Vodafone Gives Coding Training to the First 1.000 Children Who Sign Up.

Vodafone will give coding training to the first 1.000 children who sign up to the program by coming to “Coding Tomorrow” stand that will be set up in front of Vodafone Park, which is the finishing point of the amateur marathon on Sunday, November 12 within the scope of 39th Vodafone Istanbul Marathon under the theme of “We Run for the Future of Our Children”.

With the aim of inspiring everyone in Turkey for a better future through communication technologies, Vodafone continues to create synergy among the social projects that it has implemented in order to contribute to social change and development. Vodafone will give coding training to 1.000 children within the scope of 39th Vodafone Istanbul Marathon that will be held under the theme of “We Run for the Future of Our Children” by İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Sports İstanbul on Sunday, November 12.

The first 1.000 children to come to “Coding Tomorrow” stand that will be set up in front of Vodafone Park, which is the finishing point of the marathon, and sign up will benefit from the coding training that Vodafone Turkey Foundation will carry out in cooperation with Habitat Association. Vodafone will also give information about coding training at the stand in Marathon Fair that will be held in Eurasia Show and Art Center (Yenikapı Rally Ground) between the 9th and the 11th of November.

Vodafone Turkey’s Vice CEO Engin Aksoy stated that a country’s future is determined by that country’s children, and said:

“As Vodafone, we care about raising children with digital culture in our country. As a company that aims to support Turkey’s digitization process from educational level, we work hard to express the importance of education on all occasions, and to raise awareness about it. In this context, in the 39th Vodafone İstanbul Marathon, we will run to support digital training of our children who are the future of our country. On the day of the marathon, we will give coding training to the first 1.000 children who come to ‘Coding Tomorrow’ stand, which will be set up in front of Vodafone Park, the finishing point of the marathon, and sign up. We invite everyone who wants to learn more about our coding training to our stand in Marathon Fair between the 9th and the 11th of December.”

10.000 children in 30 provinces will be reached

Children between 7-14 are being trained in coding all across Turkey with “Coding Tomorrow” project that Vodafone Turkey Foundation carries out in cooperation with Habitat Association in an effort to raise children’s awareness about coding. Nearly 4.000 children have received coding training in 11 provinces so far, and the project aims to reach 10.000 children in 30 provinces by the end of the 2017-18 financial year.

30.000 microchipped athletes are expected
As the first intercontinental marathon that has been held annually since 1979, Vodafone İstanbul Marathon consists of 4 main categories: The marathon (42.195 km), the 15K run, the 10K run, and the amateur run. This year, 30.000 microchipped athletes are expected to run in the marathon, which is one of the best 11 marathons in Europe and one of the best 22 marathons in the world, and has been granted “Golden Category” title by International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) in 2012. Following Vodafone’s sponsorship, the number of microchipped athletes who run in the marathon has been quadrupled since 2011.

Detailed information about coding training and conditions of accession can be found on Vodafone Turkey Foundation’s website: 
http://www.turkiyevodafonevakfi.org.tr/tr/haberler/vodafone-dan-maraton-gunu-kayit-yaptiran-ilk-1.000-cocuga-kodlama-egitimi

Up-to-date information about the 39th Vodafone İstanbul Marathon can be found on the official Facebook event page and on www.maraton.istanbul.
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