Author: Mehreen Butt
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Inspiring Youth in Ga-Rankuwa Township, South Africa
Learn more about how a team of individual volunteers inspired youth in Ga-Rankuwa Township in South Africa with technology from November 28 – December 7, 2016. The team came from a wide range of background including a software engineer from Optimizely, a Peace Corps current volunteer,a retired teacher who is 76 years old, and the…
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Tom Collett: Volunteer Testimonial
Tom Collett retired from SAP as their Global Vice President, Global Partner Operations, Industries & Programs, recently accompanied a group of volunteers to the December 2016 LEAP 6 project, and currently is helping Team4Tech out as a Fellow. Learn more about his experience of realizing his retirement dream and watch the video of the LEAP…
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Designing and Building Projects With Social Impact in Rwanda
I’d been in Rwanda for only forty-eight hours on Team4Tech’s latest project and already I’d heard something completely unexpected. I was talking with a local man who said, “I feel my government is working for me every day. I pay taxes, but each day I know what I…
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Inspiring The Next Generation With Classroom Technology in Costa Rica
From June – July, 2016, a team of VMware Costa Rica employees collaborated with Paniamor Foundation on a Service Learning Accelerator – a pilot program developed by the VMware Foundation in collaboration with Team4Tech.
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Empowering Teachers in Rural India With Technology
Monkeys, power shortages, and cold conditions didn’t deter a team of VMware people and teachers in Northern India from integrating technology into the classroom. Earlier this year, a team of VMware people embarked on a Good Gigs Trek—the VMware Foundation’s leadership program—in collaboration with CARE India and Team4Tech. VMware recently released the blogpost and video…
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Challenging Students To Develop a Better Water System in South Africa
Earlier this week, a group of Autodesk volunteers returned to Kayamandi in South Africa as part of Team4Tech, to work with local high school teachers to integrate technology into their classrooms. Below, learn how they worked with Stellenbosch University students to tackle a local design challenge.
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Extending Digital Literacy and English Skills Through New Technology in Cambodia
For the last two weeks of March 2016, Team4Tech immersed 10 volunteers from enterprise software company Box in the educational landscape of Siem Reap, Cambodia. Our objective: strengthening the capacity of the local education nonprofit Journeys Within Our Community (JWOC) to enhance the quality of their programs by integrating digital resources and technology-assisted tools.
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Team4Tech and Autodesk Return to South Africa to Advance 21st Century Skills in the Classroom Teams to Further Integrate Design and Technology for Teachers and Students
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, 2016 — Team4Tech and Autodesk announced today that a new team of staff and volunteers will return to South Africa this April to implement tailored training and technology solutions for teachers and students from the Kayamandi Township. In partnership with the Greater Stellenbosch Development Trust (GSDT), 10 international volunteers will provide 45 hours of tailored coaching for 30…
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Building Digital Literacy Among Girls and Teachers in India
In total, we spent 54 workshop hours with 14 teachers and coordinators from CARE India and Udaan schools from three states. The immediate beneficiaries of the project will be the 100 girls Udaan Hardoi admits annually. However, the number of potential beneficiaries is over 16,000 learners, as the teachers and coordinators we trained from the…
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Team4Tech Local Partner in South Africa, LEAP 4 School, Achieves 94 Percent Pass Rate
In September 2015, Team4Tech partnered with LEAP Science and Maths School 4 in the Diepsloot Township near Johannesburg. The project was to introduce educational software to teachers to engage their learners further. Recently, LEAP 4 grade 12 learners completed their end of year examination called matric. While the average matric pass rate in South Africa…
