JA Annual Report [2011-2012]

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LEONARDO MARTELLOTTODirector of [email protected] Phone: +54 9 351 3028466

PAULA PASTOR FLORESRegional Project [email protected] Phone: +54 9 351 3909688

LINDA RIMERPresident & CEO Asia Pacific and the Americas [email protected]: 210.651.3366


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ANNUAL REPORTJULY 2011 TO JUNE 2012



CONTENTSRichard Hartzell´s letter / JA Americas Chairman ...................................................................................................................

What is JA Americas? .......................................................................................................................................................

AEMA: An example of commitment and dedication .............................................................................................................

Women for Development: When Women Undertake .............................................................................................................

Climate Entrepeneurs: In pursuit of a developed and sustainable region ............................................................................

CIBC: A fundamental step for the Caribbean region ............................................................................................................

JA Americas COY Colombia: One winner, many favored .......................................................................................................

JA + Mastercard: Educating smart consumers ..................................................................................................................

USAID: JA Program for the Eastern Caribbean Region ............................ ...............................................................................

BID : When the future is in the young ....................................................................................................................................

Baxter: Our bet with a great result .........................................................................................................................................

Regional Indexes ...........................................................................................................................................................

JA Brazil: “We take care of the youth´s future” .......................................................................................................................

JA Americas Impact Map ..................................................................................................................................................

Metlife : And the winner is... ............................................................................................................................................

Jamaica - Caribbean Summit: Aligning our vision ...................................................................................................................

Mirelia: An example of learning, action and contagion .......................................................................................................

JA Americas Staff Recognition ..............................................................................................................................................

Upcoming Project: Scotiabank / Bright future...............................................................................................................

Upcoming Project: General Electric / Values that are foundations .........................................................................................

Timeline: The most important events of the region .........................................................................................................

JA Americas Programms ........................................................................................................................................................

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Richard HartzellJA Americas Chairman

Dear JA Americas Friends,Looking back on the accomplishments of JA Americas in the 2011-2012

fiscal year, it is with great pleasure we share with you the results of this annual report. JA Worldwide isan organization that is worthy of admiration, due to its unwavering commitment to helping youth de-velop skills not typically taught in schools. Their unique approach allows volunteers from the communityto deliver a solid curriculum while sharing their experiences with students - and this model has provento be successful through and through.

Turning to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC,) which by many - if not most definitions - is a resilientregion; there is a distinct promise for the future and a myriad of opportunities to uncover, in terms ofeducation. Economies around the world are suffering and although the LAC region will surely continueto prosper as the developing region that it is, now more than ever before the Organization is committedto staying focused on its charter of developing the future of this region - our youth - so that the futureremains as bright as it is today. The youth in LAC represents significant current and future value, andthey have the potential to be a driving force behind the growth of current and future economies.

Accompanied by a technological skill set that is admirable, this savvy generation will surely not disap-point and this future promise is what continues to make Junior Achievement so successful. From aprivate sector perspective, it is in our best interest to ensure that these children continue to gain theknowledge and subsequently, the power, to change, evolve and grow. The success of JA is also ingreat part thanks to the continued support of valued partners such as Baxter, CIBC First CaribbeanBank, Citi Foundation, HSBC, Scotiabank, and USAID among others – whose dedicated and abundantcontributions are the backbone the Organizations’ achievements.

As it stands, JA touches over 10 million students around the world in 110 countries and it is the largestorganization of its kind in the region. The curriculum brought to students by Junior Achievement throughthe community, private sector volunteers and of course, the in-market chapters; is and has alwaysbeen a perfect complement to existing educational platforms. It is pertinent that this enriching contentcontinues to reach more and more children each year and the recent results of JA demonstrate theirincreasing reach – much to my satisfaction as I hope it is to yours as well.

As part of JA’s commitment to the youth in LAC, the organization will continue to lead by example andenable conversations within the private sector and beyond and to help identify opportunities for growthand expansion of existing and future JA programs. As it heads into another fiscal year, it will leveragethe collective strengths of its partnerships to help accelerate development in the region and focus onbroadening the offerings and reach of Junior Achievement – for the ultimate benefit of a youth that ishungry for more.

Corporate Citizenship is not an option, it is an obligation. The time and money that goes into growingJunior Achievement is without a doubt an investment in the future of our children. That is preciselywhat is detailed in this annual report (July 2011 to June 2012.)

