Refugee and Migrant Entrepreneurship School

Original Blurb In recent years, Paraguay has been receiving many more refugees and migrants displaced by the ongoing crisis in Venezuela in recent years?in 2020 alone, requests for asylum nearly doubled.

Displaced Venezuelans often face legal, social, and economic barriers to establishing livelihoods for themselves in Paraguay.

The IAF supports community-led solutions to create opportunities for employment and social integration for migrants and refugees in Paraguay.

In the cities of Asuncin, Ciudad del Este, and Encarnacin, our grantee Semillas para la Democracia supports women migrants by providing entrepreneurship training, business incubation services, and seed capital to help migrants start or grow their own microenteprises, with the ultimate goal of improving their economic security and social inclusion in Paraguay.