€20,000
Young people in difficulties
2024-2025
Young people in difficulties
Brazil
A vocational integration scheme for vulnerable young people in Sao Paulo.
The association supports and promotes education and training initiatives for teenagers and adults facing hardship and poverty in the Vila Prudente favela via 2 centres. The aim of the project supported by the Air France Foundation is to facilitate the professional integration of young people aged between 15 and 25. Every semester, all students receiving technical training are enrolled in the “employability programme”. Self-confidence coaching sessions, vocational tests, interviews with psychologists, skills identification and personal development workshops, CV and interview workshops, digital skills acquisition and follow-up by a social worker are organized and implemented. Students also take courses in “behaviour/knowledge of the world of work”. Feedback shows that joining Arca do Crescer helps young people, especially girls (75% of beneficiaries), become more independent.