By Maria Luisa Pulido | Trust for the Americas
The Trust for the Americas supports young people from vulnerable communities, to overcome obstacles by teaching courses in professional and technological skills and offering guidance for new economic opportunities. Your support has helped us reach young people in Brazil through our Social Franchise POETA (Partnership for Economic Opportunities through Technology in the Americas).
POETA is a regional initiative that promotes digital literacy, life skills and job readiness to advance economic opportunities for vulnerable groups, particularly at-risk youth, women and people with disabilities. At its core, POETA aims to bridge the inequality gap in the region through a multidisciplinary approach that helps participants develop life plans, start or strengthen social and economic ventures, secure a job, internship or further education opportunities. To this end, POETA operates through a network of technology centers, which are spaces equipped with computers, adapted technologies and learning materials.
Abrhão, 25, is a young man from Curitiba with a congenital hearing disability. He completed high school and wanted to study business administration. He joined the POETA center because he was seeking for an employment opportunity in the administrative sector without success. Abrhão attended courses in computer science, Excel, and accounting, showing great interest and proactivity. Thanks to his participation in the center he is now pursuing his dreams and professional goals. He got an employment opportunity in a University center as an administrative assistant. As an employee, he was awarded a scholarship, which allowed him to pursue administration studies. Abrhão intends to finish his program and then pursue also graduate studies.
With your support, we help youth like Abrhão, who otherwise wouldn’t have easy access to technology and its benefits. People with disabilities and/or economic and social barriers are mostly underrepresented in the fields related to technology. We kindly encourage you to keep donating so that young entrepreneurs like him can access more opportunities.
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