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Article

28 Feb 2014

Author:
Odebrecht Informa

The energy of self-esteem [Brazil]

…Settlers of Boa Esperança Rural Village grew and sold vegetables in small fairs when they were sought by Odebrecht Infrastructure...[which]…was interested in buying much of the harvest and in structuring a cooperative so that farmers could qualify the production...a partnership with Sebrae allowed the creation of Coopervila…the Project Qualificação Ação Integrada offers professional training, study and employment for workers in conditions analogous to slavery. A partnership between the Ministry of Labour…, the Federal University of Mato Grosso…and Odebrecht Engineering, the initiative rescued…[in 2013]…27 people who lived in these conditions. Students have been splitting between bricklayer and welder courses…After completing the training, 22 of them are already working in the...[Teles Pires]...hydroelectric construction works...The initiative…has awakened the recognition of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which has sent representatives to Cuiabá to learn about the project…