UNICEF Race opens its doors to go racing with a charity goal

Here comes the beginning of the lessons and in Buenos Aires also comes the official start of the street races. And how could it be otherwise, it all starts with a classic: the 14th edition of #UNICEF Race for education. Under the slogan “Unite so more girls and boys across the country can learn,” thousands of runners will start at 8pm. Sunday 19 March from Figueroa Alcorta and Dorrego, in the woods of Palermo.

So that no one is excluded from this test of solidarity, there will be two types of route: a competitive one of 10 kilometers and a participatory one of 2. Registrations are made in www.carreraunicef.org.ar. The value is 5,600 pesos until February 21st. Then the cost will rise to 6,900 until seats are exhausted. Monthly UNICEF donors will enjoy a special discount and a 0km Chevrolet Joy will be raffled off among all paying members.

As always, the runners of the 10K circuit must upload the valid medical certificate. The kits can be collected from 7 to 18 March at the Club de Corredores (Av. Monroe 916), from Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 18:00, and on Saturday 11 and 18 March, from 8:30 to 14:00: 00.

The #CarreraUNICEF is an emblematic solidarity event in Argentina that has added thousands of runners and donors since 2008 with the aim of guaranteeing the education of girls and boys throughout the country. This year will be conducting Julian WeichGoodwill Ambassador, and the journalist Sofia Martinez.

A quality education is essential for girls and boys to reach their full potential. However, in Argentina there are great inequalities in the learning achieved by students. At primary level, Aprender 2021 test results report declining performance in language and mathematics. While in secondary school, 43% of adolescents in the last year do not reach the basic level in Mathematics and 19% in Language (Ministry of Education of the Nation, 2020). For their part, one 19-year-old out of two of the most vulnerable sectors does not finish high school.

To ensure that all girls and boys have access to a quality education, proceeds from #CarreraUNICEF, in which clarion is a platinum sponsor, will be awarded to two educational initiatives Developed by UNICEF in the country: Rural High Schools Mediated by Technologies (SRTIC), which seeks to ensure the right to education of thousands of adolescents living in rural areas through the use of various technologies; and PLANEA, Nuova Scuola per Adolescenti, which seeks to transform secondary education through the development of innovative ways of teaching and learning that guarantee conditions of well-being for students and teachers.

“In Argentina, approximately 93,000 adolescents in rural areas have no access to secondary education, of which 65,000 are from dispersed rural settings,” said Cora Steinberg, UNICEF Argentina Education Specialist. In 2023, UNICEF will work to promote the expansion of the SRTIC initiative in the provinces of Chaco, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán, through technical assistance, support and teacher team strengthening.

For its part, PLANEA is currently implemented in 194 schools and reaches more than 40,000 students and 3,200 teachers in the provinces of Chaco, Córdoba and Tucumán.