Centro Espigas is an educational center located in Puntas de Manga, in the north west area of
Montevideo. Most of the people who attend to the center come from nearby neighbourhoods,
but many others come from a long way, because in this area many rural establishments are
located.
Through Retonio Foundation, Baroness Nina Von Maltzahn chose this area to develop a
project, in order to provide attention to educational needs of vulnerable children.
From a previous experience with El Hornero educational centre in 2002, Centro Espigas opened
in 2005 with a CAIF (children up to 3 years old) and a Club de Niños (with children from 4 to 12
years old, (who come before or after school shifts). Both programs work in agreement with
INAU.
After a reestructure of previous projects, in 2015 Proyecto Simiente was born, to support
primary school students of fifth and sixth degree. Innovative, it was created to develop
children´s capabilities and to bring them better opportunities into their educational life. Since
2016, these students have absolute priority accessing to Liceo Espigas.
Moreover, Centro Espigas offers a balanced nutritional menú, that includes breakfasts, lunches
and snacks. Many of the fruit and vegetables used at Espigas come from own production,
which ensure a healthy and tasty diet. In addition, we offer primary health care through the
services of Urgenterap medical assistance. 499 children are directly benefited through our
center, and other 850 indirectly.
For each Project Centro Espigas has team of professionals specialized in education, social
sciences and recreation workshops,who work with responsability and commitment. Looking
for continuous improvement and growing, our proposals are constantly evaluated. Our
priority are always our children.

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