AMANAY

Amanay is a non-profit youth organization that works for the improvement of social and territorial development in the Canary Islands, Spain. The association was born from the cooperation of 6 youth workers whose vision is to improve the territory through participatory and formative actions with the aim of increasing the quality of life of people. We increase the active participation of people with high socioeconomic vulnerability with society to improve the possibilities of development. The activities carried out by the organization are focused on non-formal education and cooperativism in environmental and social matters; creativity, intercultural dialogue, European values, research and democracy, working to improve the quality of life of people, especially those with fewer economic resources. Amanay has an interdisciplinary group of professionals trained in social branches that encourage the participation of people with high socioeconomic vulnerabilities in social projects that broade.
This is the first year that Asociación para la Cooperación al Desarrollo e Inclusión Social Amanay will develop projects within the Erasmus+ program. Our team has extensive experience in the implementation and participation in various Erasmus KA1, KA2 and European Solidarity Corps projects. Through the participation of Amanay Association in this European program, the organization will have the opportunity to contact other organizations that cooperate and pursue objectives to improve society. Amanay will also develop European projects that it will coordinate this year. Amanay has an interdisciplinary group of professionals trained in social branches that encourage the participation of people with high socioeconomic vulnerabilities in social projects that broaden the formative and non-formative knowledge (entrepreneurship, creative and pedagogical). The basis of development of our society is in the cooperation of all and that is why, through Erasmus+ projects, we also encourage the party.
Asociación para la Cooperación al Desarrollo e Inclusión Social Amanay consists of 6 board members, 43 members and about 180 young people to whom we give coverage with the different projects and actions. The workers and members of Asociación para la Cooperación al Desarrollo e Inclusión Social Amanay have participated hand in hand with other organizations in Erasmus+ projects. - To train young people in culture, entrepreneurship, environment, healthy living habits, employability, job orientation, gender equality, people's rights, leisure, cooperativism and other educational activities that improve society. As Amanay, we usually work with young people. High school graduates, university students, working and non-working young people. Disadvantaged young people are our top priority, socially economically disadvantaged, socially excluded, ethnically different, unemployed, etc.