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Argentina: An Exile Destination for Syrians Escaping the Conflict

Argentina: An Exile Destination for Syrians Escaping the Conflict

The conflict currently raging in Syria has produced a massive number of refugees. Many Syrians with family ties to Argentina have decided to come to the country escaping the civil war. Lina Soualem reports.

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Project of the Week: Paz Paz Bus

Project of the Week: Paz Paz Bus

IdeaMe is an online platform, which helps creators, be they inventors, artists, or designers, among others, to finance their projects through crowd funding. The Indy features and promotes one project every week, with the aim of helping the creators finance and achieve their dreams. This week: Paz Paz Bus.

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Sala Alberdi: Defending Public Art to the End

Sala Alberdi: Defending Public Art to the End

Cultural space Sala Alberdi has been taken over in protest since 2010. However the conflict, a symbol of the struggle against the privatisation of culture, has intensified this year. Aigul Safiullina reports.

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Planting ‘Seeds of Knowledge’: Child Hunger and The Huerta Niño Foundation

Planting ‘Seeds of Knowledge’: Child Hunger and The Huerta Niño Foundation

As part of The Indy’s new campaign to support local NGOs, Mariel Matze reports on Fundación Huerta Niño, an organisation that tackles child malnutrition by developing community-gardens in rural schools.

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Project of the Week: EduCienciaVirtual

Project of the Week: EduCienciaVirtual

IdeaMe is an online platform, which helps creators, be they inventors, artists, or designers, among others, to finance their projects through crowd funding. The Indy features and promotes one project every week, with the aim of helping the creators finance and achieve their dreams. This week: EduCienciaVirtual.

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Project of the Week: Oro Verde

Project of the Week: Oro Verde

IdeaMe is an online platform, which helps creators, be they inventors, artists, or designers, among others, to finance their projects through crowd funding. The Indy features and promotes one project every week, with the aim of helping the creators finance and achieve their dreams. This week: Oro Verde.

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Project of the Week: Patrimonio Natural

Project of the Week: Patrimonio Natural

IdeaMe is an online platform, which helps creators, be they inventors, artists, or designers, among others, to finance their projects through crowd funding. The Indy features and promotes one project every week, with the aim of helping the creators finance and achieve their dreams. This week: Patrimonio Natural.

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Project of the Week: Nicolecta

Project of the Week: Nicolecta

IdeaMe is an online platform, which helps creators, be they inventors, artists, or designers, among others, to finance their projects through crowd funding. The Indy features and promotes one project every week, with the aim of helping the creators finance and achieve their dreams. This week: Nicolecta.

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Inside Looking Out: Argentina’s Gated Community Generation

Inside Looking Out: Argentina’s Gated Community Generation

Twenty-eight teenagers will graduate from Cardenal Pironio school in Nordelta this year, the first class to have completed their entire education inside a gated community. Sociologist Soledad Vega reports.

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Project of the Week: Proyecta America

Project of the Week: Proyecta America

IdeaMe is an online platform, which helps creators, be they inventors, artists, or designers, among others, to finance their projects through crowd funding. The Indy features and promotes one project every week, with the aim of helping the creators finance and achieve their dreams. This week: Proyecta America.

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