Montevideo

Montevideo’s Espacio Modelo reimagines the former market as an inclusive public park. This cultural and sports center fosters civic engagement and intergenerational interaction, offering everything from art workshops to inclusive sports to drive social transformation.

The Montevideo program seeks to improve the quality of life through municipal policies that promote physical activity, autonomy, social inclusion and citizen participation, addressing problems such as obesity and cardiovascular diseases.

The Peace Camp, started in 2004 by the Universal Forum of Cultures Foundation, promotes integration and debate in Montevideo. In 2006, Montevideo co-organized a camp, promoting coexistence and infrastructure for future events.

Young volunteers participate in activities with the aim of integrating disabled people into the daily life. Through their leading role in awareness processes, they act as multipliers of their knowledge and spread the perspective of inclusion.

The main goal of the Solís Theatre is to foster democratic accessibility of the citizenry to the enjoyment of the performing arts, spreading cultural capital in a more equitable fashion and boosting activities that help diminish the cognitive gap between different audiences.

A mobile unit, fully equipped to develop cooking courses, goes over different areas of Montevideo with the objective of fostering healthy eating habits among the citizens.

Neighbourhood residents are given training as multipliers of “curbing violence against the elderly”. The workshops present situations that some of the elderly are living through and invite the participants to reflect on this problem from the perspective of the rights of the elderly.

It is a free training course that provides tools to people interested in the issue of caregiving for the elderly, fostering the acquisition of learning based on theoretical knowledge and the sharing of experiences.