Microsoft Philanthropies Latin America 2015 “At , we reaffirm our commitment to continue creating more opportunities for young people in Latin America”.

During 2015, at Microsoft we worked to make our mission come true: to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

To accomplish this, we focused our efforts in our YouthSpark program, in order to increase access to computer science and create education, employment, and entrepreneurial opportunities. Three years have gone by since the launch of this initiative and, thanks to partnerships with governments, the academia, international and intergovernmental organizations, other businesses and nonprofit organizations, we were able to impact 66 million young people in Latin America with our programs.

Additionally, through our Technology for Good program, Microsoft has been supporting nonprofit organizations to help them accomplish their mission, providing them with an increased number of cloud services, and donating Office 365 and desktop software. Our focus is to help NGOs become more productive and work more efficiently.

At Microsoft Philanthropies, we will continue working to make a difference in the lives of young people and nonprofit organizations in the region.

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We work to offer better prospects to young people. That is the reason why we focus our efforts on two strategic areas in which we can drive a significant impact:

With YouthSpark, we seek to create opportunities for youth in terms of education, employment, and entrepreneurship, training young people in key knowledge areas -including both IT and computer science- to boost their opportunities to get a job and encourage their entrepreneurial spirit.

And with the Technology for Good program, we donate cloud technology products and services to support the work of nonprofit organizations and help them accomplish their mission. The goal of our joint effort with nonprofits of each country in the region is to offer them tools so that they can help their beneficiaries gain access to technology and training while realizing their potential.

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66 millions US$ 456 young people million donation in benefited through software and cloud YouthSpark. services

Impacting +6,000 nonprofits

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More young people included in the digital world

“If we are going to solve tomorrow’s global challenges, we must come together today to inspire young people everywhere with the promise of technology”.

With these words, our CEO Satya Nadella Developing critical thinking skills, regardless of committed to help young people -especially their course of studies, is essential for the future those from undeserved communities- access of youth, since, in addition to using and computer science education, and positively consuming technology, they will be encouraged transform their personal and social reality. to create it, driving the development of an innovative generation. In line with these goals, Satya announced a US$75 million investment over the next three Many of these goals are materializing through years for young people to learn coding in order multiple YouthSpark programs, thanks to our to help them connect critical and logical thinking partnerships with governments, international skills to practical reality. agencies, and nonprofit organizations.

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YouthSpark in Latin America: giving the youth a better future

Million of young people in Latin America have In 2015, a US$1.6 M investment benefited 23 no access to education. This is critical since nonprofit organizations working in 11 they are entering a labor market with high countries in the region. Based on training plans unemployment rates already. Changing this and programs –ranging from digital literacy to reality with entrepreneurial spirit initiatives is coding language courses-, these organizations one of the important tasks that both provided young people with skill development governments and the private sector should opportunities to enter the labor market, find address to make a positive impact on society motivation and undertake or continue their and the global economy. education in computer science.

To spark such potential in Latin American youth, at Microsoft we continue implementing YouthSpark through nonprofit organizations and entities that work for youth.

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Trust for the Americas and CDI, YouthSpark partners

Over the past three years, Microsoft has To date, this center works with a network of 86 impacted 66 million young people thanks to centers in four countries (Brazil, Chile, our partnerships with local organizations in Colombia, and Mexico) across the region. So Latin America. Two of them, Trust for the far 26,000 young people have been benefitted Americas and CDI, stand out particularly for and 9,000 of them have gained access to job their huge collaboration through their opportunities. They have also learned programs to drive a greater impact at a entrepreneurial skills to further pursue their regional level. continued technology-based education.

POETA YouthSpark Centers intend to create economic opportunities for vulnerable young people aged 16 to 29; 80% of whom are women. In the past three years with YouthSpark implementation, the Trust managed to benefit almost 40,000 young 40,000 people, creating jobs, providing education, young people reached by 21 and entrepreneurship opportunities for 5,000 POETA YouthSpark Centers in of them. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,

Furthermore, CDI (Center for Digital Inclusion) Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, -Microsoft strategic partner for 19 years now- Mexico and Peru. 26,000 joined this regional partnership with young people impacted by the YouthSpark at the beginning of 2015. CDI's work aims to bring technology-driven social partnership with CDI in Brazil, changes. Chile, Colombia and Mexico.

