Microsoft promotes tech education in Latin America
April 10, 2008 – 7:19 amMicrosoft is expanding partnerships throughout Latin America and helping to establish programs to provide technology education.The partnerships are focused on providing technology education to at-risk youth as well as people with disabilities.
Microsoft will be partnering with or expanding partnerships in Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru and international Latin American organizations.
The Dominican Today article goes through all the partnerships, and there are quite a few. The article doesn’t say how much money Microsoft plans to commit to all the partnerships, but it does say a $4 million dollar fund has been setup for Partnership in Opportunities for Employment through Technology in the Americas, which is an IT skills and job training program.
