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Mission of Techie Youth

Techie Youth's mission is to create economic opportunities for teens in foster care and at-risk youth by utilizing technology-focused career skills training to establish financial self-sufficiency and long-term professional stability. Our emphasis is on redirecting the life-path of youth and young-adults who are on a track towards homelessness or incarceration.

Our programs provide each participant with opportunity & attention; this is our core coaching ideology implemented by each Techie Youth team member.

Each youth participant receives an accelerated education in computer-based career training, tailored to their interests, with individualized coaching. Our goal is to empower them to become financially self-sustaining technology professionals.

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Growing Up in Foster Care: What's It Like Living In A Residential Group Home? ++FREE COMPUTERS!

😟 Growing Up in Foster Care: What's It Like Living In A Residential Group Home? πŸ€– ++FREE COMPUTERS!

Foster Gifts by Techie Youth provided computers for the foster youth living in this Staten Island group home, and had the chance to interview one of the residents and learn what their life is like, and to hear about their experiences growing up in institutional living.
Learn how you can help this important cause at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

The Impact of YOUR Foster Gifts, by Techie Youth Powerful Heartfelt Feedback

πŸ’“ The Impact of YOUR Foster Gifts, by Techie Youth πŸ’“ Powerful Heartfelt Feedback

You can help this important cause right now, at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

Inspiring Words of Wisdom from a Teenager Living in a Foster Care Group Home Residential Facility

🀯 Inspiring Words of Wisdom from a Teenager Living in a Foster Care Group Home Residential Facility

Learn how you can help this important cause at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

Giving Computers to a Foster Care "Intake" Temporary-Living Center for Youth Residents to Use

πŸ–±οΈ Giving Computers to a Foster Care "Intake" Temporary-Living Center 🏠 for Youth Residents to Use

Watch Techie Youth bring computers for the youth to use at a foster care "intake" center that provides temporary residence and shelter for youth who have just entered foster care or who are transitioning between residences and need immediate temporary housing until a long-term placement is secured. Hear from one of the teenage youth residents who shares what it is like to live here and how it compares with his prior foster care placements.
Learn how you can help this important cause at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

The Dreams of Orphans in El Salvador Aspirations of Kids Living in an Orphanage - Mi Casa Kids

πŸ’— The Dreams of Orphans in El Salvador πŸ€— Aspirations of Kids Living in an Orphanage - Mi Casa Kids

This video was FILMED BY THE KIDS! Explore the talents and aspirations of orphaned and abandoned children living at Mi Casa Kids International in El Salvador, during a visit by Techie Youth Founder, Eric Benari.
Learn how you can help Mi Casa Kids at https://www.micasakids.org
Support Techie Youth at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

100 FREE Laptops for 100 HOMELESS Youth Techie Youth gifts to Jericho Project youth - Bronx

πŸ†“ 100 FREE Laptops πŸ‘©‍πŸ’» for 100 HOMELESS Youth πŸ₯€ Techie Youth gifts to Jericho Project youth - Bronx

Techie Youth in collaboration with Jericho Project is helping 100 homeless teens and young-adults learn income-earning computer skills, and is providing each of them with a free laptop to enable them to get started on a new path towards financial self-sufficiency.
Learn how you can help this important cause at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

Giving Away FREE LAPTOPS to Foster Kids Living in a Children's Home Foster Care Residence Facility

πŸ†“ Giving Away FREE LAPTOPS to Foster Kids Living in a Children's Home Foster Care Residence Facility

Foster Gifts by Techie Youth gave away many laptop computers to foster youth who are living away from their parents, in His House Children's Home, a residential facility for foster kids.
Learn how you can help this important cause at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

Foster Youth Interview FREE COMPUTERS for a Foster Care Group Home! Foster Gifts by Techie Youth

Foster Youth Interview πŸ†“ FREE COMPUTERS for a Foster Care Group Home! Foster Gifts by Techie Youth

Watch and hear the wisdom of this very-mature teenager to learn what it is like to live in a foster care group home. We provided free computers for the youth who are living at this group home as part of our Foster Gifts by Techie Youth initiative. Learn how you can help this important cause at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

Life in a Foster Care Group Home - Growing Up Separated From Parents & Family + FREE Computers!

πŸ˜”Life in a Foster Care Group Home - Growing Up Separated From Parents & Family + FREE Computers!

