Robotics for young women with disabilities

At the Omar Dengo Foundation we are thrilled to announce that a new cohort of young women with mild disabilities are being trained thanks to your kind support. Between September 10^th and November 19^th, 2022, 10 young women with mild cognitive disabilities are participating on a new training workshop on robotics. These young women are representing three Costa Rican public schools: Alajuelita High School, San Miguel High School and Aserrí High School.

The objective of the course is to promote educational experiences to strengthen their logical reasoning skills, creativity and collaborative work, through the construction and coding of robots. The course is based on a learning-by-doing approach, so that these young women build their own knowledge. As such, the training facilitator (a young woman as well) is a guide between the participants and their learning process. We want to share with you a couple of testimonials from two of current beneficiaries:

Argerie Paniagua, a Senior from San Miguel High School, says: This robotics course has taught me many new programs but It also helped me on a social and personal level. The course has been a challenge, because I have had to learn to be patient. I think learning robotics helps me get a better future, to learn new things and help other people too.

Karla Castro, another Senior student from San Miguel High School, shares: What this workshop on robotics taught me is to explore technology a little more and it has strengthened my knowledge in coding, and in things like being patience, and how to be patient with other people. Yes, it has been a challenge, because sometimes you don't even know what to do and you have to innovate and explore your head. Also robotics allows me to help other people, something that makes their lives easier.

We are so excited to hear from these young women and the usefulness of this workshop. We will surely share with you more information about the course once it is completed. We want to thank you once more for your support to these young women and we are sure that with your support we will reach more and more young women with disabilities here in Costa Rica.

Please, make sure to share this great news with friends, family and colleagues and help us reach our goal for the Robotics for Young Women with Disabilities Project!