16 men.[10] During youth week the mayor of El Agustino dialogues with the youth and receives their proposals which run the gamut from finishing Youth House to fighting sexual harassment, better care for pets, and respect for the autonomy of youth organizations.[11]
A successful bakery opened through SEA has been recognized as a model.[12] The popular dining centers opened with the assistance of SEA have been the subject of a book.[13]
In the 1980s SEA became a center of cultural activities:[5] the annual Agustirock;[citation needed] TAFOS workshops (giving cameras to local people to document life in the neighborhood);[14] FITEA (International Festival of Theater of El Agustino);[15] and Agustinazo.[citation needed]
SEA has been most notable for promoting women in the community. It has initiated or assisted with dozens of programs for women – nationally, in metropolitan Lima, and in the districts of Lima East, El Agustino, Santa Anita, Ate. Chaclacayo, and Chosica.[16] SEA was one of the agencies which produced a plan approved by the mayor in 2014 and seeking to achieve gender equality by 2018.[17] The Spanish NGO ALBOAN helps fund the efforts of SEA to eliminate inequities against women in the business sector.[18][19]
SEA has been recognized for its success in representing the district before the municipal[20] and local government,[21] and for coordinating efforts on issues like education in the district.[22] When he was in Peru for a meeting of Jesuit provincial superiors, the general superior of the Jesuits Fr. Arturo Sosa visited El Agustino and observed its many works.[23]
SEA conducts public forums on topics such as "Corruption and Citizen Surveillance"[24] and "Crisis of Social and Political Representation". It also runs popular fairs, as on disaster risk management.[25]
Between 1985 and 2016 SEA was also involved in promoting popular libraries in El Agustino and in helping form the Local Development Management Team, the Civic Collective of East Lima, and the Technical Team of the Participatory Budget of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima. It furnished the regional coordinator of the Poverty Reduction Round Table of Metropolitan Lima.[26]
A volunteer from Carleton College in the USA documented life in El Agustino.[27][28] The United Nations lists SEA among recommended sites for volunteers.[29]
SEA publishes books, as on the topic of Social Dialogue for Local Development[30] and Women Organized with a Vision of the Future: communal banks, an experience in the districts El Agustino and Santa Anita.[31] It also published interviews with 28 women who exercised leadership roles in El Agustino.[32]
Bibliography[edit]
- Cotera Fretel, Alfonso (2000). Diálogo social para el desarrollo local: una experiencia realizada en el distrito de El Agustino (in Spanish). Lima, Perú: Servicios Educativos El Agustino : Programa de Pequeñas Donaciones Auspiciado por el Banco Mundial. ISBN 9972833011 Search this book on
.. - Mendoza, Jesús Tovar (1996). Dinámica de las organizaciones sociales. Lima: Servicios Educativos El Agustino. Pp. 222. Código: 306.985 T77.[33]
- Servicios Educativos El Agustino (SEA). 1995.. Hablan los dirigentes vecinales. Entrevistas a 27 dirigentes de El Agustino. Lima: Servicios Educativos El Agustino.[34]
- ———. 1996. Hablan los dirigentes vecinales. Entrevistas a 27 dirigentes de El Agustino. Lima: Servicios Educativos El Agustino.[34]
References[edit]
- ↑ "SERVICIOS EDUCATIVOS EL AGUSTINO SEA". www.datosperu.org (in español). Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ↑ Staff. Retrieved 25 October, 2017.
- ↑ "Servicios Educativos El Agustino (SEA), Lima: un esfuerzo por levantar al actor popular | CPAL - Conferencia de Provinciales Jesuitas en América Latina". historico.cpalsj.org (in español). Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ "Redaccion Lamula". Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Galería: 50 años de El Agustino" (in español). Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ Peru, Sea Perú. "Sea Perú || Historia". www.seaperu.org. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ↑ "Autorizan inicio del Proceso de Elaboración del Plan de Desarrollo Económico Local del distrito de El Agustino 2017 - 2021-ORDENANZA-Nº 612-2016-MDEA" (in español). Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ↑ "Noticias". www.inmetconsultorias.com (in español). Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ S.J, Tom Powers (2003). Call of God, The: Women Doing Theology in Peru. SUNY Press. pp. ix. ISBN 9780791486566. Search this book on
- ↑ "el agustino archivos - Fundación Almenara". Fundación Almenara (in español). Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ User, Super. "INICIÓ LA SEMANA DE LA JUVENTUD EN EL AGUSTINO". mdea.gob.pe (in español). Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ El Impacto Potencial de la Difusion de Tecnologia Panificadora de Camote en Panaderias de Villa El Salvador (in español). International Potato Center. Search this book on
- ↑ Organización social y empresa : experiencia de las centrales de comedores populares de El Agustino y Santa Anita. Search this book on
- ↑ "Archivo Fotográfico TAFOS / PUCP". facultad.pucp.edu.pe. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ "VI Festival Internacional de Teatro de El Agustino FITEA PERU 2015 : Proyecto Iberescena : Noticias". www.iberescena.org. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ Peru, Sea Perú. "Sea Perú || Áreas de trabajo". www.seaperu.org. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ "MUJERES Y HOMBRES DE EL AGUSTINO SE BENEFICIARÁN CON PLAN LOCAL DE IGUALDAD DE GÉNERO 2014 – 2018 | Aspem Perù". www.aspemitalia.it. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ↑ "Alboan organiza la Carrera Solidaria por las Mujeres Valientes". Gasteiz Hoy (in español). 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ↑ EiTB. "Por las mujeres valientes". www.eitb.eus (in español). Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ↑ "Aprueban comisión para organizar a Lima en cuatro áreas | Lima Cómo Vamos". www.limacomovamos.org (in español). Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ Raúl, Sota Segovia, (2017-08-25). "Los pactos de gobernabilidad en el distrito de El Agustino. Una experiencia de democracia participativa".
- ↑ "DRELM y Municipalidad de El Agustino impulsan Proyecto Educativo Local - Dirección Regional de Educación de Lima Metropolitana". www.drelm.gob.pe (in español). Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ 2017, Imaginanet.com (2017-10-25). "El padre general Arturo Sosa visita El Agustino en Lima". www.sjloyola.org (in español). Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ↑ "Foro: Corrupción Y Vigilancia Ciudadana". allevents.in. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ↑ "Risk Management Fair". Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ↑ Usuario, Super. "Nuevo Director del SEA". jesuitas.pe (in español). Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ "Vale un Perú". Spanish. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ↑ "Promo: Área de Gestión Urabano-Ambiental - SEA". Vimeo. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ "Voluntarios de las Naciones Unidas - Perú". www.unv.org.pe. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ↑ Diálogo social para el desarrollo local. Search this book on
- ↑ Mujeres organizadas con visión de futuro : bancos comunales, una experiencia en los distritos El Agustino y Santa Anita. Search this book on
- ↑ Hablan las mujeres dirigentes: testimonios de 28 dirigentes de El Agustino (in español). Servicios Educativos El Agustino. 1996. Search this book on
- ↑ ".:::Biblioteca Nacional de la Juventud | Observatorio Juvenil :::". juventud.gob.pe. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Schönwälder, Gerd (2010-11-01). Linking Civil Society and the State: Urban Popular Movements, the Left, and Local Government in Peru, 1980-1992. Penn State Press. ISBN 0271046759. Search this book on
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