Hewlett-Packard will fund five World ORT-run business training centers for young adults in Russia.
HP will spend $200,000 to finance four existing centers and one new center, according to World ORT. The centers will teach information technology-related business skills to 25-year-olds and younger in Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Tambov, Volgograd and Tula.
World ORT recently split with its Israel affiliate, Israel ORT.
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