Passerelles Numeriques Vietnam

Passerelles numériques (PN), a French non-profit organization, enables young underprivileged people to build their employability through education in the digital industry, and leverage their potential and willpower; it allows them and their family to escape poverty in a sustainable way, and contribute to the social and economic development of their country. Established in 2005, PN has been operating in Cambodia, the Philippines and Vietnam, Passerelles numériques has offered scholarships to more than 1700 students in three countries. PN employs 100 people based in these three countries. Passerelles numériques relies on the financial and skills sponsorship of several corporate partners such as Accenture, Econocom-Osiatis, JP Morgan, Microsoft and Société Générale and also receives support from individual donors. In Vietnam, Passerelles numériques started its mission in 2010, with a training centre based in Da Nang, in Central Vietnam. In 2012, the first class graduated with 27 students, and most of them had a job just after graduation. Today, PN Vietnam (PNV) trains 129 students and graduated 258 young disadvantaged since 2010. Website: http://www.passerellesnumeriques.org/ http://www.passerellesnumeriques.org/vietnam