On behalf of JA Americas, herein you will find the results of this hard work and dedication of many.Thank you all for your continued support.Sincerely,

LETTER FROM OUR CHAIRMAN



President JA Americas Board

MR. RICHARD HARTZELLPresident MasterCard

Latin America & Caribbean Region

MR. HECTOR AGUILARPresident and CEO, Central America &

Caribbean - General Electric

MR. JOSE C. BROUSSETB&B Associates

MS. MAYU AVILARegional Head Corporate Sustainability,

Latin America - HSBC Salvadoreño

MR. RAUL DIEZ CANSECOCEO and Founder

San Ignacio del Loyola University

MR. FERNANDO IRAOLA Latin America and Mexico Region Head

Citi Transaction Services - Citi

MR. CARLOS MORALES President

Espacios del Oriente

MR. ROBERT WILLIAMS Vice President and General Manager

Bank of Nova Scotia Panama

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENTBOARD MEMBERS



here are values that make a person greater; andthat is even more for those institutions that thinkabout people. This is why, in Junior Achievement,an association between the communities of busi-

ness, educators and volunteers, there are distinctive va-lues: to believe in the young´s potential; to hold acommitment with the market principles based on economyand entrepreneurship; to have passion for what we do; tomaintain honesty, integrity and excellence; to respect ta-lent, creativity, perspective and the origin of an individual;to believe in comradeship and collaboration; and to priori-tize education and practical learning.

This is Junior Achievement, a place that unites and encou-rages with principles that are contagious.

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WHAT ISJUNIORACHIEVEMENT?


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AEMAAn example of commitmentand dedication

rgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, CostaRica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico,Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic,Uruguay and Venezuela are the countries involved

in this project that aimed to raise awareness in the stu-dents about their relationship with the environment, the de-velopment of responsible attitudes and the changepossibility based on an enterprising commitment towardsthe community they are inserted in.

The Program “To Live Positively” by Coca Cola was thekickoff to create and improve AEMA. For that matter, themember countries of JA strengthen the educational initia-tive reinforcing this message transmitted to thousands ofchildren, year after year.

Design and put in practice regional actions, generate morecommitment and motivation among the students, meetand unify quality standards and increase participation,were some the original objectives that, luckily, were metwith some inherent adds-on to the project´s development. The results stand by their own: volunteers and teachers in-terviewed affirmed that 95,63% of the students improved

their teamworkabilities, 87,50%improved their criticalthinking, 92,39%sharpened their com-municative abilities,89,44% of the students weremore creative to find solutions to presented issues and95,03% is more aware of the importance of the environ-ment.

This has been confirmed by the students´ statements.“Now, I can contribute with the sustainable developmentof my community. I have learned new concepts”, “the con-tents and activities of this program are didactic and I havelearned to work in groups”, are some of the statements ofthese young people that, thankful and committed, werepart of “Learn to Undertake within the Environment” withabsolute dedication.

Satisfied teachers and volunteers, committed institutionsand students eager to move forward and learn are key forprojects like AEMA to have results of such quality.

Sixteen countries from Latin America and the Caribbean, 21800 children were partof the Program Learn to Undertake within the Environment (AEMA). A program carriedout by JA and Coca Cola with the goal of boosting environmental consciousnesswhen undertaking.

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89,44%of the students weremore creative to find

solutions to presentedissues

87,5%improved

their criticalthinking

95,63%improved their

teamworkabilities

95,03%is more aware ofthe importance ofthe environment


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omen over 18 years in vulnerable situations, wereduring 2011 and will be in 2012 the target of thisprogram focused in themes such as self-esteem,responsibility, creativity, action and development.

The proposal consists in trainings for them to learn thebasic concepts to become entrepreneurs.

After the opening to new knowledge and mutual learning,these women (once they have presented valid projects)have access to microfinance credits given by a partner en-tity of each country. The opportunity to obtain the neces-sary resources allows them to complete the enterprisesthey will develop.

With 13 sessions, these women access unknown theoryand action fields: they need to develop a family budget andunderstand the importance of saving; they need to thinkabout an ideal business and identify their abilities, goalsand talents; they need to learn to work in teams, generatean environment of trust and continuous encouragement,and they need to show leadership skills.

