FUTURE PROJECTS
Right Protection and leadership training
for at-risk children and youth through art and vocational education.
(Currently submitted to CIDA for project consideration)
Partner: CEPROMIN in Cerro Rico, Potosi
This project works with youth and children who work
in the mines of the Cerro Rico or who are at-risk of entering this
type of work. Working in mines is dangerous, has very negative health
consequences, is low paying and keeps children and youth out of
school. The project offers vocational training in a number of skills
to support the development of small business and alternative employment
for children and youth. It also provides micro-credit loans for
30 youth to develop small enterprises and scholarships to 30 young
women to pursue technical higher education, in order to address
the fact that a very small number of girls in Potosi enter higher
education. Human rights and leadership training is also provided
to ensure that children and youth and the broader community are
aware of the potentials of young people to contribute to development
and change, building a stronger economy and breaking the dependency
on mining.
Beneficiaries: 210 children and youth who work in
mines or who are at-risk of working in them will benefit directly
from vocational training and human rights workshops. There will
be 10,000+ indirect beneficiaries from the communities of Cerro
Rico.
This project will be a partnership
with Change for Children partners in Nicaragua
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