By Marianella Vegas | Project leader
When we got there, we could feel the positive atmosphere, the music, and the children playing and running throughout the festive morning. A dream was coming true, one that was long awaited by the Jose Felix Ribas community, located in the largest slum in Latin America Petare Municipality,: The inauguration of the Community Center Petra Lopez.
After 3 months of planning, a group of volunteers from the CIMA Association, joined by community leaders, neighbors, and private organizations, built a space to benefit and be used by all children, youth, and adults in an area where the estimated habitants are 130.000. They invited SUPERATEC to join forces and open a new digital inclusion center, and start operations there.
In this initial phase, after training the coordinator and teachers, we aim to service 200 people during the last 3 months of 2015 through our Training Programs consisting of 120 hours of human development, technology and employment sessions, so they can later enroll in the Job Bank, to obtain their first job or, if they prefer, they can also obtain counseling to develop a small business. In this way participants are able to financially contribute with their homes or achieve economic independence.
Dayerli, one of the participants, could not hide her excitement to begin computer and music classes: “this is the first time it is offered here in Jose Felix, my mom and dad are going to let me be part of this.
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