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Strengthening partnerships that bring about change

Our entire work along with nonprofits in the In Brazil, we held meetings with the region requires the creation of partnerships governments of the states of Sao Paulo and with different governments, businesses, and Minas Gerais and set up partnerships to key players to make the expected impact. expand the program and content scope with Here we share with you some examples which the YouthSpark initiative. In Minas Gerais, we show the result of multisector collaboration: met with the local digital inclusion In Mexico, a YouthSpark memorandum was management to establish a partnership signed with the Sistema Nacional para el bringing closer the benefits of YouthSpark Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (SNDIF) through Microsoft Innovation Centers and [National System for Integral Family Telecenters. Development] to benefit 10,000 marginalized youth in one year. By joining forces with the Secretary of Youth (IMJUVE) and the Executive Global System, we were able to hold the Entrepreneur's Day with excellent results. In a joint campaign with INJUV, we announced in Chile free online training courses for 250,000 young people countrywide at an event held at the Palacio de La Moneda [Presidential offices]. INJUV and Microsoft Chile made courses available for young people to get Digital Literacy, Office, coding, technical support and Social Leaders diplomas.

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# YoPuedoProgramar (I CanCode) Local initiatives related to In Panama, 200 students learned to code at #YoPuedoProgramar in the region: 7 different events with over 15 hours of training. Children used Kodu to create In association with code.org, MTV, Comunidad diploma to those who complete the course. The launch of #EuPossoProgramar in Brazil amazing videogames. IT, and over 100 partners in the region, we They are available in Spanish at was memorable, and attended by the National implemented the initiative www.yopuedoprogramar.com Secretary of Youth, Gabriel Medina. This In addition to the #YoPuedoProgramar week #YoPuedoProgramar in many Latin American initiative gathered over 300 nonprofits with the initiative, many other coding activities took countries. The idea is to have them leave their creation of new training courses and events place. In Jamaica, for example, two fear aside and learn how to code, that benefited almost 5,000 young people. elementary school students from the city of understanding that they can become creators Allman, Kingston, were the winners of the -instead of merely users- of technology. Our team in Colombia set out to invite most important awards of the Lasco Releaf different organizations and sectors to reach In Ecuador, 1,700 students received coding Environment Awareness Programme (REAP) The skills available within the campaign were: out as many beneficiaries as possible. training from 35 trainers at 15 different for their apple-eater game design using Kodu This initiative inspired so far 3 million Institutions from both the private and public schools, with the outstanding support of the and Touch Develop. This game encourages young people, between 12 and 25 years - Hour of Code with Minecraft: the first sectors and nonprofits with potential to Ministry of Telecommunications and healthy eating. old, in Latin America to approach the step in an incredible journey to learn how promote the campaign. Along with the Information Society, who announced the world of code. Computer Science fosters technology works and how to create software critical thinking, problem solving and Ministry of Technology and Colombia Joven, launch of coding courses all over the country. applications. logic skills. young people could learn to code through This major milestone reached out thousands - Learning to Code: to overcome the idea their participation in public libraries and of children countrywide. that application development tools are schools. complex. In Guatemala, we taught coding to children - Touch Develop: a visual game designed to In Chile, the launch of #YoPuedoProgramar at AYUVI, an organization that offers aid and play and learn about the coding world. took place at our offices in Santiago, with the support to children who suffer from cancer. All these trainings are free and grant a presence of the Chilean Secretary of Youth, Nicolás Preuss. In Honduras, #YoPuedoProgramar elicited enthusiasm and a strong commitment in In Costa Rica, 630 students from 6 different students, who got ready for the new season’s schools across the country participated in a program launch many months in advance. coding week of events.

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Local initiatives related to In Panama, 200 students learned to code at #YoPuedoProgramar in the region: 7 different events with over 15 hours of training. Children used Kodu to create In association with code.org, MTV, Comunidad diploma to those who complete the course. The launch of #EuPossoProgramar in Brazil amazing videogames. IT, and over 100 partners in the region, we They are available in Spanish at was memorable, and attended by the National implemented the initiative www.yopuedoprogramar.com Secretary of Youth, Gabriel Medina. This In addition to the #YoPuedoProgramar week #YoPuedoProgramar in many Latin American initiative gathered over 300 nonprofits with the initiative, many other coding activities took countries. The idea is to have them leave their creation of new training courses and events place. In Jamaica, for example, two fear aside and learn how to code, that benefited almost 5,000 young people. elementary school students from the city of understanding that they can become creators Allman, Kingston, were the winners of the -instead of merely users- of technology. Our team in Colombia set out to invite most important awards of the Lasco Releaf different organizations and sectors to reach In Ecuador, 1,700 students received coding Environment Awareness Programme (REAP) The skills available within the campaign were: out as many beneficiaries as possible. training from 35 trainers at 15 different for their apple-eater game design using Kodu This initiative inspired so far 3 million Institutions from both the private and public schools, with the outstanding support of the and Touch Develop. This game encourages young people, between 12 and 25 years - Hour of Code with Minecraft: the first sectors and nonprofits with potential to Ministry of Telecommunications and healthy eating. old, in Latin America to approach the step in an incredible journey to learn how promote the campaign. Along with the Information Society, who announced the world of code. Computer Science fosters technology works and how to create software critical thinking, problem solving and Ministry of Technology and Colombia Joven, launch of coding courses all over the country. applications. logic skills. young people could learn to code through This major milestone reached out thousands - Learning to Code: to overcome the idea their participation in public libraries and of children countrywide. that application development tools are schools. complex. In Guatemala, we taught coding to children - Touch Develop: a visual game designed to In Chile, the launch of #YoPuedoProgramar at AYUVI, an organization that offers aid and play and learn about the coding world. took place at our offices in Santiago, with the support to children who suffer from cancer. All these trainings are free and grant a presence of the Chilean Secretary of Youth, Nicolás Preuss. In Honduras, #YoPuedoProgramar elicited enthusiasm and a strong commitment in In Costa Rica, 630 students from 6 different students, who got ready for the new season’s schools across the country participated in a program launch many months in advance. coding week of events.

