ABOUT AFOS

AFOS Foundation (Assistance for the Fortification of Social Organizations) is a non profit, non religious, non political organization founded in 2007. Since then it has worked in the social sector of Córdoba, collaborating non stop with different social local NGOs. Up to now it has received more than 250 foreign volunteers and interns.

Values, vision, mission y objectives:

The values on which AFOS Foundation rests and fosters its work are social commitment, sense of belonging, transparency, self initiative, independence, coherence of thought and action, democratic decisions and teamwork.

The vision of AFOS Foundation is that the organizations committed to improve the quality of life of the vulnerable socio-economic sectors of Córdoba City can count on the necessary tools to achieve their mission efficiently and sustainably.

The mission of AFOS Foundation is to be a strengthening resource for these organizations, supporting and stimulating stimulating their own developed strategies to fulfill their missions and aims.

The main objective of AFOS foundation is to generate initiatives, activities, and tools that contribute to strengthening these organizations, by means of recruiting local and foreign volunteers/interns.

The specific objectives of AFOS Foundation are:
• To establish a relation of mutual collaboration with the social organizations of Córdoba.
• To develop a structure of local and foreign volunteers/interns in order to carry out our mission.
• To generate social commitment in the volunteers/interns, not only in regards to their own work in the organizations of Cordoba, but also in developing countries in general.
• To achieve continuity in the strengthening activities by means of continuously recruiting volunteers/interns.
• To teach Spanish to foreign volunteers/interns who need it and to achieve a complete integration with their work in AFOS.
 • To create internship and volunteer programs in Universities abroad in order to have a continuous flow of volunteers and interns.

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