Job Training for Poor Mothers in Brazil

Summary

To help mothers generate income and to promote self-sufficiency by developing important professional skills.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,838 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Some mothers need social assistance, guidance, material and technical skills to make them competitive professionals. Once these mothers become professionals, they will be able to get into the formal job market and generate income. We will offer 160 vacancies for several courses: hairdressing, manicure, painting on material, sewing, and computer courses. This project is meant to last for one year.

Activities

To professionalize courses for 160 mothers. The courses include theoretical notions, demonstration, and on-the-job training. Acquisition of sewing equipment: machines, material for everyday use, and kits for the graduates.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $2,838

Funding Policy: partial

Funding Information

This 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 $2,838as of Jun 09 2004.  The original project funding goal was $34,232.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

To help bring mothers into the formal job market.

Project Message

I grew up amid poverty in a slum in Rio de Janeiro and saw no light at the end of the tunnel. Now, having to face my son’s disease, I see hope because of Renascer’s professionalizing project.
- Vera Cordeiro, CEO of Associacao Saude Crianca Renascer (ASCR)

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Vera Cordeiro,
CEO of Associacao Saude Crianca Renascer (ASCR)
Rua Jardim Botânico
414 Parque Lage-Jardim Botânic
Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22461-000
Brazil
55 21 2286 9988
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Associação Saúde Criança Renascer (ASCR)
Rua Jardim Botanico 86
Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22461-000
Brazil
55 21 2286-9988
http://www.criancarenascer.org.br

Learn more about Associação Saúde Criança Renascer (ASCR) and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Brazil and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Brazil, read the Human Development Report on Brazil or the Wikipedia entry for Brazil.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 01, 2003.