Microsoft Philanthropies Latin America 2015 “At Microsoft, We Reaffirm Our Commitment to Continue Creating More Opportunities for Young People in Latin America”
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Microsoft Philanthropies Latin America 2015 “At Microsoft, 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. 2 Microsoft Latin America 2015 Philanthropies Report Empowering every person and every organization in Latin America to achieve more! 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. 3 Microsoft Latin America 2015 Philanthropies Report Impact of Microsoft Philanthropies from the beginning of our programs 66 millions US$ 456 young people million donation in benefited through software and cloud YouthSpark. services Impacting +6,000 nonprofits 4 Microsoft Latin America 2015 Philanthropies Report Microsoft YouthSpark 5 Microsoft Latin America 2015 Philanthropies Report Microsoft YouthSpark 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”. Satya Nadella 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. 6 Microsoft Latin America 2015 Philanthropies Report Microsoft YouthSpark 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. 7 Microsoft Latin America 2015 Philanthropies Report Microsoft YouthSpark 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. 8 Microsoft Latin America 2015 Philanthropies Report Microsoft YouthSpark 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. 9 Microsoft Latin America 2015 Philanthropies Report Microsoft YouthSpark # 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