By Aida Daguda | Project Leader
Information and communication technologies are a chance for women around the world for the realization of a successful career.
Through its Mentoring program for women CCSP, a non-profit organization based in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, is working to support young girls in remote areas of B&H by giving them an education support combined with mentoring, practical business and life skills. Special focus is given to networking and workshops on new technologies, health, education and self-education.
CCSP organized a two day workshop in April 2016. Participants were 20 girls: five girls from the elementary school "Hamza Humo" from Zenica suburban area, five girls from Elementary School "Medium" Ilijaš, five girls from Mixed Secondary School Buzim, and five girls from SSC "Milorad Vlacic" Vlasenica. Girls were accompanied by their teachers, since they are under 18. The workshop covered following sessions: “Self-esteem is important for girls”, “IT career”, and “Coding”, delivered by experts for business and non-profit sector.
CCSP currently preparing for set of events to be organized in December 2016, where more than 100 schools will be involved into Hour of Code, the biggest learning event at global level, aimed at introducing coding and IT skills to young people. We will have first set of activities in October and November, where 100 teachers will receive education on teaching innovative IT to their students. Importance of paying special attention to IT education to girls, and their encouragement to be involved into IT initiatives and learning events, will be highlighted at these workshops for teachers.
More than 15.000 children will be involved in Hour of Code in December 2016, where at least 6.000 girls will be actively involved by their teachers. At least 2 special sessions will be organized for girls, and social networks (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) will be used to encourage and invite girls to join these events.
CCSP conducting fundraising campaign for these activities, as we need some funds for costs related to travel, education of teachers, prizes and refreshment for kids, learning material, promotion costs etc. Some of the funds are fundraised already, from Swiss Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and from DM DrogerieMarkt BiH, but we still have need for support.
We want to thank you for your support, and to invite you to continue supporting our cause.
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