{"id":2423,"date":"2018-08-28T12:32:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T12:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/en\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2018-10-18T12:51:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T12:51:08","slug":"usaid-acdi-voca-and-the-empower-foundation-visit-the-rumbo-joven-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/en\/news\/usaid-acdi-voca-and-the-empower-foundation-visit-the-rumbo-joven-program\/","title":{"rendered":"USAId, ACDI\/VOCA and the EMpower Foundation visit the &#8220;Rumbo Joven&#8221; Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>\u201cRumbo Joven\u201d is a program that seeks to increase the opportunities for formal employment for youths between the ages of 18 and 30 years old residents of marginalized areas of the city of Cali. This is achieved through training sessions, orientation and support in the consolidation of the participants\u2019 life goals and helping them find proper placements in local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2427\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2427\" class=\" wp-image-2427\" src=\"https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG7257-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG7257-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG7257-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG7257.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right:<br \/>Patricia Rosales Espan\u0303a, Director of the \u201cSomos Paci\u0301fico Cultural Tecnocenter\u201d (Tecnocentro Cultural Somos Paci\u0301fico), Giovanna Campagna, member of the Alvaralice Foundation Board, Mar\u00eda Eugenia Garce\u0301s, President of the AlvarAlice Foundation, Patricia Hunter, Assistant Director of The USAID Office for Reconciliation and Inclusion, Andre\u0301s Palau, Executive Director of the AlvarAlice Foundation, June Beittel, US Congress Foreign Affairs Analyst for Latin America, Ricardo Amaya, Director of ACDI\/VOCA, Flavio Jose\u0301 Carabali\u0301 Regional Senior Specialist Valle del Cauca Alliance for Reconciliation Program (PAR) and Julieta Arboleda, Deputy-Director of the AlvarAlice Foundation.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>On August 27th, Patricia Hunter, Assistant Director of the USAID Office for Reconciliation and Inclusion, Ricardo Amaya, Director of ACDI\/VOCA, and June Beittel, US Congress Foreign Affairs Analyst for Latin America, visited the employability program \u201cRumbo Joven\u201d. During their visit current program participants shared their experiences about their training process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2426 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG7173-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG7173-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG7173-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG7173-388x260.jpg 388w, https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/IMG7173.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The following day, Caitlin Mitchell, officer of the EMpower Foundation, visited a different group of students of the same program, in a different neighborhood of Cali. EMpower became a donor to this program in January of this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2443 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/EMpower-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/EMpower-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/EMpower-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/EMpower-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/EMpower.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>During her visit, Ms. Mitchell met with six \u201cRumbo Joven\u201d graduates currently participating in a joint internship program between the Exito Supermarket Chain and El SENA (a technical training Colombian governmental program) to train as cashiers. They have signed training contracts with SENA and receive between 60% and 70% of Colombia&#8217;s monthly minimum salary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2444 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Empower2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Empower2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Empower2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Empower2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/alvaralice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Empower2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>In May of this year, Kevin Haggerty, Financial Director for ACDI\/VOCA, an economic development organization that works with USAID resources, visited \u201cRumbo Joven\u201d. He said that that this program could be described with one word: \u201dHAPPINESS\u201d. And explained that \u201cpeople leave happy with themselves, and with good prospects of finding jobs and peacefully co-exist with others\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EqcZN9CX-M8&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \u201cRumbo Joven\u201d is a program that seeks to increase the opportunities for formal employment for youths between the ages of 18 and 30 years old residents of marginalized areas of the city of Cali. 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