By Ogun Demirci | Young Starfish Project Head
Dear Donor,
To reduce inequality in education, we provide two different educational on-line courses to girls from disadvantaged backgrounds whom we also support with scholarships.The courses are given by professional partners but are free for the students.The girls are also given computers and internet as technological support in the first year they attend the courses.
500 girls in grades 5 to 8 in secondary schools attend the program "Pebblestones of Science" for 15 weeks in one term. The second term another 500 girls are given the same interactive seminars. Subjects covered by the program are STEM, math, philosophy,thinking skills and interactive drama and games.These subjects are modified for each grade level.
Girls in grades 9 to 12 in high school attend the online " Young Starfishes" program for two terms. This year 906 girls from 53 CYDD branches are attending the program. Classes are held in groups of about 60 students once a week and last 90 minutes.The program of these seminars are on our project page.
CYDD has two professional project heads directing and supervising the seminars and both programs are given by professionals.
We hope to continue these two programs which are already in their third year and need your support as always. We thank you for your valuable donations.
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