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Faraja Project - Santiago, Chile
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Faraja Chile is a vocational training school for disadvantaged men and women with
particular attention given to those with physical disabilities. Although Chile
is a country that is rapidly developing, there continues to be a huge stigma
against people with handicaps in the workplace. We have developed relationships
with several manufacturing companies in the Santiago area who want to begin employing
disabled workers. The mission of the school will include:
- Developing training programs for specific jobs for companies we have relations with
- Offer supplementary education in business and entrepreneurial skills for advancement in the companies they work for or for future independent business development
- Provide spiritual development and mentoring
We believe that Chile is at a point where the U.S. was several decades ago in
recognizing the social benefits of integrating the disabled fully into the workplace.
Our students will allow companies with that vision to be a model for others in Chile
and then hopefully in greater Latin America to follow. We hope to create a new group
of future leaders for the community.
Current Needs:
- Specialized wheelchairs designed for the workplace: 12 @ $500
- Scholarships for students: 12 @ $1500/yr
- Salary for part-time administrator: 1 @ $750/month
- Used bus to modify for transportation of students 1 @ $20,000
- We hope to be able to rent a facility where the students can live during their training and apprenticeship, hopefully within a year. We anticipate a need to train a minimum of 50 students per year by the end of 2006 so as those plans evolve we will have some more extensive needs.
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