Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico

A microproject by Mundo de Talentos A.C.
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico
Vocational guidance for youth in rural area Mexico

Summary

This project will offer vocational guidance to fourty, first and second year, high school students in the village Teopisca in the Highlands of Chiapas. We are convinced that role models inspire! Therefore we will invite passionate professionals who are originally from rural areas. Their life experiences will motivate students to continue studying, to choose a career that suits them and to get a better understanding of how to orient themselves on their future possibilities.

$1,295
total raised
4
donors
0
monthly donors
2
years

Challenge

In Mexico, every day, 1,800 students drop out of high schools, most of them in the first year. Out of every 10 students who enter college, only two end up with a degree. 4 million Mexican children and adolescents do not participate in the educational system. Around 7 million young people in Mexico are unemployed and receive no education at all. Taking this context into account, the State of Chiapas ranks last in Mexico in terms of school attendance for girls and boys from 6 to 14 years old.

Solution

Mundo de Talentos provides free vocational guidance for 40 students between 13 and 16 years, through a one year program on Saturdays. Passionate professionals share their work experience with the students and invite them to engage in group exercises and excursions. The project aims to strengthen students self-esteem and improves their sense of belonging in society by discovering their own talents. The program covers 6 modules including architecture, arts, agriculture and law, among many others.

Long-Term Impact

The potential long-term impact aimed for by this project includes three aspects of the students development: better future prospects, improved self-awareness, and a feeling of more connectedness with society. Mundo de Talentos aims to reach these three goals by connecting a program of academic and artistic subjects with the enhancement of socioemotional skills of youth. This way the project motivates them to become responsible and strong actors of society who are prepared for their own futures.

Additional Documentation

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

Resources

Organization Information

Mundo de Talentos A.C.

Location: San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas - Mexico
Website:
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Project Leader:
Laura Baas
San Cristobal de Las Casas , Chiapas Mexico

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