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The inclusion of girls and women in technology

The inclusion of women in technology is an At the DigiGirlz event held in the Dominican important matter for Microsoft. That is why Republic, a group of 500 girls enjoyed every year, in some countries we develop educational talks and participated in an initiatives such as DigiGirlz, a YouthSpark application contest for , using program which gives elementary and Visual Studio, to help in different social issues high-school girls the opportunity to learn that affect women countrywide. about careers in technology, connect with Microsoft employees, and participate in workshops.

In Guatemala, a group of 300 girls participated in a DigiGirlz event, in which they were motivated to choose careers related to mathematics, technology, and sciences. They took part of an application development contest for , and created an app called Basket-Balam, which uses Kinect and Scratch.

In Panama, we held the first DigiGirlz event attended by over 100 participants on the opening day, with 83 girls representing 4 state-run schools.

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2015 Challenge for Change Supporting the new generation’s ideas for a better world This is about a competition that motivates and encourages young people to develop ideas and create equal opportunities for all using Microsoft technologies. Tens of thousands of young people put their creativity to work towards social causes in an attempt to build a society that cherishes solidarity, improved distribution of development possibilities, and increased access to education as the foundations for both personal and professional growth.

Three out of 10 winners of the global competition were young people from Latin America, specifically from Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay. They are very talented, creative and passionate.

Belén Guede Vicencio, 19 years old, who lives in Shirley Monserrath Martínez Cabezas, lives in Marcos Rostan is 16 years old and lives in a small Santiago de Chile. She came up with the idea of Ecuador with her 6-year-old son, and, in 2017, she town 3 hours away from Montevideo, Uruguay. creating a learning center to help children and will get her degree in Systems Engineering. One of With the support of Challenge for Change contest, young people access technology education. Her her goals is to become a teacher at her current Marcos is committed to face bullying. Based on the project, called Cultura Tech, suggests starting a university to encourage young people to hold on to alarming figures showing that 3 out of 10 students teaching program at a local library to teach their dreams. Her contest-winning project is called experience bullying for a long time, the goal of computer science and robotics. “Don't Stop Talking”: an app for hearing Marcos' “Acción Ayuda” project is to create a impaired-people which translates lip reading into software platform to exchange experiences and text using software. “We want them not to stop multi-disciplinary knowledge, such as psychology talking because, if they do, they will forget how to or pedagogy, to help change educational models do it,” explains Shirley. and devise guidelines to end bullying.

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In 2015, we will continue with our Technology for Good program, focused on our commitment to nonprofit organizations to help them fulfill their mission, both productively and efficiently, with our technology.

In addition to desktop software donation programs, this year we extended Office 365 scope to a total of 28 Latin American countries, strengthening the work of NGOs in the region, connecting their equipment anywhere in the world, and creating shared workspaces to maximize their processes so that they can enhance their effectiveness when implementing community-beneficial programs.

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Upgrade your World.

With the creation of Windows, Microsoft intended to help people achieve more. In the same spirit, the purpose of #UpgradeYourWorld is to acknowledge the work of organizations committed to make the world a better place.

Microsoft allocated a US$10 M investment among ten nonprofit organizations which collaborate to improve people's lives. Nine of them were selected and the tenth one was voted by people from all over the world: Code.org, CARE International, Special Olympics, Nature Conservancy, Beagle Freedom Project, Keep a Child Alive, Malala Fund, Pencils of Promise, Save the Children and The Global Poverty Project.

