Telecommunications Center for Youth Initiative

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Summary

Building a telecommunications center with 20 computers, which have Internet access, will allow young people and children to learn computer science and apply it to their schoolwork. progress reportread updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $8,305 was raised for this project.

Received $8,305 from 11 donations from people like:

Eli
Carol
(Anon.)

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Young people from 15 to 30 years old work in the most marginal areas of this country carrying out marketable activities. In many cases, they start up micro-enterprises, which specialize in crafts, painting, plumber services, house and computer repairs. These are young people who have the training and the practical experience to carry out these activities and start up a micro-enterprise or a self-employed business.

Activities

Create environment where youths have access to tools and the training needed to be successful in business: word-processing; Excel; the Internet; web-page design; IP telecommunications; and workshops/training programs on radio techniques.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $8,305

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 $8,305.  The original project funding goal was $55,973.

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

Creation of a permanent center for children and adolescents to learn computation and computer science; a network of four Centers of Telecommunications for Youthful Initiatives; and enabling 300 enterprising young people in each zone of work.

Project Message

"We bet by the inclusion so that the excluded ones can bet by the life"
- Sara Diestro Cabanillas, Executive Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sara Diestro Cabanillas,
Projects Director
Av. Newton 7277 Urbanización Sol de Oro.
Lima, Lima 39
Peru
0051-1-5486736
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Asociación Civil Pro Niño Intimo Logo Asociación Civil Pro Niño Intimo
Av. Newton 7277 Urbanización Sol de Oro
Lima, Lima 39
Peru
0051-1-5486736

Learn more about Asociación Civil Pro Niño Intimo and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

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

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

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 10, 2006.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 30, 2004.

Latest Update from the Field

New computers for our students!

By Sara Diestro Cabanillas - , November 10, 2006 10:14 AM

Thanks to an alliance with Hewlett Packard we were given 5 computers, a printer and five licenses of Windows XP. Thanks GlobalGiving and donors for your help!

Take a look at our students using the new computers.


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