The setting up of an open fair and a forum of entrepreneurwomen will be, maybe, the most effective space to present,

in a short term way, these business women. Because it is complex to be a woman and to play the rolesdetermined by the current society, those who were and arepart of this Citi Foundation project are very grateful.

The change, the demonstration of the changes and theconsequences of becoming Women for Developmentmade them and will continue to make them new people.

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Citi Foundation and Junior Achievement developed the Program “Women for Development”with the goal of developing the entrepreneurial abilities as well as the self-esteem in LatinAmerican and Caribbean women. Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Pa-raguay and Dominican Republic will be the countries that will participate in the proposedsecond phase showing common interests.

WHEN WOMENUNDERTAKE



The more efficient way to achieve this goal is with the in-volvement of the member countries under an equal pilotinitiative strengthening and unifying the message we de-liver to thousands of children in each country, year after

year”; this were the words of the people in charge of create andcarry out an endeavor that involves us all.

Under the pillars of cooperation, work, promotion and develop-ment the Climate Entrepreneurs Program saw its first outcomes.The main idea was to raise awareness, with knowledge and ba-sics, in kids about the importance of their actions; then, developabilities and capacities as active entrepreneurs; and learn and un-derstand concepts about the climate change problem: its origin,causes and effects.

Transforming and new ideas were, in this case, what opened bu-siness opportunities with responsibility and good judgment; forthis reason, Climate Entrepreneurs (CE) has been carried out inseveral Latin-American countries, which also strengthens the re-gion.

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IN PURSUIT OF ADEVELOPED AND

SUSTAINABLE REGION

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia,El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Pa-raguay, Peru and Uruguay were the invitedcountries to participate in the CE, a joint workbetween the local offices of JA and HSBC.

This project had also investments funds, co-rrectly coordinated for the implementation anddevelopment of this global project. In this way,a region that looks for leaders that undertakebeing conscious about the results generated,will also be able to care for the environmentamong the people that tries to strengthen theconcept of society.

HSBC and JA Americas generated a regional initiative for the fu-ture of a Latin America more undertaking. The Project, created inArgentina, was called “Climate Entrepreneurs”, and stated thecommitment towards the sustainable development and the pre-servation of the environment.



A FUNDAMENTAL STEP FORTHE CARIBBEAN REGION

JA Worldwide and the FirstCaribbean International Comtrust Foundation are together for the thirdconsecutive year for the promotion of youth´s development in the Caribbean Region.

ince 1919, JA Worldwide promotes entrepre-neurial education programs for young people tofind their success in global economy.The FirstCaribbean International Comtrust

Foundation recognizes that they can trust in the Carib-bean Youth to find ways to develop enterprises to be upto date with the changes in global economy.

This is why both institutions reconfirmed their commit-ment with the development of the Caribbean Region, sig-ning a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that willbe the collaboration frame during the next three years.

The pillars of this union were: financial literacy, work re-adiness and entrepreneurial spirit; cultural developmentof the young; and the setting up of basic principles andmethodologies to guide the relationships among theparts.

Joint work, mutual respect, commitment, activities com-pletion, setting up goals, and the implementation of mo-nitoring systems were part of the agreement thatcollaborates with the regional development.

Entrepreneurial education programs, financial support,corporate volunteers´ involvement and new members inthe boards of directors of JA in different countries toprovide support and service to the youth in JA Carib-bean.

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Financial literacy+

Work readiness andentrepreneurial spirit

+Cultural development of the young

+The setting up of basic principles

and methodologies



In Bogota, Colombia, Young Entrepreneurs of Junior Achie-vement Peru were awarded for creating “the best com-pany of the year”; students show dedication, innovation,creativity and willingness to grow.

he goal of the “JA Americas Company of the YearCompetition” is to create a reunion space forthose secondary school students that were be-nefitted benefited with JA Company Program.

This annual celebration allows showing the ability to createsustainable undertakings and the enterprising initiativespirit (in a competitive environment) for those future adultsthat are eager to be leaders on businesses and on theeconomic development of their countries.

Organized in four stages (company´s report, oral presen-tation of the project, fair and interview with a knowledge-able jury), the competence brings together the newentrepreneurs of Latin America and the Caribbean. All thedetails about organization, performance, innovation, adaptto the market and product or service quality, were neces-sary at the time of choosing the best company.

