Training Uruguayan Women for Equitable Development

Summary

The project trains rural Uruguayan women to lead competitive microenterprises.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

1,800 rural women, grouped into 80 production groups within the Uruguayan Rural Women's Association, will benefit from the project. Including children and families, over 2000 people will benefit. Families affected generally live below the poverty line without basic education, have few personal development possibilities, and are isolated.

Activities

Provide business training in organizational identity and belonging, production, management, and marketing.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Funding Policy: partial (Retired)

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

The project focuses on strengthening skills of 80 groups of women producers, to make their products competitive and widely marketable.

Project Message

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- Dr. Salvador Garcia Pintos, Uruguayan Rural Women's Association

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Dr. Salvador Garcia Pintos,
Uruguayan Rural Women's Association
Brito Foresti 3029/902
Montevideo, Montevideo CP 11800
Uruguay
(598 2) 2090735
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Uruguayan Rural Women's Association - AMRU Logo Uruguayan Rural Women's Association - AMRU
AMRU
Brito Foresti 3029/902
Montevideo, Montevideo CP 11800
Uruguay
(598 2) 2090735
http://www.lanzadera.com/amru

Learn more about Uruguayan Rural Women's Association - AMRU and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Uruguay and can also be found under Economic Development.

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

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 30, 2003.