Corporate Volunteers Training Young People

Worldwide there are 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24 – the largest-ever population of young people. More than 20% are not active in education, training, or employment. To address this, UNICEF and Generation Unlimited are mobilizing companies around the world and develop a unified strategy that will combine capabilities, resources, and innovative approaches to activate employee volunteers to teach critical foundational, digital, job, and entrepreneurial skills and prepare youth for the future.

One such company, Tata Consultancy Services, has created an IT training program where nearly 3,000 volunteers in 59 cities across North America have contributed 200,000 hours to train and educate 17,000 students and prepare them for work in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math focused careers.