With this project, the environment is cleaned and entrepreneurs are supported! With a US$ 10 donation, we will recycle 2.2 pounds of plastics in the Rio de Janeiro Rocinha slum community. Just 220 pounds, or 100 kg, of recycled plastics will allow the support of 1 disenfranchised micro entrepreneur with environmental & entrepreneurial education, seed money & mentoring. Help us clean the environment while also helping disenfranchised entrepreneurs grow their businesses and increase their income.
More than 14 million tons of plastics end up in the ocean each year. Plastic pollution threatens food safety, human health, tourism and contributes to climate change. Rocinha community, where the project is located, generates 200t of trash daily. Disenfranchised entrepreneurs from this community lack environmental education and they lack support to grow their businesses, generate incomes and feed their families.
This project will recycle 10,000 kg of plastics from the Rocinha community and surroundings and will provide much needed support and environmental education to 100 disenfranchised entrepreneurs from the community. Our efforts will help clean the environment and provide entrepreneurial support and a better understanding of the environmental problem to disenfranchised populations. Our environmental and entrepreneurial education includes in-person and online lectures and videos.
A cleaner environment, healthier oceans and more environmental education is our long term goal. Our efforts will also allow 100 disenfranchised Rocinha entrepreneurs a chance to increase their income, grow their business and feed their families. Your donation has a double impact on our planet's environment and in providing environmental education & support to disenfranchised entrepreneurs to better their lives, all medium-long term impacts which should begin today.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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