Impact Stories

TechGirl: Ons K Country: Tunisia Participation year: 2017 With Ons at the helm, the first and only chapter of ProjectCSGIRLS has been approved for Tunis. This is the 8th chapter worldwide. After being selected, Ons created a team of five inspiring Tunisian girls to start running the chapter together. First on the agenda, an opening ceremony and…

TechGirl: Rund R Country: Jordan Participation year: 2017 Rund, started the CompuGeek club at her school. For 4 hours/week, 14 girls learned C++ and problem solving. Now three of the girls are continuing to gain a higher level of skill in hopes of participating in a national problem solving competition at the end of March.…

TechGirl: Sara M Country: Algeria Participation year: 2017 Sara conducted a workshop in the World Learning Algeria #STEAM center in Algiers where approximately 10 children were taught how to make an app using #MIT AppInventor and run it on their android phones. Feedback from the workshop has been positive and staff at the center are ready to schedule other…

TechGirl: Zeineb O Country: Tunisia Participation year: 2016 Zeineb organized #AfricaCodeWeek activities for 25 primary school students. In 3.5 hours, they learned to use #Scratch and build their own games. She organized small competitions with prizes and candy. “I still can’t forget how they screamed with excitement when their game ran properly.” Zeineb also taught #Minecraft to 19 students, age 9-21,…

TechGirl: Maya M Country: Lebanon Participation year: 2015 Maya started All Girls Code, an initiative that introduces girls in Lebanon to STEM and provides them with technical and non-technical skills they need to enter the field. All Girls Code is an initiative, powered by Google Women Techmakers, that aims to provide girls between 12-20 years old…

TechGirl: Dana A Country: Jordan Participation year: 2012 Dana started a project with a group of friends through Facebook called Osboha 180. The mission of the group is to share the idea of the importance of reading. The idea started with nearly 25 people and now reaches more than 3000 from 15 different countries. They…

TechGirl: Nourhan F Country: Egypt Participation year: 2015 Nourhan has always been interested in science, and as a high school student in Cairo, her passion for STEM and physics was encouraged. Nourhan, came to TechGirls in 2015 as a young, inexperienced yet driven, teenager with a love for all things science and the ability to…

TechGirl: Lina S Country: Palestinian Territories Participation year: 2017 In early September, Lina gathered a group of girls ages 5-22 for a three-hour dialogue event, where she described her experiences in the United States and delivered a speech about the important role women can play in #STEM fields. At the end of the event, Lina led a…