The Heart of Chile: Microenterprisers

Study Abroad Service Learning in Valparaiso & Via del Mar at

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

Photo 1: My friends and I with

Hostel owners in La Serena, Chile

62% Increase
in sales
44%
Create 1 or
more jobs
Photo 4: Local professor volunteers to
teach women the fundamentals of
running a business

Myrna Barrera-Torres
Classes & Workshops
1. Micro Enterprise
Management:
2. Workshop Starting
a Business
3. Workshop
Entrepreneurship
Culture

Photo 2: Employees of the organization

organized a gathering for Independence
Day

Photo 3: Crafts are a popular form

of business for people in Chile.

19.2%
Of women in the 5th
Region
Initiate some kind of
entrepreneurial
action
Photo 5: The majority of students at
Accion Emprendedora were
women

Figure 6: A women makes her own

dolls at the Expo Chilenidad in La
Serena.