Moreover, the #UYW campaign continued in Mexico, with five pre-selected nonprofit organizations plus five more voted by people on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The 10 winning nonprofit organizations from Mexico are: Fundación Cinépolis, Un Kilo de Ayuda, Reforestamos México, Michou y Mau, Fonabec, Fundación Vuela, Fundación MVS Radio, La Magia de un Deseo, Ipoderac and Fundación ACIR.

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The advantages of the cloud at the service of nonprofit organizations Microsoft Philanthropies

Satya Nadella, our CEO, highlighted the need for Mexico The Bahamas Bermuda nonprofit organizations to have access to IT enabled by Dominican Republic the cloud. That is why, in 2015, we further extended the Belize Puerto Rico Honduras Jamaica US Virgin Islands Office 365 donation program for nonprofits to 28 Latin Guatemala Saint Kitts and Nevis Nicaragua American countries. Organizations have the latest innovation in El Salvador Curaçao Barbados Trinidad & Tobago Microsoft's cloud, such as instant messaging and online Costa Rica Panama conferencing applications, and, among others, the possibility of Colombia remote access to any document from any device, with improved Ecuador collaboration. Nowadays, we reach over 542 nonprofit organizations serving 800,000 users in Latin America. Peru Brasil In line with our plans to include cloud features, we are running a pilot in Argentina, with Fundación CONIN who monitors malnutrition by successfully Bolivia connecting 63 centers countrywide and 9 centers abroad using Azure tools. Paraguay According to the official information from CONIN and the Ministerio de Primera Chile Infancia [Early Childhood Ministry] of Salta, they both follow-up a total of 9000 children in the country, monitoring their health. There are 70 CONIN centers distributed all over Argentina the country, and Salta plans to have 53 by the end of the year to reach 4500 children Uruguay in that province.

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The cloud for nonprofit organizations in Latin America

In Brazil, NGO Aldeias Infantiles SOS and the Red Cross implemented Office 365 with excellent results in terms of quality of collected information, improving both their people’s communications and the degree of collaboration. With , among other tools, this NGO saved over US$16,000 dollares, which were in turns allocated to their children programs.

Thanks to the implementation of Office 365, CDI (Center for Digital Inclusion) was able to create the largest community of social educators who work in low-income regions.

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In Mexico, NGO Un Kilo de Ayuda, which has been struggling against chronic child malnutrition for 26 years now, was able to automate information and analyze the data about children’s situation in real time.

Fundación Lazos, whose mission is to transform the children teaching dynamics, with the implementation of Office 365 expedited communication among all the education community members.

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The cloud for nonprofit organizations in Latin America

In Colombia hundreds of organizations are striving to solve different social issues. Many of them embraced the cloud to better create opportunities for every Colombian.

The Museum of Antioquia, which is engaged in preserving an essential part of national heritage, as well as exchanging art practices, uses cloud technology to transform society through art and culture.

Fundación Revel seeks to inspire leadership in young people. The purpose of their activities is to show young people that they can gain access to a different reality. The adoption of cloud https://youtu.be/7W9HWXGggSc tools provides significant collaboration to inspire and show youth that they can be the architects of their own change.

Fundación Corazón Verde, engaged in offering improved quality of life to law enforcement orphans and widows, implemented Office 365 to enhance initiatives related to housing, education, and psychological assistance.

Among other Colombian institutions, the Archdiocese of Bogotá made significant improvements in the interaction of priest community thanks to Microsoft's cloud technology.

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The cloud for nonprofit organizations in Latin America

In Trinidad and Tobago, the mission of ALTA (Adult Literacy Tutors Association) is to teach people over 16 years old to read and write. With a comprehensive education program, they develop teaching materials with a focus on the written word. Now, members explain that the association could not operate without the technology donated by Microsoft: they store information in One Drive, get significant communications savings with Skype, and improved their chances to help people transform their lives thanks to Office 365 agility.

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Technology for Good Events to empower nonprofits in the region

Through Technology for Good Events, we are committed to training nonprofit organizations, with specialists teaching on good practices and giving clear examples of our technologies applied to the daily work of organizations.

Our ideal is to empower nonprofits in the region to increasingly exceed their goals. For such purpose, in 2015 we held 32 Technology for Good Events in Latin America, delivering workshops and education in the training resources and donation programs available. These workshops were attended by 2,835 representatives from different NGOs in 13 countries.

