By Chris Clarke | Project Leader
This week marks the start of Africa Science week, and to celebrate we are hosting an additional maths camp in Kitale, Western Kenya. The camp has been organised in partnership with the Mawazo Institute, a Kenyan non-profit which aims to support the next generation of female thought leaders and scholars in Africa. As such, for the first time the camp has been organised specifically for female students, with 40 young women selected from across the country and provided with a full bursary to attend the camp.
A planning week was completed last week by a team of 10 local and 2 international volunteers, and all of the school students arrived yesterday, ready for a week of exciting science and mathematics. There will be interactive sessions around the themes of programming, robotics, mathematical thinking, statistics and cryptography, with additional sessions for physical activities, guest speakers, and mathematical games.
We will be making extensive use of mobile tablets throughout the camp, from organising initial registration to exploring interactive programming and robotics software, data simulations and more! We're incredibly thankful to everybody who has made this possible, and look forward to sharing more updates in the future.
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