Hands-on STEM education helps young people put their ideas into practice and learn about IT, science, electricity, programming and design thinking. Based at our Youth Center in rural Honduras, our hands-on STEM program engages 40+ young people aged 12-25 from low-income, rural communities in developing IT skills, programming, coding, and building robots made from electronic waste.
A lack of resources makes it difficult for teachers in rural public schools in Honduras to make education exciting. STEM is an area that suffers particularly, as students don't have access to computers, robotics materials, or educators trained in hands-on STEM education. This leaves rural youth behind when it comes to job skills, and an ability to use technology to foster their own creative learning as well as community development.
Through our hands-on STEM program, young people are empowered to develop their IT skills and put theoretical concepts they have learned about into practice themselves through robotics, creating robots using electronic waste. We already run IT classes in 2 levels in our Youth Center computer lab. In 2024 we implemented our first robotics camp, and robotics has now been integrated into our STEM program. In 2025 we hope to expand with a Level 3 group, focused on coding and programming.
Our program aims to build equitable access to STEM for rural youth, so they can enhance their capabilities, improve their understanding of IT, mathematics and science, and gain important skills for their futures in education and employment. With youth leaders supported with STEM scholarships, the program provides a platform whereby young people themselves can act as leaders to break cycles of inequality and promote the positive development of their families and communities.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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