We support creative coding for everyone. At the Scratch Foundation, our mission is to ensure that Scratch is available for free, for everyone, so that kids around the world can express their ideas through coding. As champions of the Scratch project, we raise funds to support the project and share stories of innovation, collaboration, and learning within the global Scratch community. Since 2014, the Scratch Foundation has provided nearly 5 million dollars in funding to the Scratch project. Through our efforts and the generous financial support of our donors, Scratch reaches millions of kids around the world across 196 countries and in more than 70 different languages. https://www.scratchfoundation.org
The LEGO Foundation shares the mission of inspiring and developing the builders of tomorrow with the LEGO Group. As part of the LEGO family, we benefit from more than 85 years of insight into children and play, the strong LEGO brand and an unwavering focus on making a positive impact on children and society at large. The LEGO Foundation aims to build a future in which learning through play empowers children to become creative, engaged, lifelong learners. We are dedicated to re-defining play and re-imaging learning to ensure children build the broad set of skills they need to thrive and succeed. https://www.legofoundation.com
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has leveraged its software engineering expertise to become a leading global product development, digital platform engineering, and top digital and product design agency. EPAM is committed to serving as an ethical organization and sharing our time and talent to improve tech education around the world. As a long-standing partner of the Scratch Foundation, EPAM encourages children to explore the world of software engineering with the Scratch platform through its EPAM eKids program. Through eKids, EPAM’s employees have donated over 55,000 volunteer hours to teach more than 10,000 children across 19 countries how to code. Learn more at www.epam.com.
The Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA) has started working with the Ministry of Education to enhance the uptake and persuasion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)courses right from the lower levels of education.
Established in 2004 to provide In-Service Education and Training (INSET) for mathematics and science teachers in Kenya and Africa, CEMASTEA has since been tasked by the Ministry of Education to roll out the STEM Model Schools intervention program, which was first launched on 2nd September, 2016. The aim of the program is to motivate and inspire students to excel in STEM subjects and pursue STEM related courses even into Kenya. The STEM program falls under the Special Programs at CEMASTEA. https://www.cemastea.ac.ke.
In the year 2000, we began the Safaricom journey with a view to Transform Lives. Safaricom is one of a small group of about 400 companies across Africa whose annual revenues are more than $1 billion. Many of these companies are pan-African in their operations and are active in increasingly diverse sectors. Safaricom and the Sustainable Development Goals Safaricom is invested in supporting the Sustainable Development Goals. One of the biggest challenges facing our business today is how to create sustainable growth and at the same time leave no Kenyan behind in our growth story. We, therefore, adopted nine out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to help guide our company into the next phase of its growth.
The SDGs are humanity’s shared vision of the actions that we need to take to create growth for everyone to benefit, and thus form a social contract between the world’s leaders and our people. Safaricom was the first Kenyan company to integrate sustainability deep into the core of our every business decision. We are using the SDGs to transform and boost the success of our business and enhance our Transforming Lives agenda. https://www.safaricom.co.ke
Rodrigo Fabrega is the President of Fundacion Cruzando, which is dedicated to researching and implementing innovations in education to develop creative thinking. The foundation promotes the Scratch Community in Chile, which includes the organization of the Scratch Al Sur Conference together with the Scratch Foundation.
All children have the right to go to school and learn, regardless of who they are, where they live or how much money their family has. Quality learning requires a safe, friendly environment, qualified and motivated teachers, and instruction in languages students can understand. It also requires that learning outcomes be monitored and feed back into instruction. In 144 countries around the world, UNICEF works to provide learning opportunities that prepare children and adolescents with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive. https://www.unicef.org/education
PARTNER WITH AFRICA CREATIVE CODING AND LEARNING FOUNDATION
Whether or not you can code, or you can volunteer and support us with a couple of hours per month, coordinating or mentoring 🙂
Volunteers could be tech driven and non-tech as we need mentors who can guide and encourage our educators in best pedagogy practices and our children to discover their path and how best to achieve their dreams.
You can also reach out as an organization to partner to support an on-going initiative or to collaborate on something new and exciting!
