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Asociación Panameña de Industrias de Buena Voluntad (Goodwill Panama) offers professional training to young people and adults with physical or mental disabilities, along with basic labor and vocational training in production workshops. Additionally, it offers technology training and labor adaptation in an integrated setting through the Alliance with Commerce and Industry program.

Fast Facts of 2008:

Staff: 37
Number of people served in 2008: 1,985
Number of people placed in competitive employment: 136
Revenue: $1.5 million (USD)

Key Areas of Operation:

  • Vocational training
  • Technology training
  • Labor adaptation

Courses Offered:

  • Blacksmithing
  • Beauty
  • Baking
  • Gardening and landscaping
  • Sewing

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Contact information

Asociación Panameña de Industrias de Buena Voluntad
Transístmica, Los Andes #2, Sector Industrial
Apartado 8-248 Panamá 8
Panamá
Tel: +011-507-267-7692
Web site
E-mail

National Economy

Panama’s 75,420 square miles are populated by about 3.4 million people. The economy is based primarily on services, including the operation of the Panama Canal, according to the CIA World Factbook. The nation’s poverty rate is 28 percent, but Panama has the second-most uneven distribution of wealth among Latin American countries.