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Help me create a free programming school in my city

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$800raised
$800funding goal
Fully funded and not currently accepting donations.

Project summary

A initiative to offer tech education by creating a free programming and technology school in my city (San Luis, Argentina).

What are this project's goals? How will you achieve them?

Our goal is to break down barriers to entry in the tech knowledge, providing accessible, high-quality education to individuals from all backgrounds, mostly to low income people.

How will this funding be used?

To pay for teachers and expenses like Co-working space.

Who is on your team? What's your track record on similar projects?

Myself; will expand team (2 more people) if funded to make it possible

What are the most likely causes and outcomes if this project fails?

Insufficient crowdfunding support. Potential Negative Outcomes: Economic Impacts. Wasted community resources.

How much money have you raised in the last 12 months, and from where?

None

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Austin Chen

28 days ago

Approving this grant! While it's not shaped like a standard EA grant, it seems low cost to try and I'm happy Benjamin is offering to fund this out of pocket.

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@Austin Hello Austin; that is great to hear! I understand, yes, it is a low cost project, but it will help a lot to gain momentum and seek more funding in the future to make it a long term project. Thanks a lot for the work you and team have done, I am very grateful for this and I will state that the school was started by Manifund and Benjamin, I am truly amazed; please let me know if I can contribute with something in the future. Best regards!

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What progress have you made since your last update?


Dec 9th Update:

I developed the website that will serve as the landing page for the project. I also created a Twitter account where I can share project updates and interact with people interested in the school.

Website:

https://pointer-school.vercel.app/

X account:

https://x.com/PointerSchoolSL

donated $800
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Benjamin

about 1 month ago

Let's get ppl learning to program!

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Matías Federico Ciruelos

about 1 month ago

Oh my God this is incredible, thank you for this offer! Yes! totally, I want most people to learn the beautt of programming and logic, I know it can make our society better, specially here in my city that only has university, I would like to do this school more inclusive and broad, to motivate and to initiate people into programming; thanks you very much for your help, this is amazing, will let everyone that attends the school that you helped us out @foobar