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Latin America
Mexico
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In 2007 AWO International started a program for juvenile violence prevention in cooperation with local partner organizations in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. In 2008 El Salvador was integrated in the program, the project activity in Nicaragua started in January 2009 In Mexico the project is carried out in the three federal states Chiapas and Tabasco by the partner organization “Iniciativas para la Identidad y la Inclusión” (INICIA) in cooperation with different youth groups and networks. |
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Building-up / Strengthening of cooperative Federations, modernization of the cooperative system, strengthening of savings and credit coop-eratives. Legal advice (Cooperative Law), training of members, qualified staff and management. Building-up of a national deposit guarantee fund. Reorganisation, habilitation, transformation and mergers of local coops of the sector. EDP early-warning system “Alerta Temprana”. National and international seminars (IT, banking supervision and audit, venture capital centres, cooperative central institutes, protection sys-tems, money laundering, payment systems, dual training system, techniques and methods of planning, support, monitoring, evaluation and implementation of projects; Fight against poverty in Sierra Norte de Puebla |
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Alphabetisation, nutrition covering, income generating measures, work with disabled, further education for women, production of honey, environmental protection, ecological farming, health education, ICT and new media, counselling of cooperatives, financial management, juridical counselling |
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By the social care of children and adolescents, through community and district centers and by offering workshops on health care, political and cultural activities the social structures are being changed positively. It is an important goal to shape persons in such a way that they take on responsibility for themselves, their fellow men and the environment. In Mexico-City the national organization of the Mexican Kolping Society not only has its headquarters, but it also runs a center for citizens with a Rock Café and a library, where language courses, mentoring in the afternoon and rooms for the self-help groups are being offered. |
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