The Heart of Chile: MicroenterprisersStudy Abroad Service Learning in Valparaiso & Via del Mar at

Photo 3: Crafts are a popular form

of business for people in Chile.

Figure 6: A women makes her own

dolls at the Expo Chilenidad in La

Serena.

Photo 2: Employees of the organization

organized a gathering for Independence

Day

Photo 5: The majority of students at

Accion Emprendedora were

women

Photo 1: My friends and I with

Hostel owners in La Serena, Chile

Photo 4: Local professor volunteers to

teach women the fundamentals of

running a business

19.2%

Of women in the 5th

Region

Initiate some kind of

entrepreneurial

action

PROBLEM IN CHILE

Vulnerable entrepreneurs and micro entrepreneurs that have the

potential to grow but are neglected.

2012

Annually

2,500 Entrepreneurs

are given support

62% Increase

in sales

44%

Create 1 or

more jobs

Classes & Workshops

1. Micro Enterprise

Management:

2. Workshop Starting

a Business

3. Workshop

Entrepreneurship

Culture

Myrna Barrera-Torres