Exclusive interview with Demoy, a youth growing up in a foster care group home. This home was one of many that has received free computers from Techie Youth via our Foster Gifts program. Foster Gifts gives at-risk youth and foster kids easy access to technology, with a special focus on helping teenagers who are living in communal foster-youth residences.
Learn how you can help this important cause at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

Words of Wisdom & Determination from Isaac, a Techie Youth participant

πŸ’‘ Words of Wisdom & Determination from Isaac, a Techie Youth participant

The "Techie Youth, Learn to E-Earn" musical jingle during the ending animation was both vocalized and produced by Isaac.
Learn how you can help this important cause at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

Meet the NYC Females in Tech Techie Youth experiences of women participants in New York City

♀️ Meet the NYC Females in Tech πŸ‘©‍πŸ’» Techie Youth experiences of women participants in New York City

Learn more about our Techie Youth programs for Females-in-Tech at
https://www.TechieYouth.org/females
Discover how you can help this important cause at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

Who are the Techie Women of Nigeria? African Girls-in-Tech Program by Techie Youth

πŸ‘©πŸΏ‍πŸ’» Who are the Techie Women of Nigeria? πŸ§•πŸΏ African Girls-in-Tech Program by Techie Youth

Everyone should support the empowerment of Women-in-Tech! Watch and learn from the female students at our Techie Youth center in Yola, a city in Northeast Nigeria, Africa.
Learn how you can help this important cause at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

Feeding HUNDREDS of KIDS in Manila's POOREST area! Techie Youth helping Tondo Happy Land BRGY105

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ Feeding HUNDREDS of KIDS in Manila's POOREST area! Techie Youth helping Tondo Happy Land BRGY105

Tondo HappyLand in Manila (Barangay 105) is among the most-impoverished regions of the Philippines. Kids and adults in this region commonly eat Pagpag, discarded food scavenged from the garbage that is then battered and fried; hunger and malnutrition is a major problem in Happy Land (yes, that really is the official nickname of the BRGY 105 region of Tondo!) Techie Youth has sponsored this initiative to provide food to hundreds of kids living there, purchased directly from local vendors. This was an initial pilot program to validate how much impact we can make; we are now exploring projects that provide long-term results - you can support this project at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help
Special HUGE thank you to @KryptoTrekker for making this happen!

Techie Youth in Yola, Nigeria - Helping African Youth Gain Financial Independence via Tech Skills

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ Techie Youth in Yola, Nigeria - Helping African Youth Gain Financial Independence via Tech Skills

Our Techie Youth Africa classroom in Yola, Nigeria (Adamawa State) is training hundreds of youth to become financially self-sufficient with technology-career skills.

5-Years AFTER Techie Youth: Student Interview + Freestyle Rapping + Words of Wisdom & Advice!

🎼 5-Years AFTER Techie Youth: Student Interview + Freestyle Rapping + Words of Wisdom & Advice!

Enjoy this interview with a former Techie Youth student who graduated 5-years-ago and freestyle raps about chopped cheese & chicken patties :)

Graduation Ceremony + Funny Classroom Antics with Techie Youth Students Hear From the Graduates!

πŸŽ“ Graduation Ceremony + Funny Classroom Antics with Techie Youth Students πŸŽ‰ Hear From the Graduates!

Watch the fun day of festivities (and funny antics) celebrating the graduation of Techie Youth participants, and awarding them with their certificates of completion and giving each youth the opportunity to talk about what is important to them.

VOLUNTEER CHALLENGE Install Windows to 125-COMPUTERS in 3.5-HOURS! Can they do it?? Techie Youth

πŸ’» VOLUNTEER CHALLENGE πŸͺŸ Install Windows to 125-COMPUTERS in 3.5-HOURS! Can they do it?? Techie Youth

Can our volunteers install Windows to 125 computers in just 3.5-hours, and get them ready for our next Techie Youth semester? Watch and find out!

Volunteer CHALLENGE: 2.5-Hours to Assemble DESKS & CHAIRS for a 65-Student Classroom

πŸ”§πŸͺ‘ Volunteer CHALLENGE: 2.5-Hours to Assemble DESKS & CHAIRS for a 65-Student Classroom

Techie Youth is expanding (again!) and needs more desks and chairs to fit more students in our facility. Watch and see if these dedicated volunteers can assemble desks and chairs for a 65-seat classroom in just 2.5-hours, to be used for several daily classes (utilized by hundreds of youth!)

