Founded in 1998, the Social Opportunity Institute (IOS) is a Brazilian non-profit organization working on free professional and technological education for young people and people with disabilities, and also commited to promoting their employability.
In other words, our mission is to seek, assist and monitor the employability of youths and people with desabilities, who have less access to job market opportunities.
42% of unemployment rate faced by teenagers in Brazil, aging 14 to 17; according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE (2018)
80% of Brazilian youth do not continue their studies on tertiary education. Thus, to prepare them to work represents a gain on workforce productivity.
70k is estimated on vacancies to be open between 2019 and 2024 in technology sector.

Over 36k youths graduated in our programs.

More than 6k employed in the last 6 years.

Average increase of 43% in Family income.

12 units across the country.