The Social Leadership program has been crafted by professionals and is grounded in years of community education experience. Combining traditional leadership training with introspective learning – participants develop self awareness and recognize how their personal beliefs and behaviors contribute to their leadership capacity. Participants will leave this program feeling energized, empowered and inspired to work towards social change.
Leadership and Service Experiences
Social Leadership @ Entreamigos
A transformational leadership experience
Custom crafted experiences -just for you!
Social Leadership
We believe that the world needs more leaders who inspire us to care for our communities, our environment and ourselves. Social leadership helps students identify the qualities of great leaders and helps develop important abilities like presence, authenticity, compassion, creativity and courage. Most importantly social leadership emphasizes the responsibility of leadership by example. We know too that great leaders are experts at getting things done and the social leadership program includes skill building in teamwork, communication, project success, goal setting, public speaking and motivation. /p]
Service Learning
Community service and service based learning are one of the most effective methods to build empathy, compassion, and commitment in our students and in our communities. Hands-on service based authentic learning opportunities abound naturally at Entreamigos and are part of the foundation and the fabric of all that we do. Opportunities for service learning are easily discovered in our library, technology center, gardens, eco-playground, recycling center and production workshops as well as in our partnerships with local public schools, community organizations and environmental groups. In San Pancho you can save the turtles, protect the jaguar, read books with kids and recycle anything into something new!
Sustainable futures
Living sustainably means that we never take more than we can give back but imagine what the world would look like if we always gave back more than we took? Sustainability is about how we choose to give and receive not only in our environment, but in our families and with ourselves. Students visiting Entreamigos are introduced to everyday actions that help build sustainable and even abundant futures. They learn about recycling and upcycling, about systems thinking and the ways that our everyday lives can be filled with choices that protect our environment and enrich our relationships and our communities.
The weekend and week long experiences include:
- School fees
- Backpack
- Uniform
- Shoes
- Unlimited school supplies
- Transportation assistance
- Tutoring
- Special assistance as needed
Learn more about the Social Leadership Experience
Learn more about how you or your school can participate in the Social Leadership workshops and week long experiences at Entreamigos.
What is Social Leadership?
Today, “leadership” is a catchphrase for all kinds of skills development programs. As a culture we tout the benefits of teaching leadership to our youth knowing that it will benefit their futures… But are we asking ourselves what futures we want for our youth and what kind of leaders we hope they become? Social Leadership strives not only to build leaders, but leaders who inspire us to care for our communities and the world.
A few words from our graduates…
Rafael Silva
Academia Naval
“Look at me – I am a captain! Life doesn’t get any better!”
Christian Alvarez
Tourism
“The Scholarship program is what motivated me to study and to become more professional in the way I approach life. The help of every mentor in this program enlarged my vision about life and taught me to be a person who is driven to help others as so many helped me. Thank you.”
Ramón Ponce
Public Accounting
“When I finished High School I couldn’t afford to go to the University and so I became a construction worker. Then, I had the opportunity of a scholarship from Entreamigos and decided to study to become an accountant. When I graduated, I was able to work in my field. My whole panorama of life and work has changed and I am so grateful to have had this opportunity.”
Yuliana Tovar
Education
“For me the Scholarship program parted the waters of the path that my life was taking and gave me the opportunity to learn about my capabilities and to grow both in my work and in my life.”
Isis Rodriguez
Education
“Everyday when I was a child, I would go to Entreamigos. It was a very small place and we worked under a tree in the street but there was so much to do. When I left high school my father told me that we couldn’t afford college and I was very sad. But then I received a scholarship from Entreamigos and I was so happy because I knew that someday I would be a great teacher. Now I work as a teacher at a private school and my dreams have come true.”
Moises Vazquez
Business
“To be in the Scholarship program at Entreamigos has been the blessing that I needed, the paddle in my raft to reach the goal that I have always wanted – to have a University Degree!”
Entreamigos Commitment
Entreamigos is committed to helping every child through school. Children involved in the Scholarship program are held accountable for attending school regularly and getting good grades. Kids with greater challenges have access to all services and individual help to develop the skills necessary to succeed.
Sponsors of students will receive updates about their sponsored child and will be invited to attend Scholarship family events. Many donors request to meet the children that they sponsor and form special relationships with them. We assist in facilitating these meetings.
The Entreamigos Scholarship program began with one child in 2006. Today we have more than 90 children receiving full scholarships. Donor support is critical to this program.
Support a Scholarship Student Today!
Give the gift of education! It is in your power to make a difference in the life of a child, a family and a community.
Annual sponsorships are $600usd/year for elementary to high school.
University sponsorship are $2500usd/year.
Annual sponsorships are $600usd/year for elementary to high school.
University sponsorship are $2500usd/year.