The Science Clubs are free intensive week-long courses on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) topics for young Colombians, who are studying in high school in public institutions. The clubs are a great opportunity for the students to experience the world of
Young Girls, learning how to code in Costa Rica
On Sunday 12th of March, about 50 Costa Rican girls got inside the world of tablet applications working with Android operating system. Youth from the areas of San José, Limón and Orosi, participated in a camp organized by the Young Girls program
Google survey: How parents take care of kids and youth in LatAm
At the end of 2016, Google conducted an online survey in Latin America to understand the different ways in which parents take care of their children, between the ages of 3 and 16, in the digital world. This survey was conducted
Design for Change Uruguay
Design for Change Uruguay is a project aimed at teachers and students from Uruguay’s middle schools. This project is part of a worldwide movement called “Design for change” in which 30 other countries participate. Through this project, promoted by Plan Ceibal,
Uruguay: Digital inclusion in education centers
All Learning (AL) is a program of Plan Ceibal (Uruguay) that supports the creation and implementation of digital inclusion projects (DIP) in schools. Through these projects the teaching teams, the students and their families make a better use of Ceibal
Colombia: #Prideforeveryone
Early 2016, Google launched #prideforeveryone, a global virtual reality Pride parade that anyone, anywhere could join. Since then, Gogole has distributed Google Cardboards and the virtual Pride experience to more than 20 groups and nonprofits, worldwide. In Colombia, Google worked
#Sexteaconlacabeza
The NGO Faro Digital launched the campaign #SexteaConLaCabeza (Do sexting, with the head -thinking-). The objective of the initiative is to raise awareness about how important it’s to take care of our identity when sending intimate or sexual photos through
Events of the Conectados al Sur network
Conectados al Sur (@conectadoalsur), a regional initiative of the global Digitally Connected network, addresses the opportunities and challenges pertaining to children and youth in the digital environment in the Latin American and Caribbean region. The Conectados al Sur network has at
Argentina: Theatrical workshops and talks on digital citizenship campaign
The Province of Buenos Aires (Argentina), through the Secretary of Children and Adolescents, the Ministry of Education and Justice, are focusing on the different challenges children and youth are facing which can occur in the digital world. Together with UNICEF