IMPACTING LIVES BY TEACHING DIGITAL SKILLS

Why Powercoders?

Switzerland will soon be short of almost 40,000 ICT specialists. At the same time, there is an increasing number of well-qualified, highly motivated people from refugee and migrant backgrounds who are struggling to gain a foothold in the labor market.

There’s one solution for two problems:
Empowering refugees & migrants for an IT career.

Powercoders is an ICT job integration program for people from refugee and migrant backgrounds.

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Do you like the mountains? Do you like to climb?” – “I do now.”

Ali Alshweiki, Modern Analytics Consultant at Evolusys, Alumnus Powercoders

Vevey is now his home, Evolusys his employer, and Ali sums it all up with the words “I am at the happiest time in my life right now.”

In India, many girls go for engineering studies.

Shehani, SAP developer at UBS, Alumna Powercoders

She started her full-time job as an SAP developer at UBS in April, directly after her internship ended.

SBB Arbeitsportrait Sobada Bashiri in Bern, am Mittwoch, 31. Maerz 2021.

6 Years ago we arrived in Switzerland with our luggage on an SBB train. And now I work for them.

Sodaba Bashiri, IT - Apprentice at SBB, Alumna Powercoders

Sodaba has been fascinated by IT for as long as she can remember. As a child she had proudly owned a desktop when no one had one around her.

Joining Powercoders provided the perfect opportunity to follow my passion for IT.

Sodaba Hamid, Software Engineer at Datahouse AG

From receptionist to IT prodigy: Read Sodaba's empowering transition through Powercoders. With the support of amazing coaches and mentors, she made her way in IT.