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ONE WINNER,MANYFAVORED

JA AMERICAS COMPANY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION

The young entrepreneursfrom “Organitsso" com-pany from Peru, wereawarded as winners ofthis competence that be-nefits many people. Thisentrepreneurship, thatproduced pendants forshawls, ties, belts and other products, was followed by"Uywa" from Ecuador, and "Tea & Cups" from Argentina.This duel of business abilities was focused on studentsbetween 15 and 19 years old.

Clearly, this type of competition have as common goal toproject replicable actions, show quality in the enterprisingactions and align regions that are geographically apart.This was stated, also, by the students.

Because there are no boundaries and entrepreneurshiphas no age , JA Company Program confirms its supportto generations that will outline, from now on, our globalmarket.

1ST Place - Organitsso / Peru

2ND Place - Uywa / Ecuador

3RD Place - Tea & Cups / Argentina



MasterCard and JAWorldwide assured,

through finance vand training,the support to three thousand stu-dents who were favored with the

joint program“JA Personal Finance + Smart

Consumer Seminar”

ore than three thousand students, almost a hundred cor-porate volunteers from MasterCard and 17 schools werepart of “JA Personal Finance + Smart Consumer Seminar”program. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,

Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, United States and Venezuelawere the favored countries.

The “JA Personal Finance + Smart Consumer Seminar” program,implemented in a one-day format, showed the students the impor-tance of financial decisions highlighting planning, establishing goalsand thinking about personal finances. The goal of each session wasbased on the concepts of teamwork, investments guides, scenesevaluations, consumption quality and general planning.

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EDUCATINGSMART

CONSUMERS

100 Volunteerss17 Schools

10 Countries



JA Worldwide, through its Regional Operating Center in the Americas Region,seeks to positively impact the development of a culture of entrepreneurshipamong youth, thereby improving the economies and workforce in in the EasternCaribbean thanks to the support of the United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment’s Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Office.

arbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis and Saint Lucia will be the venue of the activities JA andUSAID will develop for the Caribbean youth. JA will apply an integrated technical approach to implementation: B

One of the actions that will lead to a regional long term objective intending to strengthen the member nations´Operations in the JA region is the implementation of trainings and abilities development activities for theyouth, the executive directors and the general staff from JA´s offices.

JA PROGRAMFOR THE EASTERNCARIBBEAN REGION

1 Establishing and/or strengthening Junior Achievement operations in the Caribbean Region.

2 Initiating measures to complement and strengthen Caribbean educational systems with afocus on the transitioning of youth from school-to-work.

3 Engaging the business community in investing in the development of their workforcethrough mentorship, apprenticeship/internship and partnership.

4 Developing financial mechanisms to support youth micro-enterprise creation, development,expansion and sustainability.

5 Measuring the impact of JA programs on youth financial literacy, entrepreneurship andwork-readiness in the Caribbean context.


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Inspire young people to dream big and reachtheir potential, teaching work readiness,entrepreneurship and financial literacy


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It is well known that new generations are the future builders of all societies. Studies performed in Chile, Argentinaand Brazil, show the need of executing educational policies that improve educational quality and facilitate the tran-sition of the young to the job market. For that matter, Inter-American Development Bank seeks to assure, througha very detailed study, the necessary characteristics of a good preparation for the younger section that will later bethe future´s builders.

ith rules of globalization, an even more important role of specific demandsand the need of continuous improvement, the young of today face thebiggest question about the real options they have to grow in the work en-vironment.

It is well known that the family plays a necessary and important role in the educa-tional process of the professional future by setting up the first unavoidable res-ponsibilities of the young, but it is the school the institution by excellence thatprepares them for that promising future.

Because of that, the studies performed in Latin America show that the massiveaccess to education does not assure the later possibilities to enter into the workforce. This makes young Latin-American people feel in disadvantage against theemployees with greater experience and in respect to the professionals of advan-ced countries.

However, it is the job demand the one that requires a greater preparation and pro-fessional specification since new technologies have substituted tasks formerlyperformed by the work force. Consequently, in Latin America, during the last twodecades, the return to middle school dropped despite the salary increase for thosewho have the secondary school completed. The university graduates have neitherseen the statistics support as they cannot see an increase in job positions forthem, except in the technological area that highlights, again, the changes on com-merce release and other changes developed in 1980.

