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BHP Foundation joins Sumar Saberes, a private-public alliance to help identify and scale up best practices in education in Chile
Wed, June 19, 2024
Chile program
By combining the innovative and agile practices of the private and philanthropic sectors with the national priorities and government’s reach, Sumar Saberes aims to boost the transformation of the educational model in Chile.
Read more8 innovative educational projects in Chile chosen to receive support from BHP Foundation Collective Effect fund
Thu, May 9, 2024
Chile program
The projects selected have the potential to scale teaching and learning solutions to boost the transformation of the public education model in Chile.
Read moreUpskilling teachers in computer science: one solution to close the digital divide
Wed, April 24, 2024
Chile program
For the last three years, an organization in Chile had provided training in computer science to more than 900 teachers. They are taking their learnings to the classroom, benefiting 13.325 public students across the country.
Read moreEducation for the future is not a future problem
Thu, February 1, 2024
Chile program
Access for today’s students to learn the skills for 21st century jobs will be critical to change the current trajectory of young people in Latin America going into low-skill, low-wage jobs.
Read moreFundación Reimagina and BHP Foundation have created an alliance to support innovation in education with a US$3 million competitive fund
Wed, January 3, 2024
Chile program
Collective Effect (Efecto Colectivo) has been formed with the aim of promoting innovation in education and of teaching the essential skills that children and young people in Chile’s public education system need to face the 21st century’s job market.
Read moreSustainable development for 16 fishing communities along Chile’s coast
Mon, August 28, 2023
Chile program
The livelihoods of more than 140,000 fisherfolk along Chile’s 4,000 miles (~6,000km) coast are dependent upon sustainable fisheries and face an increasing challenge in reconciling conservation with the ability to generate a sustainable livelihood.
Read moreIndigenous self-determination is a right BHP Foundation actively supports
Thu, July 6, 2023
Canada program
Australia program
Chile program
The BHP Foundation partners with Indigenous organizations and local communities in many parts of the world to actively support self-determination.
Read more3 Projects empowering women through education
Wed, March 8, 2023
Chile program
Education Equity
Three evidence-based projects in Chile are helping to close the gender gap with universal, high-quality education and digital training.
Read morePublic school teachers in Chile receive computer science training
Mon, January 30, 2023
Chile program
More than 130 teachers at public schools across Chile have graduated from a training program designed to boost computer science proficiency in the classroom. With less than 1 per cent of public school students in Chile achieving advanced levels of digital proficiency, Fundación Kodea and BHP Foundation developed a project, IdeoDigital, to train and empower teachers to introduce computer science classes.
Read moreMonitoring pandemic impacts on education in Chile
Wed, January 11, 2023
Chile program
A new Chilean-wide National Survey of Educational Monitoring is uncovering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in Chile.
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