Our mission

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Proyecta Mentory is an organization dedicated to provide mentoring to young people in Peru, especially those who live in rural areas and have not been able to access different educational programs, so that they can create their own businesses based on their talents. Many of the great stars we know today were once small kids with great talent, who received the right support at the right moment. Did you know Mozart, this genius of classical music, at the age of eight had already composed his first symphony and an opera at the age of 12? He had a great talent, but his dad’s support as well. If Mozart's father hadn’t supported him, perhaps nowadays we wouldn’t know who this prodigy was.

 Kids have initiative and a great talent, but not all of them have the opportunity to get the right support. Parents will often shut their light off and tell them to wait till they are grown-ups to work on their ideas. In Peru, many of these kids are not supported because of the lack of resources. They are forced to not go to school so they can help at home with chores. Our mission is to change these kids lives by enhancing their talents. Let's say one of these kids like to write books, then we'll help this kid to publish an e-book and publish it. This way the kid will get a passive income and hopefully, this will help improve this kid's economic situation. 

Developing and trusting individual talents is so important, because you never know how far that talent can take you. Although this was our motivation to start Proyecta Mentory, we decided to increase our reach by creating an international program, so every young student can create their own business. Once they have developed a business initiative, on the Proyecta Mentory website they will find a sales portal where their products or services can be offered, so they don't have to struggle on where to make the commerce. This is the main task, however, we also offer talks, webinars and workshops by experts so that young people receive specialized training given by experts in the areas of their interests and once a year, we organize a project competition, where the winning projects receive special funding. All these secondary activities help our students stand out and get a spike in their area of business. Having the opportunity to talk to an expert of their area of interest will help them get even more ideas and guidance on the business/project they'll develop. Students are currently working on a variety of fields, going from arts, crafts and design, to agriculture and environmental projects.