For instance, in Argentina, we held the event in the city of Buenos Aires with the participation of the Minister of Modernization, Andrés Ibarra, and Gabriela Michetti, current Vice President of the country, and the President of Fundacion SUMA. Sixty local nonprofits exchanged their experiences. In Brazil, 175 government representatives and 85 nonprofits learned how to maximize efficiency using Office 365. In Colombia, the event was a huge success: over 200 organizations and 32 renowned journalists listened to stories of leading nonprofits about how technology can help youth. Mexico improved multiple nonprofits knowledge about the advantages of Office 365 through webinars with our TechSoup local partner: CEMEFI. In Paraguay, the event focused on entrepreneurs and the turnout of 80 organizations. In Peru, the Pontificia Universidad Católica and Instituto Invertir joined forces in an exciting event bringing together 80 nonprofits, represented by 140 participants, to discuss the technology impact on social issues. The session reviewed the case of Enseña Perú, one of the most influential organizations in the country which used Office 365 to improve process quality.

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Connecting Youth and Technology nonprofits in Latin America

Latin American nonprofits have a strong commitment and highly-valuable creative proposals to find solutions to social issues. Organizations have worked alone and made isolated actions and events for many years; all of which resulted in less effective outcomes and budgets. Against this background, the Organización Iberoamericana de la Juventud (OIJ) [Iberoamerican Youth Organization], CDI [Center for Digital Inclusion], and Microsoft Latin America launched the Red Latinoamericana de ONGs de Juventud y Tecnología [Latin American Network of Youth and Technology nonprofits].

This network is the result of a survey conducted by the OIJ and Microsoft to find out the region nonprofits' needs. It enables interaction thanks to the implementation of constant connectivity through platform. This project helped strongly improve both team collaboration and creative dynamics by sharing ideas, best practices and making more accurate and faster decisions based on consistent and mutually agreed information.

The survey provided information about nonprofits distribution by community area: • 28% educational activities • 27% social activities • 20% social-educational activities • 8% undertakings and other activities

Learn about the platform that helped achieve collaboration between nonprofits: www.yammer.com/redlatinoamericadeongs

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Adversity couldn't stop her will to grow

Génesis, a 12-year-old girl from Ecuador, says with confidence: I'm a coder! The first time she used a computer, she knew that she loved technology; however, she went through many shortcomings. Budget cutbacks at her school did away with computer courses. Her mother, who was aware of the few possibilities available in the region, was determined to look for ways to help her daughter continue her studies. And she found an opportunity at a community learning center that works with Microsoft YouthSpark to provide free lessons.

Génesis lives in a neighborhood that makes it challenging for her to physically get to school, but, beyond the steep landscape, and the hilly, muddy streets, she studied hard, and today she is one of our YouthSpark stars.

The future is in your hands Cristian grew up in Supatá, a low-income rural area in Cundinamarca, Colombia. Since his early childhood he built a very special relationship with environmental resources. The early death of one of his siblings, brought about socialization issues with children of his age and he looked for shelter in nature: that is how he began exploring woodworking. A few years later, he had a chance to open his own store so he approached Fundación Escuela Taller, which counts on Microsoft's collaboration. The goal of this institution is to preserve cultural heritage, handicrafts, and creative arts, and plays a significant role in the region’s culture, encouraging craftsman business development.

After taking part of a contest and winning a monetary award, Cristian plans to fund the first stage of his own venture. The insights he gained about management technology tools will turn his idea into a sustainable project. Now, he feels his chance closer: to realize his dream and open his own carpenter's shop in Supatá.

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The power of passion

Gertudes Soliz Ramos was only 4 years old when her family, of indigenous origin and restricted economic means, decided to move from the countryside to the city in search of better opportunities. Growing up, Gertrudes was faced with few opportunities offered by Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, if you have no degree or trade. Then, once she completed her elementary and high-school education, she came to Centro CIDCRUZ, an IT training center for young people that offers services thanks to Microsoft's donations. Thanks to her determination to acquire further knowledge, today Gertrudes is working at the Instituto de Cooperación Universitaria and continued studying the Auditing program at the university. She will soon get her degree to begin with a new stage in her career.

An example for the community

Maricruz Sanchez Madrigal was raised by her single mother with a very tight budget. At a very early age she learned that studying would be the only way to move forward. In 2008, she came across Microsoft for the first time when she adapted a PC for a vision-impaired friend with no help at all: this changed her mind. She realized that, if she learned technology, she could help people do their job. That was how her calling to help others started. Maricruz was trained in Digital Literacy and Social Leaders with YouthSpark. Now, she is working to create an education and sustainable development consulting firm. Maricruz became a community leader, advocating for the adoption of technology as an opportunity enabler in Mexico.

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Our continued commitment to empowering Latin American youth through opportunities for employment, entrepreneurship, and education based on computer science remains. Our continued investments to strengthen nonprofit organizations through our donation programs remain as well. We look forward to contributing to the countries of the region growth.