Our Mission

To provide high quality extra curricular activities to school children in Mexico who, for whatever reason, are unable to participate in after school clubs. We hope to broaden children's horizons through a wide range of artistic, musical, sporting and academic activities, and to encourage community involvement and life long learners.

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Graduation Ceremony 2010

June 22nd, 2010

Children’s University 2009/2010 closed last Tuesday with our annual graduation ceremony. All students came along to receive their certificate and gift from their teacher and to support their fellow students. There was also a raffle, with dozens of prizes donated by the project coordinators and families of Lancaster School. Some parents also received a certificate for the activities they have been involved in throughout the year.

We would like to congratulate all our students for their great achievements, and we look forward to seeing you in September.

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Children’s University Video

June 22nd, 2010

Check out our latest video and see some of the activities on offer at Children’s University.

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Children’s University Open Day

June 22nd, 2010

On March 23rd, Children’s University opened it’s gates to the local community. Children and parents came along for the afternoon to try out all the different activities that we offer. There was chess, cricket, football, taekwando, climbing and also a science experiment involving giant bubbles!

Children’s University open days are open to all the community. We want as many children as possible to exprience all the opportunities available to them through our project and to register as regular members. Information about our next open day in the new academic year will be coming soon.

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Patrons

These are some of the people here in Mexico that are supporting the project.

 ”La Universidad de los Niños” (Children’s University) is an altruistic international project initiated in Wales to create formative extracurricular opportunities for underprivileged children. Thanks to the drive and enthusiasm of Dave Jones and Sam Rowley and to the generous support of the community of the Lancaster School and to a small number of private benefactors this project has come to life in the community of Tlalcoligia in southern  district of Tlalpan in Mexico City. With this, the first project of “La Universidad de los Niños” in Latin America has been created. We trust that the success of this experience will translate into the creation of similar projects in Mexico and other countries in Latin America.

We invite you to support this project as benefactors or by donating materials or as teachers. Every child deserves to have access to opportunities for personal development; those of us who had that privilege in our childhood have the opportunity to create similar opportunities for less privileged. Become a part of this project and support “La Universidad de los Niños”.

Dr. Alejandro Zentella Dehesa (PhD)

(President of The Children’s University Mexico)

“The Children’s University is a fascinating project and, I believe, shows great potential in Mexico. It is exciting to see that through minimal additional investment we can do so much more for our future and our society. Giving children this opportunity will make a real difference in their, as well as Mexico’s, future. I am really confident that through this project, ‘The Children’s University’ will demonstrate that social projects can make a difference and help more children become better citizens with greater opportunities.”

Angelica Careaga

(Assistant Director of Education)

(The British Council Mexico)

“The Mendez Rubio family is really happy to be able to support ‘The Children’s University Mexico’. The project is fantastic for the children in the community. We believe that the project does an excellent job of providing with these children with learning opportunities that they would not normal have access to. We will be supporting the work for the long term. Good job!”

The Mendez Rubio Family.

“The Children’s University is a great opportunity for our children to continue learning, broadening their horizons and preparing themselves to face the challenges that life brings. The best thing about this program is that this learning is done through exciting activities that stimulate their creativity. Activities that the children enjoy, like sports and artistic projects.”

Nora Toledano Cadena,

(Open Water swimmer)

(World Swimming Hall of Fame member)

“During my life I have noticed the athletes that represent their country in an honourable way are those that are the product of a balanced education that includes knowledge, recreation and relaxation.When you have this balance you create community spirit. For this, and many other reasons I believe in The Children’s University. I am proud to be associated with an organisation that is giving future generations the opportunity to have better life chances and to grow up to be balanced.”

Patricia Guerra Menendez

(Open Water swimmer)