By Andrea Teran | Partnerships and Fundraising Director
We closed 2017 with positive results in our Youth Employability Program! After a year of hard work, supporting vulnerable youth from public high schools strengthen their competences to enter the formal job market we said goodbye to 2017 with the satisfaction of having a positive impact in more than 1218 high school students throughout the country.
A total of 83 interships, more than 30 company visits, and over 30 scholarships for technical education where delivered during 2017. During the months of december and january the high schools were closed for summer vacations. The well deserved holidays for our students allowed Fundación Acción Joven`s project coordinators to take advantage of the time off from the high schools to focus in the strategic planning to continue stregthening the program during 2018. We reviewed the workshops, made adjustments, extracted lessons learned and planned for the 2018 school year.
Additionally, January was a month for establishing partnerships to stregthen our network of allies that collaborate with the Youth Employability Program. We articulated new opportunities for our future participants by welcoming new partners to the network of companies that open their doors to recieve company visits and interns from our programs.
Classes started on February 8th, and the high schools welcomed back their students with great joy. The cycle of employability workshops will start again in April. The Program will once again be implemented in all of the high schools (17) and ommunities where FAJ is implementing its projects and programs.
We are very exited to strat this new school year, and continur with our commitment to generate hig quality opportunities for vulnerable youth in Costa Rica.
Your generosity has allowed us to continue strengthening the program, opening new alternatives of advancement for costarican youth, and supporting our organization in its goal to lead the way in the construction of a more equal and inclusive society.
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