Free IT-courses for migrants

Lifechanger

The team is currently actively working on collecting and processing applications.
We are also looking for funding to implement this project so that Ukrainians can quickly master the IT profession and find employment, reducing the burden on countries that have provided them with shelter, as well as be able to provide a future for themselves and their children.

Lifechanger is a project to help Ukrainian immigrants learn a new IT profession and earn a stable income.

The Ukrainian charitable foundation "Our World" with the support of the IT Education Academy (ITEA) are launching a joint project for Ukrainian migrants who lost their jobs due to the war with Russia.

Why is it important?

The results are impressive - in the last three years alone, the industry has more than doubled in exports and more than 50% in terms of the number of specialists.

Demand for IT services and relatively high wages leads to a significant increase in the number of IT professionals in Ukraine and this area is always in need of new talent, which will be able to become migrants.

According to the study Ukraine IT Report 2021, initiated by the association "IT Ukraine" in 2021, the Ukrainian IT industry grew by 36% - from $ 5 billion in exports to $ 6.8 billion, the number of specialists in 2021 increased from 244 thousand to 285 thousand.

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How is selection and training occur

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Testing everyone eager to get an IT profession: a questionnaire + our service Pathfinder, developed on the basis of neural network application and targeted at profiling a personality-prone professional track.

Online classes conducted by IT specialists.

Online guidance to find the first IT job in a selected field.

Online Soft skills course designed to develop communication skills in an IT team, improve time management, boost motivation and leadership.

Online course aimed at guiding to become an IT freelancer. The course was created for ITEA graduates in cooperation with Upwork - the largest freelance exchange in the world.

Creating an account on the platform Jungo to find your first IT job.

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STORIES

You can read the stories of all participants at the link.

Good day! My name is Veronica, I'm from Kyiv. Recently, I have moved to Poland with a newly-born baby. The situation in Kyiv worsened, a shell struck near-by our house and we had to leave our home. I desperately wish for my son to have a better future.

So, I will do my best to ensure it. I want to keep on studying, working and developing. I sincerely expect to join your Web Design course as it is my lifelong dream. In the future I would like to work for an IT company. Thank you very much for giving such an opportunity to the Ukrainians!
Veronika Nabhan
In the morning, February 24, I and many other Ukrainians were awoken by blasts in my home city, Kyiv. "The war couldn't have started in my country!", I though. Unfortunately, with the days on there were lots of air alerts, tears and terrors. It was impossible to flee to a safe place on the brink of war. Just a week later the volunteers assisted me to head for the Western Ukraine. Though, the price for accommodation there was so high that it took almost all my savings. Again, volunteers helped me to find a safe place in Hungary. At present the company I work for is doing more voluntary job. Therefore, I have to consider job shifting to earn for my living and provide for my relatives who remained in the east of Ukraine. 🙏
Julia Ovchinnik
My name is Tetyana and I am from Kharkiv. I am married and have two little children. We lived happily together in our favorite city till February 24. We were woken up by blasts that terrible morning. Being at a loss as to what to do and where to flee, we decided to leave Kharkiv.

We were staying at my parents' in the country for a week and accidentally appeared in the line of fire. Jets were flying over our house, the invaders were shelling Kharkiv from the positions near our house. Our children spent 7 nights in the cellar. We decided to take our children to a safe place. At present we are staying in Poland. Thanks to the kindness of Polish people, we are safe now. I am responsible for my children and their future. I have to move on for the sake of their future.
Tetyana Koltunova
On February 24, I had to leave my home and all my belongings in Kyiv and flee to the Western Ukraine. It was scary to live under shelling. Missiles and artillery hit my area many times. So, at the moment it is dangerous to go home back. I worked as a dentist for the last 4 years but the hospital is not working now.

So, like many other dentists I have moved to Poland as I have basic knowledge of Polish. At present, I am living with my friends and searching the means to provide for myself and my family. I took up basic courses in web design, UX / UI design, read books on this topic. I've always wished to create something beautiful and useful for people. My easel and paints were left in Kyiv, so now I enjoy creating "paintings" in Figma and Canva. I am trying to master these programs on my own, because I realize that this knowledge will help me find a job and be useful to my country.
Julia Netska
In 2019 I entered Kyiv University and since that time I was living in Kyiv with my mother before the war started. Having no acquaintances in the capital, we arrived there with two suitcases. I couldn't realize that aggression had started till the last moment. So, I packed my emergency backpack on the first day of the war. Together with my mother we arrived in Prague with our two suitcases. I genuinely wish to learn the world of IT and I am ready to work and study 24/7 🙌🏻
Ksenia Suvorova
At the first moment when the war broke in my country, it was decided that I together with my mother and seriously ill sister would have to go abroad as soon as possible. So, we are now staying in Strasbourg.

Unfortunately, I haven't found a permanent employment and at the moment I am doing odd jobs at a construction site thanks to my unfinished higher education for an architect. My prospective employment is impeded by a language barrier as all local companies utilize French software and big companies are reluctant to hire staff without experience.
Daniel Pylypchuk