Up to which point this phenomenon is the expected result against the massiveoffer increase in young Latin-American people that reach a high level of studies?How the quality and accuracy of the education received have a related impact?Statistics show that while the gap between those who have access to educationand those who do not, in developed economies, is bigger than those from LatinAmerica; in the later, the concern lies in the quality of the education. Furthermore,we must also mention the apparent difference between the competencies deter-mined by today´s schools and the ones required by the job market to the youngthat want to further develop in terms of work.

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WHEN THEFUTURE IS INTHE YOUNG

95% of Latin-American childrenin school age are signed in forschool, only 1% less than in highincome countries. On the otherhand, it takes one less year tocomplete their schooling than indeveloped countries. This, ho-wever, does not coincide withthe graduate competencies (es-pecially in Math’s); on this mat-ter, it is highlighted the thesispublished by IBD, as it directlyaffects the future social and fi-nancial performance of these fu-ture adults.

There are more specific studieson knowledge and abilities, orlater abilities on Latin-Americanyoung people; but the truth isthat the specialists of the Inter-American Development Banksearch, restlessly, better educa-tional conditions and later workopportunities for young Latin-American people. In sevenpoints, the document publishedby Marina Bassi, Maria Busso,Sergio Urzúa and Jaime Vargasprovides guidelines to improvethe conditions of these futureprofessionals and current in de-velopment young people.


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For the second time, JA Worldwide and Baxter are committed to encourage the development of the youth of Latin Ame-rica, creating an association held to the mutual benefit of both institutions.

OUR BET WITH AGREAT RESULT

“Theprogram was

very exciting be-cause it teaches us to

be better people byimproving our

abilities”

n this way, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico andthe United States were part of a program with theirlocal offices, with hundreds of students and volun-teers in the Schools.

They have providedtraining on businessand programs on finan-cial literacy for youngpeople as part of themission to inspire themand prepare them to besuccessful in a globaleconomy.

By recognizing globaland regional changes,the young of LatinAmerica face the cha-llenge of finding moreand better ways for en-terprising development;

for that matter, JA Worldwide and Baxter collaborate withstrong processes and fixed pillars.

Each country had different results but equal to the develop-ment and progress generated.

“The program was veryexciting because it tea-ches us to be better pe-ople by improving ourabilities” and “I think thatthis program is verygood because it allowsus to learn about real lifeand work, and it teachesthe young from differentschools how to carry outan endeavor”, were thewords of the teachersthat affirmed that theprogram “motivates tobecome a better per-son”.

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were the witnesses and main characters of this Program. It wasthought to be for the entrepreneurship of the future and the present

of a region that thinks about common goals and joint actions.

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REGIONAL INDEXES


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Sebrae Brazil gathered 15.000 students in27 states to contribute to the quantity ofyoung people that were favored with trai-ning and integration experiences betweenthe enterprising class and the school com-munity.

The National Project of GE favored almost1.000 students in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiroand Minas Gerais. Junior AchievementMinas Gerais, leaded by the executive Bor-ges Kátia, developed the most importantevent of Junior Achievement Brazil gathe-ring the executives and manager of 27 unitsof JA to work on leadership, communica-tion, impact studies, branding and press.

Last but not least, Klabin (the biggest pro-ducer and packing paper exporter of Brazil,and the biggest company of reciclyngpaper of Latin America) also formed analliance with Junior Achievement Brazil witha project that favored 560 students fromthree states.

This shows, one more time, that manyare the people and more the institu-tions that care about and work for thefuture of our youth, and with them, ofour society.

s every year, a new edition of “Findinexa Brazil” from Junior Achie-vement Brazil is expected. It promotes and facilitates reunionsand developments in young entrepreneurs. This time, the venueof the project was the city of Luis Correia, in the state of Piauí.

The goal, one more time, was to encourage students to develop actionsand enterprising thinking, recognizing their potencial to achieve personaland social transformations.

Representatives from five countries, between 16 and 23 years old, werepart of this unforgetable experience that included academic, sports andrecreational programs. Institutions like the Gerdau Institute supported this project. Gerdau Instituteand Junior Achievement Brazil reached 18 years of mutual developmentand support. Both, favored dozens of young people with action and trai-ning, volunteering and readiness to face the work market. 500 volunteersand 15.000 students (in the 27 brazilian states) were the last numbers re-ceived from the last joint action from these institutions.

