Life Project 4 Youth (LP4Y)
Committed to the professional and social integration through entrepreneurial training of young adults living in extreme poverty and exclusion.
Marie Laure Vaganay
Marie Laure Vaganay
16-years with P&G France in Marketing
Marie Laure Vaganay is very active with LP4Y working initially from New York and now from London, and she has also involved her family. An engaged fundraiser and marketer, Marie Laure has organized several fundraisers including its 1st fundraising gala, led the application procedure to create an official UK legal entity, recruited board leadership and launched key awareness building events.
LP4Y strongly believes these young men and women can become great entrepreneurs if someone gives them “a smile, a supporting word, room to grow, training and trust͟. Since 2009, LP4Y has developed and replicated across Asia a unique professional and social integration model for extremely marginalized young adults including its Professional Training for Entrepreneurs (PTE) program.
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PTE is a pedagogical journey, lasting 18 months on average, 5 days a week and which is structured around 3 pillars: Work, Learn and Guide. Starting in the Philippines, they have replicated this initiative in Vietnam, India, and Indonesia. Integral to the PTE model, the young adults receive a weekly allowance, “Life Project Money,” which is above the poverty threshold but under the national minimum wage to encourage them to seek work. This allowance is a crucial investment: it covers their daily basic needs and thus enables them to follow the training on a full-time basis. Above all, it is a significant step in their journey to self-respect and financial independence, as they learn how to save every week for the last step of the PTE, when they are looking for their first job.
The 2017 P&G Alumni Foundation grant of $25,000 will pay for 60 young women (aged 17–24) to be trained as entrepreneurs and help start a business in Tondo, Philippines. 75% of those attending the training are expected to find employment. By becoming an earner, nearly 500 people will benefit from this program, and particularly the young mothers’ children, who will be able to grow in a safe environment in the Little Angels Nursery set up for them by LP4Y.
Solar Lighting Business Empowers!
Wendy’s life was transformed after attending LP4Y’s PTE program. She learned valuable job skills and is an integral member of the Solar Service Station (3S) communications team. Today, Wendy’s dreams of having a good job paying a livable wage, being able to care for her family and continuing to learn even more are a reality.
