Women in Ecuador Learn Microfinance and IT Skills
SummaryCDI-Ecuador provides IT education to underserved populations and offers services specifically to indigenous women in rural and urban areas to strengthen their skill sets and roles in their community. |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
CDI-Ecuador, part of the NGO the Center for Digital Inclusion, operates 41 centers which provide IT access and education in impoverished and under-served areas across the country. Women from indigenous populations are not only poor, but they also face discrimination based on gender and ethnicity. We provide specialized technical and entrepreneurial training for them to use these tools to develop a micro-business, earn income, use technology, help their community and transform their lives.
Activities
CDI Community Centers are technology and learning spaces that partner with existing grassroots organizations in the area. We will provide specialized IT, micro-enterprise, and social engagement training in 3 centers that work with indigenous women.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $309
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $16,910
Total Funding Goal: $17,220
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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
By being armed with the tools to fulfill their dreams, these women will learn to trust in themselves and to be active participants in their communities. They will be able to integrate into their communities as citizens without losing their identity
Project Message
At first they are followed or forbidden to return - their husbands don’t believe they are taking courses. But most, like Mariana Quispe, will finish with the knowledge that she can achieve her goals
- El Universo Journal (03/2008), El Universo Journal
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Christine Clauser
Executive Director
Juan de Ascaray E3-53 y 10 de Agosto
Quito, 02-2970002
Ecuador
5932-2256206/5
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Center for Digital Inclusion
Rua Alice 150 Laranjeiras
Rio de Janeiro,
RJ
22.241-020
Brazil
55 (21) 3235-9450
http://www.cdi.org.br http://centerfordigitalinclusion.wordpress.com/
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Where this Project is Located
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This project is located in 
Ecuador
and can also be found under 
Economic Development.
For more information about Ecuador, read the Human Development Report on Ecuador or the Wikipedia entry for Ecuador.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 8, 2009
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