Location: Uganda
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Technology Skills for Women in Uganda: 2019 WITU Project
WITU Empowers Women to Learn Technical Skills 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 due to poverty or lack digital skills for better jobs because public schools do not use technology for instruction and learning. Women in Technology…
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Empower a Community through Education in Uganda with The African SOUP
With 70% of the Ugandan population under the age of 24, the students in primary school today are in the pipeline to become the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, and voices of Uganda. But with less than 20% of pupils advancing onto secondary school, there is a distinct demand by the Ugandan government to improve…
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Transforming Educational Outcomes in Uganda with Inspiring Teachers
Project Type: Virtual or On-site When: February-April Preferred; September-December Every child has the right to quality education and every teacher deserves the support to keep getting better. Teachers make 3x more impact than any other factor in schools and great teaching can overpower inequity. Today, in low-resource settings, most teachers don’t get the support they…
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Preparing Youth for Employment with Women in Technology Uganda
Educating girls and women leads to a decrease in social and economic violence, and yet, over 500 million women and girls are illiterate. Women and girls risk being left outside the labor force or trapped in vulnerable or low-quality employment, due to a lack of skills, absence of quality jobs, and gendered expectations of their…
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Creating a Community Makerspace in WITU 2019 Project
Addressing the Digital Gap for Ugandan Students 74% of Ugandans between the ages of 15-25 do not have jobs. The majority of them are young women who have either dropped out of school due to poverty or lack digital skills for better jobs because the public schools do not teach with technology. In October 2019,…
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Introducing digital design to women entrepreneurs in Uganda
Goal: Team4Tech is introducing programs on graphic design, video editing, and digital design in coordination with WITU. 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…
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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…
