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    <p class="is-lead editable"><strong>Powercoders is a coding academy for refugees, The next boot-camp will start on September 25th in Zurich.</strong></p>

    <p class="editable">The 3 months coding academy is followed by a 3 to 6 months internship. The ultimate goal of the Powercoders program is the permanent placement of trained refugees in IT-companies and IT-departments. Participation is free of charge (additional help for laptop, food and transportation are offered) and includes a mentoring program. The coding academy takes place at <a href="https://zurich.impacthub.ch/de/spaces/garage-location/">Impact Hub Z&uuml;rich, Garage</a>.<br /><br /><strong>We are booked out and can't take anymore applications from students!</strong></p>

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  <div class="container editable"><h2>Who we are.</h2><p>We are a very dedicated core team supported by over a hundred of volunteers.</p><p>The core team for Z&uuml;rich:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>project lead: Christian Hirsig, serial entrepreneur</li><li>social lead: Sunita Asnani, social worker and dancer</li><li>teaching lead: Matthias H&uuml;ni, software engineer</li><li>operational lead: Hussam Eddin Allaham, Powercoder #001</li><li>advisor: Hannes Gassert, serial entrepreneur</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We are supported by the <a href="https://zurich.impacthub.ch/">Impact Hub community</a>.</p><p>If you have any questions regarding Powercoders do not hesitate to get in touch with us at <a href="mailto:info@powercoders.org">info@powercoders.org</a>.</p></div>
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