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Brazil: Fostering employability of vulnerable youth

Economic, social  development & support

Brazil: Fostering employability of vulnerable youth

A continum from 'Building a future for 100 youth in São Paulo'

  • Status

    Ongoing

  • Location Brazil

Since 2017, Arca de Noe has led a professional training center for young people >15y providing free courses recognized by Brazilian certifying body (SENAI) in the food area, logistics, sales & self-entrepreneurship. Arca expansion in 2021 has allowed to enroll 105 students (67% girls/women), so goal is now to capitalize on best practices: 1/ Reinforce employability skills, in particular soft & digital 2/ Continue mentoring program 3/ Develop social inclusion network 4/ Support self-entrepreneurs through incubator helping youth who have followed the entrepreneurship program. A competition will be organized to select 3 most promising start-ups.

Learn more about the previous project: 'Building a future for 100 youth in São Paulo'

NGO : Associaçao Arca de Noe de Apoio Social / SENAI

  • Promoter

    Ana Caiasso - LAM Communication Director, Sao Paulo

  • Initiate date • Duration

    06.09.2022 • 12 months