Empower youth through technology in Costa Rica

{{Project |Description=Collaborate with us for social innovation in Costa Rica. Empower youth. Promote the integration of education and technology. Encourage entrepreneurship. Put your Ideas into Action. Colabora con nosotros por la innovacion social en Costa Rica. Empoderamos a los jovenes. Promovemos la integracion de educacion y tecnologia. Fomentamos el emprendimiento. Solo la idea de hacer una diferencia no es suficiente. Es hora de poner las Ideas en Accion.

Challenge

English is key to success in the professional world, however English education is not accessible to all. There also exists a significant lack of women in STEM which limits our possibilities and the generation of new ideas. El aprendizaje del ingles es una competencia clave en el mundo profesional, sin embargo no todos tienen acceso. Asi mismo existe una falta significativa de mujeres en ciencia y tecnologia que lo que limita nuestras posibilidades y la generacion de nuevas ideas.

Long-Term Impact

In 2 years we have provided 2.544 hours of training and leadership to women through MenTe en Accion, helped 1600+ students learn English through Duolingo en Accion and 57k+ people have watched our TEDxPVJoven talks, and we keep growing. En solo 2 anos hemos brindado 2.544 horas de capacitacion y liderazgo a mujeres a traves de MenTe en Accion, hemos ayudado a +1600 estudiantes a aprender ingles a traves de Duolingo en Accion, y seguimos creciendo.

References

1. http://www.ideasenaccion.com/
2. https://www.facebook.com/ideasenaccionCR
3. https://www.instagram.com/ideasenaccion/
4. http://www.menteenaccion.org/

Additional Documentation

https://www.globalgiving.org//pfil/21385/projdoc.pdf

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