Guanajuato, Gto., April 22, 2016.- The project "UG Mentors", conceived by students from Campus Guanajuato, puts closer science, art and environment care to children from 4th, 5th, and 6th grades that, through workshops and ludic activities, discover their possibilities and talents.

On April, the third, annual edition of the project will take place, in that time, it has grown in participation of both mentors and children and today; they work with six schools in the city, with more than 30 children and students from Campus Guanajuato and the Laboratory of Mobile Robotics from the Division of Engineering, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca.

Karla Yadira Romero Sandoval, student of the degree in Education from the Division of Social Sciences and Human Studies and one of the responsible for the project, revealed that it was created by students from DCEA and "Fundación RI" three years ago, but today, some scholars have joined, external people and even graduates as well, besides, this semester they have the participation of practically all the divisions from Campus Guanajuato, all volunteers.

Mentors work with children from Monday to Friday in the afternoons. They have four themes in this edition: the first week is science and technology; the second is environment; the third is history, art and culture, and they'll conclude with the topic of nutrition and health.

The children make experiments in every theme, for example, they lit light bulbs connected with fruits, made ice cream and planted trees; and in the topic of history and art, will have a workshop of prehispanic seals in the "Alhóndiga de Granaditas".

Romero Sandoval precise that is not about continuing school, because the activities are recreational, talents are detected and contribute in inhibiting the school desertion because for the little ones, the mentor is a role model, because if they could go to college, they could too.

The journeys are completely free and are funded with sponsors, for example, for the workshop last Saturday, the Division of Engineering from Campus Irapuato-Salamanca offered a laboratory of Robotics in "Foro Inundación".

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The responsible of the project are: Karla Yadira Romero Sandoval, student of the degree in Education from the Division of Social Sciences and Human Studies; Regina Mercado Calderón, student of the degree in Law from the Division of Law, Politics and Government; Jessica Durán Rojas and Christian Emmanuel Pérez Gutiérrez, students from the degree in Industrial Relations, Division of Economic and Administrative Sciences.

The schools where the participant children study are: "Maestro Justo Sierra", "Luis González Obregón", "Moisés Sáenz", "Ignacio Allende" (Púquero); "22 de Abril" & "Aquiles Serdán".

The organizing team is formed by students, graduates and teachers from: degrees in Education and Philosophy from the Division of Social Sciences and Human Studies, degree in Economy, Public Accountant, Industrial Relations, Master in Administration; from the Division of Economic and Administrative Sciences; degree in Chemical Engineering from the Division of Natural and Exact Sciences; degrees in Law and Political Science from the Division of Law, Politics and Government.

Likewise, teachers from HS Guanajuato; from the degree in Graphic Design (graduate); from the Division of Architecture, Art and Design and the degree in Educative Intervention in the "Universidad Pedagógica Nacional" Unit 111.

The young mentors are students from the degrees in education, philosophy, history, economy, public accountant, industrial relations, tourist resource management, quality and productivity management; in psychology, chemical engineering, in law, political science, graphic design, architecture, environmental engineering and middle school education from the "Escuela Normal Superior de Guanajuato".