“I believe volunteer work is important for us to do more and better; it isone of the main tools to accelerate the development of our country”, saidBeatriz Johannpeter, Vice-President of the Gerdau Institute.At the same time, the company OI supported education for a succesfulfuture and 4.000 students and 350 volunteers were favored, under the pre-mise of study and training. “This is very interesting. I love the contact with children and see that thethemes we bring to schools may change or contribute with their lives”;these were the words of Liliane Faria, member of HSBC. This was one ofthe institutions highly committed to JA Brazil that favored 1.175 students.Abril Group also collaborated, contributing with actions with entities fromthe country. Abril publishes 54 titles, reaching 28 million readers with digitalprinted formats.

AWithin the general projects, Junior Achievement coordinated, as they do every year, anevent with stages, adherent companies and favored young people. Brazil was venue ofthis example of actions and results.

“WE TAKE CARE OFTHE YOUTH´S FUTURE”



We’ve saved the very best for last. The selection committee did find one outstanding Entrepre-neurial award winner this year who they deemed was the best. This exceptional innovation wasnot only innovative it also filled a true need. The project was well thought out, prepared, funded, exe-cuted and evaluated, and best of all it can be easily adapted and replicated.

Congratulations to our winners. MetLife Foundation and all of JA are proud of your leadership and incredible efforts toinspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.

On Wednesday, July 18th the winners of this year’s MetLife Foundation Entrepreneurial Award Program were announcedon a conference call with JA Members around the world and at the Junior Achievement USA National Leadership Con-ference.

The winners of the 2012 MetLife Foundation Sowing the Seeds of Entrepreneurship Awards are: · JA Kenya, “JA Mentors On Board (MOB)”· JA of Oregon & SW Washington (Portland, OR), “JA Finance Park Paperless Initiative”· JA of Northern Indiana (Ft. Wayne, IN), “Making it Relevant”· JA of San Diego & Imperial Co., “Junior Achievement C.A.R.E. – Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program”· JA of Southwest Virginia (Roanoke, VA), “Project Payback”

Each JA Area receiving a MetLife Foundation Sowing the Seeds of Entrepreneurship Award will receive $10,000 anda plaque commemorating this important honor.

The winners of the 2012 MetLife Foundation Entrepreneurial Awards are:· INJAZ Egypt, “INJAZ Egypt Entrepreneurship Pipeline Pilot”· JA Argentina, “Climate Entrepreneurs”· JA of Delaware, “JA Innovation Hub/JA iHUB Career & College Readiness Experience”· JA of Georgia, “JA Means Success (JAMS)”· JA of Northern California (San Francisco, CA), “Grantwriting Boot Camp: A Turn-key Training for JA Staff”· JA of Southern California (Los Ángeles, CA), “More Mission… More Money!”· JA of the Upper Midwest (Minneapolis, MN), “JA Corporate Council Strategy”· JA Romania, “Invest in Education!”

Each JA operation receiving a MetLife Foundation Entrepreneurial Award today will receive$25,000 and a plaque commemorating this important honor.

The 2012 winner of the MetLife Foundation “Most Outstanding” Entrepreneurial Award, who will receive anadditional $25,000 for a total of $50,000 is…· INJAZ Egypt, “INJAZ Egypt Entrepreneurship Pipeline Pilot”

A and the MetLife Foundation are thankful to everyone who submitted proposals in all award categories. Intotal, 70 proposals from 47 JA organizations in 14 countries were received. As the judges reviewed the sub-missions, they were inspired by the stories of dedication, innovation and successful outcomes.J

ANDTHE WINNERIS...

The region isproud of JA Argen-tina and its Climate

Entrepreneur program,been recognizedaround the world

with this prize



he task was to “align the vision, actions and im-pact in the Caribbean region” with the presenceof the directors of from ten countries during threeunforgettable days.

An intense agenda was the axis to organize activities anddetermine common objectives with the only goal of settingup a specific plan for the growth of JA´s offices in the Ca-ribbean. The need was to generate regional projects andincrease the operative capacity of the offices through their

Executive Directors. For that matter, the following was or-ganized: panels of presentation and discussion on regio-nal strategies and goals, workshops to present the profileof each office, and training in the areas of budgeting anddevelopment of councils.

