Youth Venture Mexico (Avancemos)

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Summary

Avancemos helps young people to lead a positive social change. We inspire and provide them with the proper tools so they can create and launch their own ventures in benefit of their communities. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In Mexico, 30 percent of the population is under 29; 4 million young people are unemployed or not studying and 1.5 million emigrate every year, looking for better opportunities. Their opinions and their needs are rarely heard. Avancemos provides young people with the opportunity to become changemakers and address themselves the social challenges of their communities. We work with young people from different backgrounds, from rural to urban areas, including indigenous communities.

Activities

Avancemos supports young people in the design of a sustainable action plan of their social change idea. They present it to other social changemakers and receive advises, support and funding to launch their Venture Team.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $218
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $64,782
Total Funding Goal: $65,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

YV is dramatically increasing the proportion of changemakers in the world by effectively reaching youth and providing them the opportunity to see their own potential, develop skills, and be taken seriously, creating an everyone

Project Message

Avancemos has helped me to realize what I’m able to do, how powerful I’m to change what I don’t like and create a better world for everybody.
- José Mora, Beneficiary, Venturer

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sagrario Hernandez,
Country Director
13
Tula Street
Mexico City, Mexico 06140
Mexico
5252562820
Email:

Project Sponsor

Youth Venture Inc

Organization

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
1700 North Moore Street, Suite 2000
Arlington, VA 22209
United States
703-527-8300
http://www.ashoka.org

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Mexico and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Mexico, read the Human Development Report on Mexico or the Wikipedia entry for Mexico.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 13, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 20, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Launching of 20 Ventures in Mexico City

By Sagrario Hernandez - Country Director, August 13, 2008 04:51 PM

On July 12th, we had the first panel in Mexico City. 20 ventures presented their projects in 5 thematic tables: Environment, Community and Education, HIV-AIDS, Alternative Media and Economic Development . The panel was integrated by specialists coming from international organisms as UN, Government (Mexican Youth Institute), Foundations (Axtel and Pfizer), Ashoka Fellows, NGO´s and Enterprises (Televisa). One of the most emotive moment was when two young changemakers from the past generation presented the ceremony reading a poem and saying inspiring words to welcome the new changemakers.
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