street talk is an opportunity to
discuss a series of topics which affect youth living in poverty
around the
world with field experts who know the issues best.
Interact with
other
people concerned about global issues confronting youth.
street talk learning events:
youth entrepreneurship and livelihood
Street Talk is an exciting new series of audio conferences discussing issues confronting youth around the world. The third event looks at youth entrepreneurs.
Ivan Unzueta discusses entrepreneurship, livelihood and effective savings and loans programmes for youth with Bill Richardson.
Below find Ivan and Bill's bio to learn more about their backgrounds.
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Ivan Unzueta is co-founder and currently the general coordinator of CDEA, the Centre for the Development of Alternative Education in Bolivia. Once a miner, Ivan fell ill with tuberculosis and while in recovery decided that he wanted to be an actor. After 15 years as an actor and director recognized across Bolivia, Ivan was invited to teach street youth about using theatre as a means of expression. Ivan found that using narrative and other alternative media with young people were particularly effective with these youth as a counseling method.
A passionate youth advocate, Ivan met Street Kids International at the 2001 Bolivian launch of the Street Business Toolkit. Ivan, together with three other participants, was motivated to not only use this tool with youth, but to develop a complementary programme. This new training initiative, called the Street Banking Toolkit builds on learnings from the business programme and provides youth with skills to save and to manage loans. Besides being tested in the Andean region, this programme has now been introduced in Tanzania and will soon be launched in Haiti.
Bill Richardson is a partner at McCarthy Tétrault Law Firm. Bill specializes in intellectual property disputes (patents and trade-marks) and represents clients from a broad range of industries. A member of the Street Kids International Board since 1999, Bill is currently Vice Chair of the board and is an avid traveller who recently returned from his first trip to Africa visiting Street Kids projects in Tanzania.
