By Susan Hirego | Team Leader
We at Rego Foundation would like to thank all our Donors and the GlobalGiving Team for believing in our dream and empowering us both financially and socially to make a difference in the lives of several economically marginalized women and girls in Uganda.
We would like to apologize for the delay of this report; in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some of our team members directly working on this project were faced with unavoidable circumstances.
The digital divide - accelerated by quarantine and social distancing measures caused by the COVID-19 emergency; technology continues to reshape the future of work and communication. Vulnerable women and girls, however, lack digital skills and access to digital products which has significantly constrained women’s livelihood activities, increasing unemployment, and exacerbating poverty rates in Uganda.
Owing to this, we moved our trainings to the community to match mobility restrictions and social distancing guidelines; our goal was to increase digital awareness in underserved communities.
Over the past months, we have been learning and planning to create a much more impactful and well-structured program for women and girls to fit into the digital world. Digital Literacy for Girls Living in Kampala Slums has since evolved; the project name has changed to SheCodes Academy.
Our approach is to use small size classes to cultivate each participant’s abilities and create a community of future female engineers. Our first cohort of full stack development will commence on 01/03/2021 with 6 participants.
Read more: https://regofoundation.org/index.php/shecodes-2/
Thank you for your continued support.
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By Susan Hirego | President & Team Leader
By Susan Hirego | President / Team Leader
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