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microsoft, Creative to support 25,000 jóvenes en riesgo

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Jun. 12, 2014 – Microsoft Corp.. and Creative Associates International are partnering to provide thousands of at-risk youth in El Salvador with access to software and technology training as an alternative to the draw of gangs.

“Microsoft’s involvement will have a significant, positive affect on youth in gang-infested areas of El Salvador," dice Charito Kruvant, Presidente y CEO de Creativo. “We appreciate the company’s support of our crime-prevention work and the role youth play in creating a safer, better future for their communities.”

Using Creative’s network of 77 Youth Outreach Centers in El Salvador, Microsoft will outfit 800 computers with educational software applications, incluyendo oficina 365, Matemáticas de Microsoft 4.0, Microsoft Worldwide Telescope and more, that will benefit approximately 25,000 juventud. With support from local vendors, Microsoft will train 130 information technology coordinators to use the platform.

Microsoft’s support amounts to $2.94 millón.

The company will also support 13 Salvadoran IT academies with training for IT coordinators, a full teaching technology curriculum and learning tools that help young people to develop marketable skills.

Creative’s El Salvador Violence and Crime Prevention Program—which is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development—is addressing the country’s troubling levels of violence by improving the ability of communities, municipios e instituciones nacionales para abordar los delitos violentos.

Creative’s community based centers provide at-risk youth with a safe space where they can receive academic tutoring, improve their computer literacy, learn English and find opportunities for recreation.

Throughout Central America, Creative has established more than 115 Centros de extensión juvenil, with more planned in vulnerable communities.

A NOSOTROS. Ambassador to El Salvador, Mari Carmen Aponte, praised the agreement between Creative and Microsoft.

“I am extremely pleased to formalize this agreement with an important private sector partner," A NOSOTROS. Ambassador Aponte said during the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding. “Precisely, under the Partnership for Growth, we encourage all sectors to join in violence prevention actions to increase the security and prosperity of thousands of Salvadorian citizens.”

Microsoft will support the project through its YouthSpark initiative, a global corporate citizenship program that empowers young people to imagine and develop their potential and connects them to further opportunities in education, employment and entrepreneurship. (http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/youthspark/)

Gracia Rosi, General Manager of Microsoft El Salvador, signed of the memorandum of understanding for her company.

“It is important to create areas of mutual cooperation with various types of institutions, who seek from their context and institutions to maximize the development of El Salvador,” Rosi said. "De este modo, we recognize that we must join in the institutional efforts promoted by USAID, and in particular, we must support those initiatives that seek to provide real opportunities for the Salvadorian youth to reach their goals, their development, vocational training and skills in information technology.”

Acerca de Creative Associates Internacional

Creative Associates International trabaja con comunidades desatendidas compartiendo conocimientos y experiencia en educación., crecimiento económico, Gobernanza y transiciones del conflicto a la paz.. Creative es la segunda empresa propiedad de mujeres que trabaja con EE.UU.. gobierno.

Con sede en Washington, CORRIENTE CONTINUA., Creative currently has projects in more than 15 países. Desde 1977, ha trabajado en 85 países y en casi todos los continentes. Reconocido por su capacidad para trabajar rápidamente., con flexibilidad y eficacia en entornos conflictivos, Creative apuesta por generar soluciones sostenibles a largo plazo a problemas complejos de desarrollo.

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