Brazil
Economic Development
Entrepreneurial skills development program
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesWork opportunities are few due to chronic poverty and automation of the remaining work places. Target population does not meet employment criteria because of little formal education, computer illiteracy and lack of job skills. A culture of dependency and powerlessness is prevalent. They are young adults, male and female, over 14 years old, including persons with disabilities who scored high in the Participation Scale (measures social participation restrictions according to WHO ICF 2001). ActivitiesThe Entrepreneurial Training Program is composed of three main activities that build personal skills among participants to become financially independent. Funding InformationThis project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations. Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term Impactincrease in the employment of clients; increase in micro businesses; increase in HDIndex; Decrease in social participation restriction Project Message
After I became disabled I noticed how hard it is for those without the ability to work in the mainstream of the workforce. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Zoica Bakirtzief, Project SponsorAshoka Innovators for the Public Organization
Learn more about SORRI SOROCABA and the project team. Where this Project is LocatedCountry
This project is located in For more information about Brazil, read the Human Development Report on Brazil or the Wikipedia entry for Brazil. When this Project was UpdatedDate Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 27, 2004. How Else You Can Help |
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