Vulnerable young people: Job and life skills

Dear donors,

As you may know the crisis in Argentina, induced  the social organizations to develop creativenes and resilience. Since September, we have been working in further and deep changes to the already approved and already financed project to work with young people, in order to adapt  it to the new economic and political scenario.

We are happy to announce that we are now expecting the final aproval for this new version of the project in which we aim to train in subjetictive and profesional training to a group of 60 youngsters. This program will have specific partnerships with govern, unions and private sector. We will be working as well with work insertion experts that will provide mentorship during the application process that each youngster will go through at the end of the training phase.

We are thrilled that despite the complex context from Fundación Oportunidad, we were able to find a way to provide vulnerable young people to the resources that will expand their vital oportunities.

We will be back soon with more infomations and details.

Thanks!!!

FOP Team

Dear donors,

We are happy to share good news with you. We have just started with the planning and agenda of three open community activities, specially designed for young people. We will be working  in III OPEN SPACE, with more than 300 youngsters, who are willing to think and share their views and desires on youth work inclusion. 

These activities will take place in alliance with public secondary schools, sport clubs and social field organizations. With the support of the Goverment of Buenos Aires and the Dirección de Fortalecimiento para las organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil  we are now in the process of setting the dates for these activities.

What is an Open Space? 

THE ONLY LAW: THAT OF THE TWO FEET

If at any time you feel that you are not learning or contributing  anything, use your two feet. Go to another meeting where you

can learn or contribute. No one should be in a meeting that they consider boring, only people who are genuinely interested in the topic should attend a meeting.

The 4 principles:

1. Any person who appears at a meeting is the right person.

2. What happens here will be the only thing that could happen. Be aware of what is happening now, and not what could happen

3. Any time you start is the appropriate time.

4. When [the meeting] is over, it's over. It encourages participants not to waste time and, on the contrary, to change to another topic when a discussion ceases to be fruitful for them.

We are thrilled to be just to start these new activities with this new creative methodology. We will be sharing news soon with the results!

Many thanks!

FOP TEAM

Andrea Hellemeyer

Executive Director

Fundación Oportunidad