NESsT and BNY Mellon hosted a discussion panel dedicated to building diversity in the workplace and improving training and employment of underrepresented women and underserved youth in high-growth careers.
Why Do Social Enterprises Fail?
Karolina Gadalska Reflects on Upskilling Polish Orphans for IT Jobs
Through trainings, events, and early-career programs, Możesz ITy equips youth and their allies with the tools, connections, and support they need to achieve diversity in the tech industry. Karolina Gadalska is the Manager of the Foundation and works closest with the students of the program. She supports them with accessing training from corporate partners, finding employment, and anything else that comes up as part of the students’ transition to a career such as relocations.
From Foster Care to Programmer: Guest Blog from Ola, inaugural graduate of the Możesz ITy programme by Coders Lab
Concordia: Crafting a Family Space for Youth & Nurturing Skills for Success as Adults
The Power of Venture Philanthropy to Drive Social Change
Supporting Youth from Orphanages and Foster Families to Become Developers
At the Coders Lab Schooling Program, young people at all levels of education learn programming from scratch, enabling them to work in IT. Coders Lab founded the "Keep Up the Pace" Foundation to implement the professional education program, Możesz ITy, that will make it easier for homestay and foster home children to live independently.
Providing Vocational Education and Jobs for Young People with Intellectual Disabilities
Young people with intellectual disabilities in Poland are at high risk of social exclusion and unemployment. Currently, less than 0.1% of people with intellectual disabilities participate in the labor market. Siedlisko is a social enterprise that offers vocational training and dignified employment opportunities to youth with intellectual disabilities and to long-term unemployed people from rural areas.
