At Estancia Los Potreros, we’re incredibly proud to be part of the ‘Pack for a Purpose’ initiative. Supporting our community and responsible tourism is an ever-growing part of our core ethos and more so in the current global situation.
For many years we have had a relationship with our local rural school “Gregoria Matorras”, which is located on the edge of the estancia. It is attended by the children of the gauchos and farm workers who work for us as well as many other families from the surrounding area. The main way we support the school is through gifts in kind, which we organise through financial donations from our guests as well as through their generosity at bringing out many supplies and gifts for the school.
The donations help the school massively as across Argentina the smaller rural areas often get a lot less government attention and miss out on financial donations, making our support all the more vital to their longterm future.
Our collaboration with “Pack for a Purpose” helps us to maximise the impact we are able to have in our local area. By operating a small shop on the estancia, we donate all the income and financial donations directly towards the school's projects. Examples of this include supplying them with their first computer, a printer as well as larger projects such a solar panel, most recently we have provided a new cooker.
We often receive donations of clothing and shoes from guests who are finishing their travels, and this is something which is always appreciated by our local staff and for their families.
Where possible we ride down to the local school and take donations directly to the children and these visits usually involve a game of football in the playground.
While we ask for stationary, footballs, children’s games, we gratefully receive any donations from our guests. For an up to date list of what items we are collecting click here.
