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Aboitiz Foundation President and COO Maribeth L. Marasigan (second from left) and Uplift Code Camp CEO Ruffa Carreon (second from right) award scholarship certificates to several scholars for the six-month intensive boot camp provided by Uplift Code Camp.
As a member of the support staff for an IT company, Edilito Garcia has always been fascinated by how technology works and how it can help make people’s lives easier.
“I was a factory worker when I first held a cellphone – it was in 2001. I was amazed how a palm-sized mobile phone can send a text message with a single push of a button. Since then, I became more interested in working in the tech industry,” said Edilito.
Due to the gaps between his skills and the requirements of the tech industries, however, Edilito was forced to sideline his dream career. Nevertheless, after over a decade of working in an IT company, his dream never left him. Armed with passion and determination, he began to self-study web development.
Edilito recognized that self-study alone would not be enough, so he took his chances and applied to the Aboitiz-Uplift Code Camp, a six-month intensive training program where scholars learn programming, IT, and full-stack web development to help them upskill and kick start their career in software development. After undergoing the selection process, Edilito became one of the camp’s ten pioneering scholars.
With its commitment to promote education as a bridge towards employment, Aboitiz Foundation partnered with Uplift Code Camp to upskill passionate individuals. The Camp helps scholars acquire the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to take advantage of the multitude of opportunities within the tech industries.
To kick start the program, Aboitiz Foundation awarded scholarship certificates to ten successful applicants. The scholars began the Aboitiz-Uplift Code Camp program last November 9 at the Aboitiz Group’s corporate office in NAC Tower, BGC.
The launch event was attended…
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