(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) Thais Sousa
São Paulo – Aiming to offer free training and give opportunities to young people in social risk, the project Fazedores de Café exists since 2014. Last year, for the first time ever, its creators decided to accept refugee students. 'It is very important social problem that we saw in Brazil. Directing these people coming from abroad and looking for a job. We can welcome them and positively influence their lives. The course is very helpful boosting their self-esteem. That happened with me. The idea is always helping someone in social risk. Other classes were composed by students from poor neighborhoods or on community service,' the project coordinator Paulo Gabriel Maciel da Silva told in interview to ANBA.
Now coordinating the project, he was a student of the first class trained by Fazedores de Café. The project is conceived and developed by Sofá Café – chain of coffeehouses from São Paulo. The classes for refugees started in October 2018 and will continue until April this year. The project rate of employment is 90%. To enter the course, students go through a pre-selection in partner NGOs. The students in the current class include one from Syria, one from Mali and one from Congo, in addition to two Brazilians. This diverse class learns about the coffee world inside the Sofá Café facility in Pinheiros, São Paulo.
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