Editorial

“When the night is, precisely, more closed and more confused, long live all those brave who build a bridge and the brave who cross it”. This song by Jorge Drexler (Jorge Drexler) summarizes in a brilliant way two key issues of our times: reality and method.

We are living in a world full of confusion and few certainties, and in Venezuela daily life is becoming more and more complicated, in a reality that pushes us to survive instead of living. A closed night with few lights describes very well the mood of most Venezuelans who, due to the multiple shortages suffered on a daily basis, find it difficult to make out the stars that are still there and illuminate the darkness. To be certain that they are coming, and to wait with open eyes for the first glimmers of dawn is not an easy task.

To be able to wait, it is necessary to have few but great certainties in life, and also a method to sustain oneself in the midst of the darkness. When walls are built to enclose oneself in “comfort zones”, prejudices and ideologies, it is necessary to have courageous people willing to go out to meet the other; people with the courage to build bridges, and others who risk crossing them. To live a “Culture of Encounter”, as Pope Francis would say, basically sums up the most efficient method that human beings have found to overcome adversity: to recognize what unites us, to meet each other, and to start working together.

It is by no means an easy task, because working with others who think differently, who believe in something else, who works in a different way, is one of the most complicated things because each of us has the pretension of feeling that he or she is the absolute owner of the truth. It takes a lot of courage, humility, open-mindedness and open-heartedness to work in alliance with other institutions and build the common good.

“Let’s toast to the clairvoyant, open, awakened, traveling minds of the human vine that grows, that climbs and cracks the walls, letting lightning by lightning, lightning by lightning … enter the light in the dark” (Jorge Drexler) Likewise, the collection of San Juan chocolates is a small ray, which since its inception has had the blessing of adding people who have made it possible.

Today, when everything seems complicated at first glance, the new tablets of the San Juan chocolate collection, managed to amalgamate a valuable team that overcame all the difficulties and are undoubtedly a good example of a human creeper that cracks walls and lets light into the dark.

Alejandro Marius
The San Juan Collection added new allies, flavors, and packaging

In June, the new tablets of the San Juan chocolate collection, promoted by the civil association Trabajo y Persona, were presented. On this occasion, Franceschi Chocolates, Mantuano, Gabi Papusa and Carbone Espresso were part of the project. Narciné Landaeta, Zuleima Velásquez, Mirna Cumare and Carmen Solano, four women trained by the Chocolate Entrepreneurs program, also participated with their work. Two new flavors were born from this collective effort: Sea Salt and Coffee, which join the Nuts tablet; completing the three tablets of the San Juan Collection: Chocolate with social impact.

The presentation took place in the spaces of @sietealcubo at the Centro de Arte Los Galpones, in Caracas. It was attended by Valentina Quintero, who introduced the protagonists of this chocolate story. They, in turn, shared their impressions and thanked for having been part of this project and also made it clear that the sum of wills results in the common good.

The 5th cohort of Conduciendo Tu Futuro (Driving Your Future) has been selected

Recently, the selection process for those who will form the fifth cohort of Conduciendo Tu Futuro (Driving Your Future), Ford Motor de Venezuela’s Social Responsibility Program, was carried out. In total, 54 young people took a series of five tests. Twenty-one young people were directly selected and another nine will be selected through personal interviews. The final group of this fifth cohort will have a total of 30 participants. The selection process was carried out at Ford Motor de Venezuela’s facilities and training is scheduled to begin on July 16.

Trabajo y Persona participated in Startup Week Caracas

In the second edition of Startup Week Caracas, Trabajo y Persona was in charge of the presentation “Our Entrepreneurial Path”, given by Vito and Victor Giorgio. This family with more than 40 years of experience in Venezuela, in the beauty area, has been carrying out for some years a social initiative through which they train young people in the art and craft of styling. Trabajo y Persona and L’Oreal Venezuela, through the Programa Belleza por Un Futuro, forman Emprendedores de la Belleza (Beauty for a Future Program, train Beauty Entrepreneurs), thus providing training opportunities for women in the country.

– Emprendedoras del Chocolate (Chocolate Entrepreneurs) is a program conceived by Trabajo y Persona, which counts among its allies the most important figures of the Venezuelan chocolate industry. The objective of this project is to train women in the area of chocolate and confectionery.
– Its graduates participate in the elaboration of the San Juan collection of tablets, which supports the training of new entrepreneurs and accompaniment activities.
Four Emprendedotas del Chocolate (Chocolate Entrepreneurs) were protagonists in the elaboration of the San Juan Collection tablets.
– Narciné Landaeta was part of the first cohort of this program and today dreams of teaching what she knows about chocolate. She wants people to learn to recognize the richness of Venezuelan chocolate.
– Mirna Cumare was in the second cohort of the program and is currently working to create her own brand. For her, the chocolate path is a positive effort and she considers that these new tablets are an expanding project that will allow more people to participate in the program.
– Zuleima Velásquez is a pastry chef and baker; the knowledge gained through Emprendedoras del Chocolate (Chocolate Entrepreneurs) has helped her to improve her technique in her own work.
– Carmen Solano has always worked in the kitchen. She makes cachapas, cakes, and homemade cookies. Since 2013, when she participated in the program, she loves chocolate and dreams of getting a job in that area.

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