Tag: Makerspace
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Developing Maker Mindsets in Vietnam
Background: 168,000 children in Vietnam are orphans or have been abandoned. Many spend most of their childhood years in government facilities. Few of these children graduate with basic computing skills, greatly limiting their employment options, and even fewer go on to attend university. Partner: Kidspire Vietnam is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support children…
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Launching the first maker space in Uganda
Goal: Working with WITU to give young women in Uganda quality digital education. Background: Over 60% of the population in Uganda is below the age of 30, and 74% of Ugandans between the ages of 15-25 are unemployed. The majority of them are young women who have either dropped out of school or did not…
