After Joanne's NetHope Academy internship at a local ISP she got a full time job offer! Now, she's regularly complimented by supervisors about her outstanding customer service and prioritization skills! She credits NHA with her success in getting a job and teaching her the skills that now set the example for her colleagues on how to be effective in the workplace! Joanne is now helping to raise funds to continue NHA so that others like her can earn careers in IT and help Haiti rebuild!
Haiti has a critical shortage of IT professionals. At the same time there are many unemployed Haitians that have completed 4 years of computer science education but can't get jobs because they lack the work experience that employers demand. The NetHope Academy identifies the "best of the best" unemployed youth and provides them with internships and the professional development they need to become employable.
The NetHope Academy is a "finishing school" of sorts providing promising young Haitians with the necessary on-the-job work experience that allows them to apply what they have learned in school. Over 80% of NetHope Academy interns have earned full time employment as IT professionals.
Haiti is rebuilding following the devastating earthquake in 2010. Information technology is seen by many as a catalyst for economic and social change. Virtually every sector including health, education, banking and government will be impacted by the move towards a 21st century information and communications driven nation.