Thanks to the support of the FirstCaribbean InternationalComtrust Foundation, Sandals and USAID, the three daysof work and training for the directors of the present coun-tries exceeded the expectations.

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ALIGNING OUR VISION

his young entrepreneur had a long pre-paration to achieve, at such a shortage, her goals. During the 3rd year of high school

she was part of the program “Advantages ofstaying in school”; a year later, of “Compa-nies in action”; and in her last year, Mirelia par-ticipated in the program “The Company”. In that

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phase, her classmates (and cowor-kers) chose her as the “Best Achie-ver”. This is how she obtained ascholarship for the InternationalForum of Entrepreneurs, carriedout in Cordoba (Argentina) in 2010. During the next year´s final part,Mirelia chose the course of study:Business Administration and finis-hes it in the Antonio GuillermoUrrelo Private University.

Today, Mirelia is the founder of her own company named“Jamek”, dedicated to the manufacturing of “llanques”(special rubber shoes). Her expressions, eloquent signs,

were and are an example of personality and eager-ness: “I never imagined that learning was so fun

(…). I will never forget the values I learned inthe last few years”.Now, this entrepreneur is looking forward toreturn to Argentina in 2013 to export her pro-duct and show how the JA programs opened

doors and helped her to reach her goals.

In May, in Montego Bay (Jamaica) it was held the 2nd “JA Caribbean Summit”,with the presence of the directors of ten countries.

“Iwill never

forget the valuesI learned inthe last few

years”

SUCCESS STORY

MIRELIA: AN EXAMPLEOF LEARNING, ACTIONAND CONTAGION.This girl was born in Cajamara, in the rural zone of Peru.With only 22 years, she started her way to making her dre-ams come true thanks to the programs she received fromJunior Achievement more than 6 years ago.


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his is the case of the EFS project, in which JuniorAchievement Canada and ScotiaBank unite theirefforts to achieve one single goal: regional growth.

Junior Achievement Canada has more than 55 years of his-tory, eight national programs per year, 200,000 studentstrained yearly, over 13,000 business volunteers and four mi-llion young people involved.In order to help young people to stay in school by stimula-ting their entrepreneurial spirit and providing financial lite-racy, JA and ScotiaBank decided to provide financialsupport for the growth of thirteen countries.The global strategy was to determine the significance and

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When two institutions with a rich history, experience, com-mon values and forthcoming projects join together, growthis accelerated and the new generations foresee a promi-sing future.

BRIGHTFUTURE

wledge, skill and abilities that will help them to meet theirfuture needs.

Scotia bank’s contribution wasn’t all about economic sup-port; it also included events, sponsorship and delivery pro-grams (Economics for Success). This is intended for both,national and international frameworks and for the long term;all of this included in the EFS program.The success of this project was, beyond any doubt, the firstsignal of a continued team effort that will keep these insti-tutions together in the future.

UPCOMING PROJECTS

impact of the Scotia Bank’s mandate to support the educa-tion of young people in Canada and other countries coveredby this Project in the Americas, exploiting JA’s internationalexperience, using mentoring and direct support.

The global strategy was to determine the significance andimpact of the Scotia Bank’s mandate to support the educa-tion of young people in Canada and other countries coveredby this Project in the Americas, exploiting JA’s internationalexperience, using mentoring and direct support.This project encourages high school students to reflectabout the advantages of staying in school to gain the kno-


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his is a program focused on children from 10to 12 years in basic school education. Theproposal is to help them understand that va-lues become rules and guidelines of behavior.

The pillars of “Undertaking with values” state that co-llective and individual values determine the idea aboutmen and society confirming, in this way, the ideals,convictions, aspirations, feelings, attitudes and sharedbelieves. Also, thinking and action structures are de-termined marked by the education of the younger ones.

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VALUES THAT AREFOUNDATIONSIn a regional project, JA Americas, JA Mexico (IMPULSA)and GE are developing a project that will have three es-pecial sessions of one hour each. These will allow Mexico,Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru to develop “Undertakingwith values”.

“Values are the foundations of the development of a healthy and constantly gro-wing economic system”, assure the creators of this regional project.

In this way, the kids of today, young entrepreneurs oftomorrow, will be able to build their own and ever-yone´s reality with values, ideals, projects and neces-sary knowledge for the growth of a region that wantsand seeks to do it.


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