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TechGirl: Lilia Country: Algeria Participation year: 2017 Lilia took on  a big challenge teaching 24 children (two groups of 12) basic computer skills at Boussarak Fatma Youth House December 24-28, 2017.  The 16-hour course was super helpful and inspiring.  She is an amazing tech trainer.

TechGirl: Saja Country: Palestinian Territories Participation year: 2017 Saja is teaching  MIT AppInventor in her CodeGirl initiative targeting young girls 14-17 years old who are interested in technology, programming and coding. The  workshops are held in America House Jerusalem with the help of mentor Rami Nasser Al-Dein. CodeGirl is a 5-month training divided into 20 sessions…

TechGirl: Lea Country: Lebanon Participation year: 2017 Lea with the support of her school (International College) and two friends was able to teach tech skills to 15 underprivileged students during a five-week (10 Hour) course.  The workshop focused on design thinking and how to code.  To make the workshop sustainable and a yearly event, Lea…

TechGirl: Asmaa Country: Morocco Participation year: 2017 Asmaa worked closely with AMIDEAST and the US Embassy to organize a girls and women empowerment program.  She is a speaker in a workshop for girls and she addresses the importance of the civic engagement and social activism of women in Morocco.  Asmaa’s  girls’ coding camp project was…

TechGirl: Yasmina Country: Morocco Participation year: 2017 After TechGirls, Yasmina became the president of the science club at her high school. She created a Java script workshop that has been running for 4 months. She is also running a summer tech camp for teens in July 2018. Yasmina continues to take Java Script classes online…

TechGirl: Mariam Q. Country: Palestinian Territories Participation year: 2017 Mariam acted as a coach and mentor to two groups of girls from her former high school, Terra Sancta Girls School–Sisters of St. Joseph-Bethlehem, as they competed in the Technovation Challenge. This commitment included teaching classes in MIT AppInventor, for two hours/week for five weeks, meeting with…

TechGirl: Soukaina Country: Morocco Participation year: 2017 Soukaina volunteers with 1 Million Women To Tech, a non-profit community organization in the Silicon Valley dedicated to empowering women, companies and fueling the rise of the digital economy, by providing technical education to women.  She is participating in the Women’s Summer of Code to, a 3-month global…

TechGirl: Rawan Country: Egypt Participation year: 2017 Rawan invited 40 girls from two schools to visit her high school computer lab to excite them to pursue STEM.  After finishing the labs tour, she started giving college readiness sessions to sophomore and junior girls in her school . About 100 girls took advantage of the materials…

TechGirl: Rund Country: Jordan Participation year: 2017 Rund attends Omareyah School in Amman.  With the assistance of her teacher, Mrs. Wedad, Rund organized and ran Hour of Code Classes for twelve 8th to 10th grade girls and started a school club called CompuGeeks with activities being held over ten weeks (30 hours) for thirteen 8th…