Job Training for Poor Mothers in Brazil
SummaryTo help mothers generate income and to promote self-sufficiency by developing important professional skills.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,838 was raised for this project. Other Projects Run By Associação Saúde Criança Renascer (ASCR) That You Can Help
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Received $2,838 from 31 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Some mothers need social assistance, guidance, material and technical skills to make them competitive professionals. Once these mothers become professionals, they will be able to get into the formal job market and generate income. We will offer 160 vacancies for several courses: hairdressing, manicure, painting on material, sewing, and computer courses. This project is meant to last for one year.
Activities
To professionalize courses for 160 mothers. The courses include theoretical notions, demonstration, and on-the-job training. Acquisition of sewing equipment: machines, material for everyday use, and kits for the graduates.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,838
Funding Policy: partial
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 $2,838 as of Jun 9, 2004. The original project funding goal was $34,232.
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
To help bring mothers into the formal job market.
Project Message
I grew up amid poverty in a slum in Rio de Janeiro and saw no light at the end of the tunnel. Now, having to face my son’s disease, I see hope because of Renascer’s professionalizing project.
- Vera Cordeiro, CEO of Associacao Saude Crianca Renascer (ASCR)
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Vera Cordeiro
CEO of Associacao Saude Crianca Renascer (ASCR)
Rua Jardim Botânico
414 Parque Lage-Jardim Botânic
Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22461-000
Brazil
55 21 2286 9988
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Associação Saúde Criança Renascer (ASCR)
Rua Jardim Botanico 86
Rio de Janeiro,
RJ
22461-000
Brazil
55 21 2286-9988
http://www.criancarenascer.org.br
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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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 1, 2003
