Youth Venture Brazil

Summary

This project provides seed grants for young people as well as online support, workshops and gatherings, to help young people develop their projects in order to adress social changes.

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	$50 - can allow 1 team representative to participate in a regional integration workshop
	$100 - Can provide transportation and accomodation for 2 team memers to particicpate in a panel workshop
	$500 - Can sponsor a thematic collabaration between different youth teams
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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In Brazil millions of young people are not working or studying. 57% of Brazilian youth believe they can change the world, but only 22% of them actually do some social work in their neighborhood or community. 85% of Brazilian youth do not have any type of direct participation in their community. Youth is seen as vulnerable, dangerous and frequently is a subject of repression. YV supports young people to generate solutions to social problems, by helping them lead and launch their own venture.

Activities

YV supports youth by helping them address social issues in their communities. Youth form teams and create sustainable action plans that must be approved by a panel. Then, they receive seed money and technical support to start their Venture Team.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,000
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $9,000
Total Funding Goal: $10,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

YV is dramatically increasing the proportion of changemakers in the world by effectively reaching youth and providing them the opportunity to see their own potential, develop skills, creating an 'everyone a changemaker world'.

Project Message

“The critical factor for success of any human grouping - be it a company or a country - will be the proportion of changemakers it has to develop new ideas, take initiative and lead.”
- Bill Drayton, Founder and CEO of Ashoka and Youth Venture

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Olivia Martin,
Youth Venture Country Director
Rua Alves Guimarães
715 Pinheiros
Sao Paolo, CEP:05410-001
Brazil
(+55) 11-3085-9190
Email:

Project Sponsor

Youth Venture Inc

Organization

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
1700 North Moore Street, Suite 2000
Arlington, VA 22209
United States
703-527-8300
http://www.ashoka.org

Learn more about Ashoka: Innovators for the Public and the project team.

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public's Current Projects on GlobalGiving

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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

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 09, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 09, 2008.

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