MISSION

Powercoders offers intensive, full time coding courses to refugees with the aim of professionally integrating them into the IT labour market.

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70.8 million forcibly displaced people worldwide

- UNHCR

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500’000 unfilled jobs in EU ICT sector by 2020

- European Commission

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Financially supporting a refugee family costs 50,000€

- EU Observer

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Through giving displaced people their independence back, filling the gap of open job positions in the IT-industry and reducing social welfare costs, we are addressing three important issues in society today:

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PROGRAM

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3 MONTHS

• 7 weeks of core web development skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). �
• 5 weeks of skill specialisation and customisation for internship.

• Internship with company secured and accepted in Week 7. �
• Workshops to build soft skills, self confidence and business know how.�

INTENSIVE COURSES

INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT

• Interns individually supported throughout internship by a trained coach.

• ULTIMATE GOAL: Full time employment at the end of the internship.

6 - 12 MONTHS

IMPACT IN NUMBERS

Program ran in four Swiss cities.

101 participants in total.

70+ companies have offered internships.

SUCCESS RATE

... success rate for internships placements.

… of participants find a job.

(ongoing estimation)

97%

60%

INDUSTRY FEEDBACK

...of companies said their intern met their expectations.

...said they would offer an internship again.

90%

80%

95%

...of volunteers said they would volunteer again.

* based off Impact Report, 2018

PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK

...of students felt like Powercoders significantly changed their lives.

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...say it improved their mental health or feeling of acceptance.

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90%

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...of participants are fully off social welfare after only 12 months.

40%

* based off Impact Report, 2018

IMPLEMENTATION - SETUP

SCHOOL PHASE

(3 MONTHS)

INTERNSHIP PHASE

(6 - 12 MONTHS)

PREPARATION PHASE

(3 MONTHS)

• Recruit talented students�
• Course location and logistics �
• Curriculum finalised�
• Companies approached and internships secured

• 9 - 5 week of coding courses �
• Independent learning focus�
• Business & soft skills workshops�
• Participants matched with companies

• Valuable work experience gained �
• 1-2-1 coaching support throughout internship �
• Workplace and cultural integration�
• Companies supported by team

FULL TIME JOB

• Financial independence gained.�
• Continued participation in the Powercoders community.

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PROGRAMS

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BERN

ZURICH

LAUSANNE

BASEL

MANY MORE TO COME ...

BERN

#001

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• 15 students
• 1st school day: 16.01.17
• Graduation: 07.04.17
• Status quo:�5 IT-jobs, 3 IT-apprenticeship, �3 IT-studies, 1 internship, �3 drop-outs
• Funding: Migros Kulturprozent und Raiffeisen Bank

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ZURICH

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• 18 students
• 1st school day: 25.09.17
• Graduation: 22.12.17
• Status quo:�9 IT-jobs, 2 IT-apprenticeship, �4 IT-studies, 3 internships, �1 drop-outs
• Funding: Arcas Foundation

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LAUSANNE

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• 18 students
• 1st school day: 23.04.18
• Graduation: 20.07.18
• Status quo:�1 IT-job, 12 internships�2 IT-apprenticeship, 3 drop-outs
• Funding: State Secretary for Migration

BASEL

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• 20 students
• Location: Philosophicum
• 1st school day: November 18
• Career Day: January 19
• Graduation: March 19
• Start internship: March 19

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SOME INDUSTRY PARTNERS

NEXT

• Permanent in Switzerland�2019: Romandie/Deutschschweiz
• Growth in Europe and MENA�2019: Istanbul & 2 more cities�2020: 5 cities�In touch with teams from: Athens, Milan, Amsterdam, Vienna, …
• Annually 500 graduates by 2020

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THANK YOU

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Hussam Allaham - Industry lead

+41 77 906 16 27 �hussam.allaham@powercoders.org�

Powercoders German Swiss

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