65 Pageviews Read Stories
Causes: Economic Development
Mission: To support the small business sector in cuba by providing education and training to entrepreneurs, as well as to provide advisory services to existing and new businesses.
Programs: To support the small business sector in cuba by providing education and training to entrepreneurs, as well as to provide advisory services to existing and new businesses. Cuba emprende foundation requested and received authorization from the office of foreign asset control (ofac) of the u. S. Department of the treasury to provide and transfer to the roman catholic church in cuba and fundacion pro-empleo, funds in an amount not to exceed a total of $400,000. For 2017, the organization provided grants totaling $284,630 in cash to proyecto cuba emprende. Proyecto cuba emprende is the roman catholic church of cuba's entrepreneurial education program.
cuba emprende foundation partnered in the 10x10k cuba program, an international competition seeking to help talented programmers and entrepreneurs in cuba. In 2017 this program brought 15 cuban entrepreneurs to the u. S. For a 2 week immersion visit to start up communities.