{"id":1947,"date":"2025-04-10T19:04:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T00:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2026-04-27T03:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:54:59","slug":"del-campo-colombiano-al-mundial-de-robotica-de-iyrc-estudiantes-de-zonas-rurales-de-antioquia-representaran-a-colombia-en-corea-del-sur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/en\/del-campo-colombiano-al-mundial-de-robotica-de-iyrc-estudiantes-de-zonas-rurales-de-antioquia-representaran-a-colombia-en-corea-del-sur\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Colombian Countryside to the IYRC Robotics World Championship!\nStudents From Rural Areas of Antioquia Will Represent Colombia in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four talented young people from rural schools in Medell\u00edn and El Carmen de Viboral are making history:&nbsp;<strong>Manuela, Jer\u00f3nimo, Salom\u00e9 and Shalin<\/strong>, members of the&nbsp;<strong>Marina Orth Foundation's Elite Robotics Team<\/strong>, After winning the national competitions, they qualified to compete in the&nbsp;<strong>International Youth Robotics Competition (IYRC) 2025<\/strong>, one of the world's most prestigious tournaments in educational robotics, which will be held at&nbsp;<strong>South Korea <\/strong>in the month of August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An inspiring achievement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These students, who come from rural areas of Antioquia, have demonstrated that&nbsp;<strong>talent and dedication know no barriers<\/strong>. After hours of training, creativity, perseverance and competition with the most outstanding teams in the country, they managed to overcome technical and academic challenges to earn a place among the best in the world in educational robotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The road to South Korea: They need your support!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although they have already taken a giant step, the journey does not end here, it is just beginning... In order to attend the World Cup, the Team, led by the Marina Orth Foundation, needs to raise funds to cover the costs of travel, accommodation, registration and robotics materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How can you help them?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/en\/donate-now\/\">\u2705&nbsp;<strong>Donating<\/strong>&nbsp;through our payment method here <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vaki.co\/es\/vaki\/4-chicos-de-zonas-rurales-de-colombia-al-mundial-de-rob-tica-en-corea-del-sur?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=toolbar&amp;utm_campaign=v4\">\u2705Donating to our Vaki here. <\/a><br>\u2705&nbsp;<strong>Becoming an official sponsor of the Team <\/strong>(companies or individuals).<br>\u2705&nbsp;<strong>Sharing<\/strong>&nbsp;their story so that more people can join and support them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20250210-Brochure-de-Patrocinio-Mundial-de-Robotica-FMO-2025-DE.pdf\">\u2705\u00a0<strong>Replicating <\/strong>this sponsorship brochure with large, medium and small companies that can join us.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2705&nbsp;<strong>Sent to <\/strong>the link of donation to families, professionals and entrepreneurs of medium or high net worth or income<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An opportunity to believe in rural education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This achievement is not only a personal triumph, but also a demonstration of the&nbsp;<strong>potential of public and rural education in Colombia, when it works with innovation and commitment.<\/strong>. With the support of society as a whole, these young people will be able to shine on the international stage and demonstrate that, with opportunities&nbsp;<strong>the future of innovation is also being built in the field<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Let's join this dream and take them to South Korea!<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuatro j\u00f3venes talentosos de instituciones educativas rurales de Medell\u00edn y El Carmen de Viboral est\u00e1n haciendo historia:&nbsp;Manuela, Jer\u00f3nimo, Salom\u00e9 y Shalin, integrantes del&nbsp;Equipo \u00c9lite de Rob\u00f3tica de la Fundaci\u00f3n Marina Orth, luego de ganar los cert\u00e1menes nacionales, clasificaron para competir en el&nbsp;International Youth Robotics Competition (IYRC) 2025, uno de los torneos m\u00e1s prestigiosos del mundo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundorth.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}