Provide Job Training to Teens in Argentina

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Summary

The project Pescar is a network of Educational Centers that operate in different companies providing labor-training to teenagers with a low-income status. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Pescar is a network of Educational Centers that operates in different companies. These Centers provide a labor-training course where teenagers, with a low-income status, receive professional and personalized education in order to include them in society and facilitate their entry into the labor market. Pescar’s goal is to promote complete personal development of its students, encouraging them to acquire new habits, attitudes, and exercise their citizenship.

Activities

Through our pedagogic activities we provide teenagers the possibility to make good use of their free time and avoid alcohol, drugs or crime. Also, the program provides to the benefiaciary the possibility of a job in a local company.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $125
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $5,875
Total Funding Goal: $6,000

Additional Documentation

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

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Pescar will give to the students the opportunity to learn skills and abilities to develop a profession in the different sectors of industry. With these training, students with a low income, are able to work in different and important industries.

Project Message

WITH your donation you will help a Student with lack of oportunities to get the skills and habilities to find a job and at the same time finish his or her school
- Silvia Uranga, President of Pescar Foundation

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Silvia Uranga,
President of Pescar Foundation
(54 11) 4313 2701
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires AAA 1123
Argentina
(54 11) 4313 2701
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Project Sponsor

Asociacion Conciencia / Fundacion Desarrollar

Organization

Asociación Conciencia Logo Asociación Conciencia
Santa Fe 1821 1*
Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1123AAA
Argentina
+541-4-815-1507
http://www.conciencia.org

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Where this Project is Located

Country

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

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

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 05, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 31, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Anual Report

By CONBECA - Project Coordinator, August 05, 2008 07:04 PM

This document contains the anual report of the project with photographs.
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