FREE Computers & FREE $1300 Brooks Brothers Suits to Group Home Youth + INTERVIEWS espa ol e ing

πŸ†“ FREE Computers & FREE $1300 Brooks Brothers Suits to Group Home Youth + INTERVIEWS πŸ’ español e ing

Watch these super-fun interviews of group home youth getting FREE laptop computers and new suits from Brooks Brothers at Techie Youth.
Video is a mix of English along with Spanish with English subtitles.
A HUGE THANK YOU to Arman Roy Foundation & Laptops For Kids for providing the laptops!!!

Giving FREE COMPUTERS to Foster Care Group Homes: Mother & Child Home + Girls' Home + Boys' Home

πŸ’–πŸ‘Ό Giving FREE COMPUTERS to Foster Care Group Homes: Mother & Child Home + Girls' Home + Boys' Home

Watch & enjoy this Foster Gifts initiative by Techie Youth, where we donate & install computers for foster youth residing in 3 different Catholic Guardian foster care group homes:
0:21 Mother & Child Group Home
1:32 Boys' Group Home
4:58 Girls' Group Home
Plus, hear from the foster youth residents and group home staff at these facilities.
0:00 Intro
0:32 Interview with mother & child group home residents
1:38 Delivering computers to the boys' group home
2:41 Interview with the staff of the boys' group home
5:05 Delivering computers to the girls' group home
5:54 Interview with the staff of the girls' group home

ALL-GIRLS Foster Care Group Home What It's Like Inside, Interviewing the Female Residents

πŸ‘©‍πŸ‘©‍πŸ‘§‍πŸ‘§ ALL-GIRLS Foster Care Group Home πŸ‘©‍πŸ‘§What It's Like Inside, Interviewing the Female Residents

Techie Youth donated and assembled computers for the girls at a residential home for females in foster care. Watch this powerful interview with the female residents and staff of this group home for teenage foster kids.

WOUNDED But NOT DEFEATED Building a Computer Room at a Women's Center Heridas Pero No Vencidas

πŸ’” WOUNDED But NOT DEFEATED πŸ’” Building a Computer Room at a Women's Center πŸ’” Heridas Pero No Vencidas

Techie Youth built out a computer room for the women in need of assistive-services at the Heridas Pero No Vencidas (Wounded But Not Defeated) women's center, in the Bronx.

Preparing 44 Computers for Donation to Foster Care Group Homes and Other Charitable Causes

πŸ–₯️ Preparing 44 Computers for Donation πŸ–±οΈ to Foster Care Group Homes and Other Charitable Causes

Watch and enjoy seeing Techie Youth volunteers prepare 44 computers for donation to group homes for teens in foster care and other charitable centers that are in need of computers. In this video we tested each computer, fixed any issues, formatted the hard drives and installed a fresh Windows or Linux operating system.

Outtakes: Giving 100 Youth FREE laptops with MIMS & Rich Valdes Foster Gifts by Techie Youth

🐰 Outtakes: Giving 100 Youth FREE laptops with MIMS & Rich Valdes πŸ’» Foster Gifts by Techie Youth

Enjoy this fun outtakes footage from our Foster Gifts by Techie Youth giveaway with musician & entrepreneur Shawn Mims, AKA Mr. This is Why I'm Hot and talk-show host Rich Valdes along with the Techie Youth team and youth-participants. Super HUGE thanks to Laptops For Kids https://www.laptopsforkids.com) and the Arman Roy Foundation https://www.armanroy.org) for enabling this initiative to happen!

Gifting 100 FREE Laptops with MIMS & Rich Valdes Foster Gifts for Foster Teens & At-Risk Youth!

⭐Gifting 100 FREE Laptops with MIMS & Rich Valdes πŸ’» Foster Gifts for Foster Teens & At-Risk Youth!

Techie Youth with Shawn Mims, musician & entrepreneur AKA Mr. This is Why I'm Hot, and talk-show host Rich Valdes are giving 100 youth free laptop computers! Foster Gifts recipients are teenagers in foster care and other at-risk teens participating in Techie Youth programs. If you follow Mr. Beast then you will love this! Super HUGE thanks to the Arman Roy Foundation https://www.armanroy.org) and Laptops For Kids https://www.laptopsforkids.com) for enabling this initiative to happen!
Learn how YOU can sponsor an initiative like this at https://www.TechieYouth.org/help

Giving Out 100+ FREE LAPTOPS to Teens in Foster Care & Underprivileged Youth! Not Mr. Beast!

