Fundacion Cruzada Argentina (FCA)

In rural northeastern Argentina, poverty, malnutrition, and unemployment are widespread: seasonal migration in search of poorly paid agricultural day labor is common, and many families subsist on government subsidies with little hope of economic advancement. Founded in 2002, Fundación Cruzada Argentina (FCA) supports rural communities in northeastern Argentina to achieve greater self-sufficiency through local income-generation and entrepreneurial initiatives, basic material assistance for primary schools, and a secondary school strengthening program that works in partnership with students, teachers, administrators, and parents to establish sustainable school-based programs in entrepreneurship and employability.

EMpower’s third grant to Fundacion Cruzada Argentina (FCA) will train students and teachers from the EFA Renacer agro-technical secondary school in new areas of carpentry, welding, electricity, and masonry, with students building a training facility as a form of practical application. Students will also be trained in the industrialization and commercialization of products.