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by gumbo 2649 days ago
It is great to see such initiative.

I have a very similar experience as your and can clearly relate . Somehow, I am also working on something similar with other folks, with a specific focus on Guinea (https://www.guineapromise.org/programs/mobile-lab).

One thing that we are realizing is that the scale of the work to be done is such that we have decided to shift our objective to be an inspirational one. We advocate, lobby and inspire schools, local governments to build science labs.

Is your focus mainly with computer labs, or are you interested in general purpose science labs?

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gumbo, have you heard of https://www.iamthecode.org. I agree it is a lot of work, but it needs to be done. I first used a keyboard when I was 18 and now I am a software engineer. In just one computer lab I have already reached 200 people and counting. I love the odds, soon it will catch on. I hope we change our education policy to focus on more relevant skills as a result. We are currently only focusing on computer labs, I am the board member of a different non-profit called http://www.joulefoundation.org/ that focus more on stem. Wanna chat more. Reach out to me at techlit.africa@gmail.com