Help vulnerable Argentine students finish college

For the first time in three years, we were able to bring in new scholarship holders. Sixty-five young people were admitted. Twenty-five wanted to pursue a traditional career and joined “Integrar Scholarship” while 40 chose “Fullstack Programming”, the first intensive training course of IntegrarTEC, our newly launched scholarship specifically focused on  IT. 

The academic year in the southern hemisphere runs from March to December. 

One hundred and forty scholarship holders started their academic year in March 2022. Three of them graduated before July and we expect ten more graduations before December.  

Fifteen mentors joined us to support the new scholarship holders and we are delighted that five of them are Integrar graduates: no one is better suited than them to share first-hand experience and a deep understanding of what it means to engage in such a challenging journey. In addition, five technology experts joined the IntegrarTEC support team. 

Employability
We believe that in a world where the labor market is changing fast, and sometimes unpredictably, the workers’ characteristics are key, especially for obtaining their first professional job. In addition to the network of contacts and alliances available to students and newly graduates, we also work to improve their job readiness through workshops and other activities. The goal is to strengthen their communication skills so that they can go through a job interview with solvency. 

We are very proud of three students who recently have found a job directly related to their field of study. Marisa is only one year away from graduating in Human Resources Management and is working in a school HR department. Last month, Matias, in the second year of Educational Sciences, started working at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Secretary of Science and Technology. Valeria, who is pursuing a degree in International Cultural and Business Management has recently joined the administrative team of a big insurance broker. 

 
Context
Argentina is suffering a serious recession and the economy is tumbling. The support of donors like you, who donate in hard currency, is most important to us at this time. Annual inflation is reaching 100 percent and your support gives us the stability we desperately need to keep our program going and growing. 

Your support makes a difference.
It changes lives. 

Thank you. 

Erika (photo attached) is an Integrar graduate and the mentor of Ludmila.
“Studying meant everything to me. I am very proud of everything I have achieved. When I started studying, I also worked so I got up at 4 in the morning and came back at midnight. I cannot imagine life without having studied. I want to be a mentor because I like the idea of inspiring someone and I know that without Integrar I would not have been able to get to where I am now.”