This assignment tries to widespread the importance of believing in the potential of rural Young people, that have not so many opportunities to develop themselves in their own environment and end up by adhering to rural exodus. The assignment had the objective of identifying if social investiments made by Instituto Souza cruz, with special reference to the Cedejor project, are of either assistancial or transforming nature. The Cedejor project aims to offering to rural young people in southern Brazil an experience feeding sustainable human devolopment. It tries to develop the enterprising spirit in of rural young people , to make them become agents of transformation of their own reality leading consequently to better conditions of life. Therefore, it doesn t point only to job qualification but also to the overall development of young people.