Project Details

Girls Smart Code


Description

School of ICT for refugees and host community living in and around Dzaleka Refugee Camp. Focuses in Computer Programming and Business Entrepreneurship
Remy Gakwaya is a Burundian refugee that resides in Dzaleka Refugee Camp. He is a natural born entrepreneur and has built his own coding organization, originally using paper cut out keyboards when he did not have access to computers. After the launch of the connectivity and AppFactory in the camp, he has taken on a new intiative in his company to bring 100 women into coding. They did a feasibility study and now running twice a week programmes with class sizes over 50, for women in the camp and in the surrounding villages. He does this work with very little financial support and with the power of purpose, knowledge, drive and community! He is a true game changer.

Project website

https://www.facebook.com/pg/takenolab


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C4. Capacity building
  • AL C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 5: Gender equality

Coverage
  • Malawi

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2016

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Women

WSIS values promotion

The project is an initiative in his company to bring 100 women into coding.


Entity name

takeNoLab

Entity country—type

Malawi Civil Society

Entity website

https://www.facebook.com/pg/takenolab