πŸ”₯ Giving Out 100+ FREE LAPTOPS to Teens in Foster Care & Underprivileged Youth! πŸ’» Not Mr. Beast!

Thanks to Laptops For Kids https://www.laptopsforkids.com) and the Arman Roy Foundation https://www.armanroy.org), more than 100+ @TechieYouth participants have been gifted a free laptop computer through the Techie Youth Foster Gifts program! Laptop recipients include current and former foster care teens as well as youth who are either underprivileged or classified by New York City as at-risk of becoming homeless or incarcerated.
Special thanks to talk-show host Rich Valdes and musician & entrepreneur Shawn Mims, AKA Mr. This is Why I'm Hot for helping Techie Youth bring hope and happiness to so many underprivileged youth with this initiative!

Preparing to Give Away 100+ FREE COMPUTERS to Foster Kids & Underprivileged Teens! Not Mr. Beast!

πŸ’» Preparing to Give Away 100+ FREE COMPUTERS to Foster Kids & Underprivileged Teens! Not Mr. Beast!

Thanks to the Arman Roy Foundation https://www.armanroy.org and Laptops For Kids https://www.laptopsforkids.com more than 100+ @Techie Youth participants have been gifted a free laptop computer through the Techie Youth Foster Gifts program! Laptop recipients include current and former foster care teens as well as youth who are either underprivileged or classified by New York City as at-risk of becoming homeless or incarcerated.
Special thanks to musician & entrepreneur Shawn Mims, AKA Mr. This is Why I'm Hot and talk-show host Rich Valdes for helping Techie Youth bring hope and happiness to so many underprivileged youth with this initiative!

Newark TechSpark Career Panel for S.T.E.A.M. students

✨ Newark TechSpark Career Panel for S.T.E.A.M. students πŸ’₯

United Community Corporation and the Arman Roy Foundation's TechSpark Career Panel for S.T.E.A.M. students in Newark.
Opening words by:
Manisha Roy, Founder, Arman Roy Foundation
Panelists:
Mohini Jaiswal, Financial Technology Product Leader
Eric David Benari, Founder & Executive Director, Techie Youth
Paulo Nunes, President, RocketClub Hoboken
Richard Thompson, President, Digital Air Technologies & Analytics
Special thanks to:
Richard Grecco, Director of Community Engagement, UCC
Media published about this event:
https://essexnewsdaily.com/news/newark/97915
https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/united-community-corp-arman-roy-foundation-host-free-tech-career-panel-youth-newark
https://www.rlsmedia.com/article/united-community-corp-arman-roy-foundation-host-free-tech-career-panel-youth-newark
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark/sections/education/articles/free-panel-discussion-on-tech-will-be-open-to-newark-students-here-s-how-to-sign-up

YOU MUST HEAR THIS Testimonials from our Techie Youth while they get FREE Brooks Brothers suits

YOU MUST HEAR THIS πŸ—£οΈ Testimonials from our Techie Youth 🀡 while they get FREE Brooks Brothers suits

While we gave away free $1,398 Brooks Brothers suits to our Techie Youth participants, the youth had shared their deep wisdom and spoke about their extraordinarily-challenging life experiences.
Watch more Techie Youth Brooks Brothers Suit-Giveaway videos:
Preparation and giveaways: https://youtu.be/apJI8uR1n2k
TV News coverage on WNBC https://youtu.be/-2GKCh-60Zk and WABC https://youtu.be/Kfjbov6P1Ic

GRADUATION DAY @ Techie Youth Narrated by a student speaking about her experience

🎈 GRADUATION DAY @ Techie Youth 🎈 Narrated by a student speaking about her experience

Watch and experience a graduation day at Techie Youth! This is from one of our early classes when Techie Youth was just beginning!

