Four the past four years, Glasswing has been hosting the Generation Now Forum & Festival (GenNow), the movement that celebrates, empowers, and inspires youth to make positive changes in their communities in different countries around the region. This year, the event will be held in a virtual space and will last one full week […]
John Sanders joined the U.S. Customs & Border Protection as Chief Operating Officer and became Acting Commissioner in 2019. His experiences in his role, and particularly the tragic deaths of three children — Jakelin, Felipe, and Carlos — are what triggered him to try and find a smarter and more humane way to address […]
I did not emigrate to the U.S. and am fortunate to have grown up and succeeded in this great country. I never served in the military nor law enforcement. And while many of the companies I worked at developed technology that helped keep U.S. citizens safe and secure, I felt a patriotic duty to do […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we interact with the world, pushing us to innovate and evolve in order to best serve the communities and youth we work with.
As Glasswing continues its support for the immediate and long term challenges brought on by COVID, mental health programs continue to be a critical component.
Samsung Electronics and Glasswing are engaging youth to critically think about “Solutions for the Future” , an initiative where young people from eight countries will be given the opportunity to transform their ideas into concrete solutions for the benefit of their communities. In Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic and […]
Together with The Inter-American Development Bank’s innovation laboratory (IDB LAB) and Google.org, we recently launched a comprehensive IT training program in Panama for youth ages 18-22 in July. The program consists of a series of hands-on labs and lessons that will train participants in troubleshooting and customer service, networking, operating systems, systems management, and security, […]
This month, Glasswing received a $900,000 grant from Google.org and IDB Lab to help 340 young people in Panama seek gainful employment in the informational technology sector. With the launch of Google’s Professional IT Support Certificate in Spanish, these secondary school graduates will be given practical training to do IT support work, benefitting both the […]
Glasswing International partnered with Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures (DV) to host ‘IdeaJam 2019’ at International High School at Union Square, a school for recently arrived migrant youth. DV volunteers worked with junior and senior students and taught them how to generate solutions from a given problem that would later result in a business or […]
This year, Glasswing, UNICEF, and the government of Costa Rica have been working on the development of a quality judicial mentoring network aimed at teenagers and young adults in conflict with the law. This initiative will provide a space for conversation, support, and counseling around the concerns, difficulties, and interests of young people that […]