Junior Achievement is a national organization aimed at awakening the entrepreneurial spirit in young people who are still in school, in order to provide them with an understanding and experiences of the business world - Their mission is to develop entrepreneurial culture in order to create a generation of business leaders in education, society and politics.

One of the projects based in Rio de Janeiro, ‘Nossos Recursos', pushes elementary school students to develop sustainable plans for economic development that will also preserve natural resources - Júnior Achievement do Rio de Janeiro can be contacted via email here or on the organization's website on this link.