Foundations Forge Partnership: Investing in Youth Through Tech Education

Two entities, SM Foundation and BingoPlus Foundation just formed a partnership in order to provide technology based education for those in exposed communities. The plan is for the BingoPlus FutureSmart and SM Foundation scholarship programs to fund those with interests in Game Development, Software Engineering and Data Science. They will also be supporting those who would delve in Web Development, Multimedia Arts, Design, and IT. This will benefit over 30 students for the upcoming school year.

DigiPlus is making headway in making sure the 100 Million Pesos of investments (through grants and partnerships like these) they are pouring in would benefit Filipino lives, the IT industry, especially since they are an entertainment corp that is all digital.

Debbie Sy the Executive Director and Trustee from SM Foundation reiterates how this collaboration is transformative and could create a huge impact for future professionals of the Philippine IT industry. If you want to know more about it, visit sm-foundation.org or digiplus.com.ph/bingoplus-foundation if you want to also help.

iACADEMY Strengthens Foundation Partnership to Benefit Tech Students

For a country with over 86.98 Million internet users and over 73.6 percent internet penetration, the Philippines still has a great need for tech and IT professionals. Recently, one of the most progressive IT schools in the country iACADEMY just signed with BingoPlus Foundation a whole 17.5 Million pesos worth of scholarship grants for students for school year 2024 to 2025. This is an increase of over 300 percent compared wo their 6 Million grand last 2022. This is part of their social effotrts, on investing in technical talents via their own FutureSmart Scholarship Program.

According to the Digiplus President and Foundation Chairman Andy Tsui "This is part of our efforts to make sure there'd be no gap in good quality tech educaiton in the Philippines. There are certainly a lot of promising technological talents out there and we are doing our share to help them."

Aside from the grant, they are also given personal development training, aimed to get them equipped and have the right mindset before they go out in the world. iACADEMY President and CEO Dr. Vanessa Tanco was thankful for BingoPlus Foundation's generosity and noted how both organizations have had the samve vision to continue to proivde quality educaiton for all.  

For those who would want to try their luck for the FutureSmart Scholarship, you may proceed to this addy bit.ly/FutureSmartScholarship. But remember, this will only be until June 15th so make sure you submit your intentions for it on the address above.

Huawei Gives Scholarship for Deserving DLSU Students

Smartphone and ICT giant Huawei just recently released the names of their first batch of scholars in De la Salle University. This is part of the company's efforts in their Tech4All program, a global inclusion initiative. This is given to deserving students who are in their 3rd to 5th year college level, to be able to help them financially.

This year's recipients include Patrick Lawrence Simpao, Christian Justin Yu and Christian Michael Tan. They are on their 4th year as archers. They'll be graduating with courses such as BS Information Technology and BS Electronics and Communications Engineering.

De La Salle University President Br. Bernard Oca FSC said "Our partnership with Huawei amplify our battlecry of teaching minds, touching hearts and transforming lives. Huawei Philippines Technologies, Inc. is helping to transform the lives of future innovators, ICT based Engineers and scientists."

The Huawei scholarship is just starting and is doing in the top universities in the country. This totals to 19 individuals from different universities and colleges which all happened in 2021.