Indigenous Cultural and Training Centre (CCFI)

Building livelihoods,
empowering lasting solutions.

The Indigenous Cultural and Training Centre (CCFI) is an initiative of the Fraternity – International Humanitarian Federation (FIHF), in partnership with Operation Welcome, and its objective is to promote a safe and peaceful space in which local, immigrant and refugee indigenous people have the opportunity for building a more dignified life. For this, the CCFI acts in such a way as to foster artistic and cultural expressions, technical-professional training, learning the Portuguese language, and preparation for the job market, as well as indigenous entrepreneurship initiatives. Inaugurated in May of 2021, the CCFI has become a benchmark in the assistance of the indigenous population in the city of Boa Vista, Roraima.

The Humanitarian Fraternity (FIHF) is grateful to Operation Welcome, to the Ministry of Citizenship, and all the organizations that have joined efforts to improve the quality of life, social emancipation and income generation of the population cared for by the CCFI.

Services Offered

Continuing Education Program for Development

The program seeks to encourage the overall development of participants through the development of human skills and technical tools relevant to their life path and a productive insertion into the world of work, so the individual can gain their autonomy, taking on responsibility and a leading role in their personal and collective life.

Entrepreneurship

The CCFI supports recipients who want to start their own business and create self-sufficiency through offering mentorship and assessment services to new entrepreneurs, and courses in the area of entrepreneurship, as well as having a physical space available which can serve as an incubator for new initiatives.

Human Component: meetings for conversation, enterprising spirit workshops, work teams training, reinforcement of personal skills, among others;
Marketing Component: brand establishment, digital or physical catalogue;
Operational and Production Component: establishment of production lines or purchasing service, raw materials, production sites, among others;
Financial Component: analysis of initial investment, material costing, budget, pricing, among others;
Legal Component: Trademark registration, MEI registration, among others.

Access to job market

The program seeks to encourage the overall development of the participants through the deployment of human skills and technical tools relevant to their life path and productive insertion into the world of work, so the individual can gain their autonomy, taking on responsibility and a leading role in their personal and collective life.

Workshops
Documentation
Active search for job openings
Job interviews

Cultural events

With a large outdoor area for in-person events and a structure for virtual events, a medicinal garden, an indoor area with two multimedia rooms, a computer lab with internet, a public service room, a meeting room, a sewing and shoe shop, a barber shop and a semi-industrial kitchen, the CCFI has an excellent infrastructure to host cultural and social events aimed at the integration of immigrant and national indigenous peoples.

Cultural
Educational
Institutional
Fairs
Meetings
Dialogues

Strengthening of indigenous organizations

The CCFI seeks to improve the capabilities of indigenous associations through partnerships for structuring, legal advice, liaising, participation in public notices and provision of material resources.