June 13, 2024

Spaces for Entrepreneurs

Location

Puerto Plata
Monsignor Nouel
Cotuí
Santo Domingo

Participants

538 young EPE beneficiaries, beneficiaries from the sectors: Santo Domingo N.D., Cotuí, Villa Blanca, Puerto Plata.

Funding Sources

United States Government
Generadora San Felipe
Pueblo Viejo Gold Corp
Cigar Family Charitable Foundation

The Spaces for Entrepreneurship Program is aimed at adolescents between 14 and 17 years old facing risk factors. With the purpose of encouraging study, it is nourished by the Quantum Learning methodology so that students improve their academic performance, develop leadership and management skills, and recognize study as a source of personal growth with a view to entering the job market in the future or creating their own micro-enterprise in accordance with legal requirements.
They are based on equality, as these young people are equal to others who have had better opportunities and deserve a quality education. They are founded on the right to learn and motivate processes towards the construction of learning communities, where the goal is to raise awareness towards a quality education based on good practices of coexistence, attendance, and pedagogy.

Achievements

155 women trained in different technical areas.

22 microloans granted to women.

14 women entered the labor market.

200 boys and girls at the EPC.

400 educational talks focused on raising awareness among families of children at the EPC about: STD-HIV/AIDS prevention, malaria prevention, cholera prevention, domestic violence prevention, gender-based violence, hygiene and health, correct condom use, among others. A total of over 5,800 participants.