Telecommunications Center for Youth Initiative
Support education in Peru
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.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $8,305 was raised for this project. |
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More Information About this Project
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
Organization
Asociación Civil Pro Niño Intimo
Av. Newton 7277 Urbanización Sol de Oro
Lima,
Lima
39
Peru
0051-1-5486736
Asociación Civil Pro Niño Intimo's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
 Community Playroom |
 Communal Radio for the Young People of Chincha |
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 6, 2009.
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
Take a look at our students using the new computers.
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