he project entails the following two activities:

ARTISAN COURSE and SOCIAL MICRO-ENTERPRISE – «GERA Negócio»

This project is the first phase of a larger intervention which aims to favor the development of local commerce by providing the possibility of professional employment to youths in the community of the Valéria favela. The objective, through income generation and awareness raising, is to improve the quality of life of the population, promoting family and social relationships and fighting the big violence and unemployment problems. Specifically, the intention is to give technical skills and the basic principles of micro–enterprise to some of the young people in the community so that they may autonomously produce their own products.

The project will conclude with a feasibility study on the possibility of starting a small cooperative. A pilot project will allow an evaluation of the possibility of starting a cooperative for the product distribution on the local market and in the fair trade sphere.