Students in cooperative cehegineras CONCAM, Handyman, BegastriShop and Los Tapiales have shown in the City of Cehegín the ambitious business projects that are taking place in their respective schools.
Members of these cooperatives, belonging to the Earl of Campillos schools and Our Lady of Wonders, and the IES Alquipir, explained the mayor and councilors Jose Soria of Education and Commerce, Francisco Nicolás del Toro and April, respectively, the processes that have been made to create these small companies.
Students, on the one hand, have learned to manufacture products later sold in the markets, such as perfumes, sweets, alcohol, rosemary, bracelets, earrings, pendants, brooches, soap, air fresheners, Fridge magnets, pens, etcetera.
Moreover, within this 'Empredemos Plan' which aims to promote entrepreneurial culture at early ages, have known the formula for buying typical regional products of the Northwest, as Calasparra rice, oil, sausages, etc., and later sold to make a profit for it.
Part of these profits are donated to turn to various associations and NGOs, for what you get also the spirit of responsibility to society.
Students bring their products to markets such as the one held in Cehegin or Murcia, on May 31.
But before all this, members of cooperatives have had to elect its board, design the corporate image and a catalog of products, develop a constitution and seek funding through a loan from a bank, so that become real businesses.
Learn to import and export products that they oferten other school mini companies, which are also involved in projects AXIS (European Young Enterprise) and EME (Undertaking in my school).
As explained those responsible, "these programs are aimed at developing entrepreneurial skills in children and young people from an early age, working on other skills such as personal initiative, autonomy, teamwork, leadership, ability to conflict resolution or communication skills, among other capabilities inherent in a self-starter. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín