At 32 years old Vida Jovem which invests and
believes that young people are inexhaustible sources of knowledge and learning
and defends professional and cultural training as a form of investment in Human
Capital is following a successful path in its programs working with young people
from the favela of Heliópolis São João Clímaco Pq. Bristol Jr. Saint Savério
and Sacomã.
The Young Administrator Project contributes to the
personal and professional development of young people in situations of social
vulnerability by offering professional training courses in the administrative
area helping them to develop skills that expand their possibilities of
entering the job market and generating income. and participation in society in
addition to the ability to manage ones own life and to relate favoring
contact with others the world and with oneself.
With very interactive activities investing in practice
and problem solving in a playful and motivating way aiming at professional
qualification and increasing employability the project addresses basic themes
in the administrative area as well as customer service telephone service
oral and written communication financial education entrepreneurship
interview employment among other topics that prove necessary. In addition to
all psychosocial support through thematic workshops individual and family care
and home visits.
We seek to start from each persons repertoire
considering the connections with the various information they already have in
order to integrate these elements in the construction of new knowledge.
CULTURAL WORKSHOPS VIDA JOVEM 2024
Name: Associação Vida Jovem - Young Life Association
Established in: 1987
Where it operates: Heliópolis and surroundings considered the biggest slum area of the City of Sao Paulo in number of inhabitants - more than 100000.
What it does: Support to teenagers and their family members in situations of social vulnerability offering them complementary education and professional qualification for an ample social development.
How: Through projects of professional training and cultural development workshops which stimulate autonomy empowerment and youth protagonim.
Who participates: Teenagers and young adults from 14 to 21 years old and their families of surrounding areas and communities that live in social high vulnerability situation.
Reason to be proud: More than 50% of the teenagers graduated in its courses are integrated in the labor market - clear welcoming and close approach with teenagers and young adults promoting autonomy and juvenile protagonism human values and citizen attitudes as tools for the confrontation and prevention of violence and its ramifications such as the use and traffic of drugs domestic violence abandonment and criminality enabling them to use tools on behalf of knowledge and transformation of their own lives and the reality of their homes beaming light to their communities and throwing light over new possible ways of being and interaction with things and the world.
Partner of SG Institute since: 2011
To know more access: www.vidajovem.org
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