Microsoft Philanthropies Latin America 2015 “At Microsoft, We Reaffirm Our Commitment to Continue Creating More Opportunities for Young People in Latin America”
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.
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