Thx4 Support! Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark, Joanne & Fred Wilson, EnterpriseDB - Gift Donors @TY

Thx4 Support! Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark, Joanne & Fred Wilson, EnterpriseDB - Gift Donors @TY

Techie Youth and our students are super-thankful for the donor support received from Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark, Joanne & Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures + Gotham Gal Ventures and from EnterpriseDB Postgres. Techie Youth has utilized your gift to serve many-hundreds of teens in foster care and at-risk youth who are facing homelessness or incarceration, providing them with free training to learn IT career-skills and become a professional working in the computer technology sector.
Learn more about Techie Youth at https://www.TechieYouth.org
Learn more about Techie Youth's primary supporters at:
https://craignewmarkphilanthropies.org
https://www.usv.com
https://gothamgal.com
https://www.enterprisedb.com

Meet the Students of Techie Youth, hear their stories: homeless, foster care, LGBTQ, incarceration

🀩 Meet the Students of Techie Youth, hear their stories: homeless, foster care, LGBTQ, incarceration

Techie Youth https://www.TechieYouth.org) helps at-risk youth and teens in foster care learn professional IT computer career skills so they can be financially self-sufficient. Many of our youth have been homeless, incarcerated, in foster care, living in shelters or group homes (US-version of an orphanage), abused, abandoned by parents, etc. Many of our youth are pregnant or parenting children of their own, are transgender or LGBTQ+, are in juvenile probation or 2nd-chance alternative sentencing programs, etc.
The Techie Youth accelerated training program is designed specifically for the needs of youth from these demographics to rapidly provide them with high-potential technology career skills.
Techie Youth is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit charity of New York City
PLEASE DONATE NOW at https://www.TechieYouth.org/donate

Giving Away FREE $1,398 Brooks Brothers Suits! Foster Gifts by Techie Youth (not MrBeast, lol)

πŸ‘¨‍πŸ’Ό Giving Away FREE $1,398 Brooks Brothers Suits! πŸ§₯ Foster Gifts by Techie Youth (not MrBeast, lol)

Foster Gifts by Techie Youth is giving away HUNDREDS of suits FREE from Brooks Brothers and Macy's! Watch the follow-up to this video at https://youtu.be/n8ljZumk7jE A special HUGE THANK YOU to Brooks Brothers and Macy's for providing us with these suits and formal-wear to give away!

Techie Youth Ep. 3 You Won't Believe What TY Students Learn Here!

Techie Youth Ep. 3 πŸ’‘ You Won't Believe What TY Students Learn Here!

In this episode you get to watch and experience actual Techie Youth classes in progress, and hear directly from the students what they have learned at Techie Youth.

Techie Youth Ep. 2 Get an Inside-View of the TY Classroom Experience

Techie Youth Ep. 2 🍎 Get an Inside-View of the TY Classroom Experience

Go inside the Techie Youth classroom and experience how fun, dynamic and cool, and sometimes-wild, the classes are!
https://www.TechieYouth.org

Techie Youth Ep. 1 NYC Mega-Classroom Build-Out

Techie Youth Ep. 1 🏫 NYC Mega-Classroom Build-Out

In this premiere episode of the Techie Youth show, we move into our new ginormous classroom, and have just 10-days to completely transform it before the students begin the next semester! Will we have it ready in time? Watch and see! :)
https://www.TechieYouth.org

Win My Classic Jaguar XJ VDP & Support Techie Youth, Charity for Foster Kids & At-Risk Youth!

Win My Classic Jaguar XJ VDP & Support Techie Youth, Charity for Foster Kids & At-Risk Youth!

You can win this classic Jaguar Vanden Plas at https://www.TechieYouth.org/jaguar
Inspiration to give away my Jag for charity was from Kimbal Musk, Elon Musk's brother, giving away his car for his charity.

Jaguar XJ Prize Delivery! Techie Youth Raffle Giveaway Winner!

Jaguar XJ Prize Delivery! 😺 Techie Youth Raffle Giveaway Winner!

Delivering my classic Jaguar XJ8 Vanden Plas to the winner of the Techie Youth contest was an emotional experience! Techie Youth is a charity that teaches IT/technology career skills to foster kids (children without parents) who are facing homelessness or incarceration. Learn how you can support older foster children who are unlikely to be adopted and need your help at https://www.TechieYouth.org

Techie Youth Classroom Experience: What Do Our Students Learn?

πŸ’‘ Techie Youth Classroom Experience: What Do Our Students Learn?

Techie Youth is a free program for foster kids and at-risk youth to learn professional career skills in the IT-technology sector.

What is Techie Youth? How we help foster teens & at-risk youth...

❀️‍πŸ”₯ What is Techie Youth? How we help foster teens & at-risk youth...

Techie Youth is a 501c3 charity that teaches technology-career skills to foster kids and at-risk youth. http://www.TechieYouth.org

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