From Poverty to Self-Sufficiency in Colombia
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesThe high unemployment rate (15.8%) in Cali, Colombia drastically affects poor Afro-Colombian women living in the Aguablanca (Cali’s poorest and most excluded area). These women, the beneficiaries of our project, are unemployed, earn less than US$1 a day from informal tasks, and are discriminated against for their black ethnicity. We aim to create small associated enterprises that generate income and receive training and business knowledge from the formal business sector. ActivitiesTo create a network of Solidary Popular Enterprises & to introduce them to the formal business sector as strategic partners, and to provide SPEs with administrative, financial & technological aid through a Shared Services Unit. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $420 Funding Policy: partial Funding InformationThis project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available. Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $420as of Jun 09 2004. The original project funding goal was $32,780. Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf). Why this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactTo democratize business knowledge through a Bank of Talent Donors, which transfers knowledge from the formal business sector to SPEs. To create a Systemic Model of solutions to unemployment/poverty problems. Project Message
As a business entrepreneur, I decided to put my skills to the service of the poorest and most unemployed communities of Colombia, by helping them create their own competitive enterprises. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Francisco Duque, Project SponsorAshoka Innovators for the Public Organization
Learn more about Colombia en Marcha Foundation (CMF) and the project team. Where this Project is LocatedCountry
This project is located in For more information about Colombia, read the Human Development Report on Colombia or the Wikipedia entry for Colombia. When this Project was UpdatedDate Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 27, 2003. How Else You Can Help |
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