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Aires Nuevos is the largest citizen air quality network for early childhood in Latin America. It was developed as a program to reduce young children's exposure to air pollution, bringing together local governments, universities, and communities. Created by Fundación Horizonte Ciudadano in partnership with the Centro de Acción Climática PUCV of Chile, and with support of CIFF and Bernard van Leer Foundation.
Independencia Antu
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Providencia PUCV CEA
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Penalolen Cristo
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Quilmes Pampa
Quilmes, Argentina
L. Corina Urbina, SF
San Felipe, Chile
Bogota - JI La Manuelita
Bogotá, Colombia
Renca Gorostiaga
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Monterrey CENDI5 DL
Monterrey, México
Rio Bangu
Río de Janeiro, Brasil
Monterrey CENDI3 JM
Gral. Escobedo, México
Coyhaique AikenYemel
Coyhaique, Chile
Villa Las Margaritas
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Lo B Los Manzanos
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Lo B El Tranque
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Penalolen Ichuac
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Coronel Primer Paso
Coronel, Chile
Lo B Centro Lector
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Mendoza Plaza
Ciudad de Mendoza, Argentina
Mendoza Girasoles
Ciudad de Mendoza, Argentina
Quilmes La Florida
Quilmes, Argentina
Coronel Playa Negra
Coronel, Chile
Quilpue Arcoiris
Quilpué, Chile
Villa Alemana Robles
Villa Alemana, Chile
Bogota Ciudad Bogota
Bogotá, Colombia
Penalolen Estrellita
Santiago de Chile, Chile
San Nicolas CENDI12
San Nicolás de los Garza, México
La Calera Municipio
Quillota, Chile
Aires Nuevos - Veracruz, Bosques Capistrano
Nindiri, Nicaragua
Jardin Jaraquemada El Bosque
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Casablanca Papelu
Valparaíso, Chile
Municipalidad Catemu
Llaillay, Chile
Placilla Lo Moscoso
Placilla, Chile
JI Pequenos Pintores
Quillota, Chile
Margarita Catemu
Llaillay, Chile
JI Explo. del Maipo
San Antonio, Chile
SOS Pachacamac-Lima
Pachacamac, Peru
Duendes de Calicanto
La Ligua, Chile
Placilla V Pioneros
Valparaíso, Chile
Rafaela Boschetto
Rafaela, Argentina
Placilla GotitaAmor
Placilla, Chile
Monterrey CENDI4 GV
Monterrey, México
M Leiva, Putaendo
San Felipe, Chile
Quilmes Estrellita
Quilmes, Argentina
Escuela F. San Miguel, SJM
San Gabriel, Chile
Escuela El Rincon
Puchuncavi, Chile
Gral Pico Rebeca
General Pico, Argentina
Sao Paulo Marcia
São Paulo, Brasil
Bogota - JI Santa Marta
Bogotá, Colombia
The Aires Nuevos program is a multi-stakeholder collaborative effort based on air quality governance that includes local governments, communities, and universities, who share their knowledge and expertise to make air quality not only a subject to measure pollutants' concentrations, but also to act to reduce exposure.
Installing IQAir air quality sensors in places with high concentration of children, like preschools or community centers, is the first step of the program, which then moves on to community integration. By monitoring real-time data on air quality, the hyperlocal measurements increase environmental awareness among the local population as well as among students and teachers.
Eight cities in the network have received training from Aires Nuevos, and they are working to implement local air pollution reduction actions. Lima, Peru, is one of these cities that serves as an example of a comprehensive program-related chapter. Six urban interventions have been made in children's spaces over the past two years to enhance the surroundings and reduce their exposure to air pollution.
The program has developed a toolkit in Spanish for protecting children from exposure to air pollution. Schools will likely experience an improvement in air quality if municipalities and communities support these efforts to improve the environment around schools.