Brazil Programa Para O Futuro Project or Department:dot-ORG
Programa para o Futuro is a pilot employability and training project for disadvantaged youth in Recife, Brazil funded by USAID/Brazil. The following 5 NGOs are partnering to implement this project: Academy for Educational Development (AED), Washington, D.C.; Casa de Passagem, Recife, Pernambuco; CDI-PE, Recife, Pernambuco; LTNet-Brasil, Brasilia, Brazil; and Porto Digital, Recife, Brazil. This 18-month pilot project started in November, 2002 and includes three main phases: A six-month planning period for curriculum development, training-of-trainers, establishing the training facility, selecting participating youth, orchestrating partnerships with government agencies, NGOs and private sector companies; An eight-month training period where two groups of 25 disadvantage youth will engage in hands-on information technology (IT) training integrated with supplemental math, Portuguese and English education, targeted employability training and an on-line e-mentoring activity; and A four-month guided internship program where youth will gain their first formal employment and practice and enhance their IT and work place skills
Core funding for the DOT-COM Alliance is provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture & Trade, Office of Infrastructure and Engineering (EGAT/OI&E), Office of Education (EGAT/ED), and Office of Women in Development (EGAT/WID), under the terms of Award numbers: GDG-A-00-01-00009-00, dot-GOV; GDG-A-00-01-00014-00, dot-ORG; GDG-A-00-01-00011-00, dot-EDU.
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