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 # New Social Innovation Online Business Academy for Women in Chile and Peru

 


 

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[Posted by SANGEETA HAINDL](http://www.justmeans.com/editorialauthor/372.html)

Twenty women from the Copiapó Province in Chile have inaugurated the test phase of a new social innovation online [business academy for women](http://t4g.thunderbird.edu/sites/default/files/freeport_dreambuilder.pdf) in Chile itself and Peru. The academy was created through a partnership between [Freeport-McMoRan](http://www.fcx.com/envir/soc_com.htm) and the [Thunderbird School of Global Business Management](http://www.thunderbird.edu/). The program is called [DreamBuilder: The Women's Business Creator](http://t4g.thunderbird.edu/programs/dreambuilder-womens-business-creator) and is currently being piloted in communities surrounding the Freeport-McMoRan's mining operations in South America; Cerro Verde in Peru and Candelaria/ Ojos del Salado and El Abra in Chile. Richard C. Adkerson, President and CEO of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., says, "Empowering women through education provides opportunities for them to live more productive lives, which would enable the development of healthier, more sustainable communities."

This is a unique multi-levelled business skills training and certification program that helps women build their dream of starting or growing their own business. Using [social innovation](http://www.justmeans.com/Camfed-Social-Innovation-Organisation-Educating-Girls-in-Africa/56511.html) web based technologies; all the instruction, tools and resources are delivered through an online learning format to provide women with business knowledge and training. It is a cloud-based and designed specifically to support [women entrepreneurs](http://www.justmeans.com/Huggies-MomInspired-A-Social-Innovation-Program-That-Awards-Mumpreneurs/56672.html) in Chile and Peru. Maria Veronica Bondi Etcheberry program participant says, "My dream always has been to have my own business to be an independent and self-reliant woman, to be able to support my children and have my own resources. Thanks to this school, I will have the opportunity to learn and manage my business, and better yet, to be my own boss."

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Sangeeta Haindl is a staff writer for Justmeans on Social Enterprise. When not writing for Justmeans, Sangeeta wears her other hat as a PR professional. Over the years, she has worked with high-profile organizations within the public, not-for-profit and corporate sectors; and won awards from her industry. She now runs her own UK consultancy: Serendipity PR & Media.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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