The STEM Fund benefits more than 5,300 people in Brazil and Mexico
With the support of Lenovo and GSI, and the implementation of six organizations selected in its first cohort, the STEM Fund strengthened skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics while leaving installed capabilities to continue learning in the communities.
The STEM Fund It is an initiative led by Latimpacto that seeks to expand access to education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in communities facing social, economic, and territorial barriers. Its model combines flexible funding with support and organizational strengthening, so that organizations can consolidate their educational methodologies, improve the measurement of their results, and expand their impact.
The first cohort, implemented in Brazil and Mexico with the support of Lenovo and GSI, directly benefited 5,388 people, including 4,834 students, young people and adults, and 554 teachers and educators.
In Brazil, Association Sementes do Vale He brought robotics with accessible materials to 107 teachers and 3,711 students in 35 educational institutions. Campinho Digital It graduated 121 participants from its cloud computing training program and reported 14 international AWS certifications. The Catalyst Institute He worked with 121 students and 91 educators, and his pedagogical resources recorded more than 750 downloads in 270 municipalities.
In Mexico, the Foundation Did you know…? It strengthened the digital skills of 126 young people from rural communities in Puebla and installed two permanent media classrooms. Patronato de Explora He accompanied 325 young people who generated 245 community initiatives and nine functional prototypes. For his part, CIMAT, Through the CODEQ program, it trained 356 teachers and 430 students in programming and robotics.
The advances are also reflected in the acquired skills. At Sementes do Vale, the teaching confidence to implement robotics increased from 10% to 90%. At Fundación ¿Sabías que…?, the use of programming tools among the participants increased from 30% to 78%.
The cohort left teachers prepared to replicate the methodologies, reusable equipment, and open educational resources. These results provide learnings to continue expanding STEM opportunities in the region and for the second cohort in Argentina, which includes Lenovo and BHP Foundation as anchor donors.