Monday 11 April 2011

440. A toothbrush with paste incorporated

A toothbrush with paste incorporated is the business idea of a group of students in 12th grade, class C, socioeconomic, High School of Baixa da Banheira, who was one of the projects selected to represent the country at the international event NOW -YE EUROPE TRADE FAIR 2010 LISBON, which took place on 19, 20 and 21 March in Colombo Shopping Centre, in Lisbon, with the participation of 23 countries. Participation in this international trade fair came under the Program The Company of Junior Achievement - Learning to undertake, which is taking place at school, in classes of Project Area.

A team of students of Secondary School, creators of the mini-company Hi! Brush (Valódia Lopes, Cliff Duarte, Gonçalo Assunção, Soraia Ramalho and Ana Catarina Almeida) presented a unique and innovative in the context of entrepreneurship and has been chosen to attend the fair, which this year took place in Lisbon between the six teams chosen to national level to represent the country.

According to Professor Cristina Santos, coordinator of the project, participation in this international trade fair was very important for students to school and for the county, in every respect. The student feedback was very positive, especially through sharing of experiences that this initiative allowed. Secondary School Students from the Baixa da Banheira will now participate in a competition of mini-enterprises created by students around the country, which will take place the first week of June and which will leave the mini-winning company that will represent the country in the competition Europe to be held in Italy, 20-23 July.
It is recalled that the City of Moita gave a financial support amounting to 500 euros in this group of students in order to contribute to their participation in this initiative.

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