ACW Mission Statement

"To improve the lives of the disadvanted by increasing their chance for employment while also providing the chance for the private sector to contribute to the community."



ABOUT THE PROGRAM

“A Chance to Work” is an international program that gives disadvantaged people an opportunity to improve their lives in the communities where the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and its private sector partners operate. The program provides six months of paid work and on-the-job training in skills the private sector demands, after which participants enter the job market.

The program has started in 1997, when IFC’s Legal Department hired for routine office work few people from roofless aid programs. Thus the ACW’s principle “Socialization – through worthy job opportunity” originated.

Program’s success in Washington, DC, promoted its further development over the world – program started in Russia, Peru and Egypt. For the time being the “A Chance to Work” has helped hundreds of people to become the equal part of the community and get stable in life.