Impact Stories

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  Fellow(s): Sabina Nforba

  Country: Cameroon

  Region: SSA

  Cohort: 2020-2021

  Project/Action: AfriTech Hub hosts its inaugural STEM Club Competition

  Policy Area(s): Economic Impact, Education Diplomacy/Mentoring, Empowering Women and Girls, Entrepreneurship, Professional Growth, Youth Engagement

  2020-2021 fellow Sabina Nforba organized the first STEM Club Competition hosted by her STEM education initiative, bringing together students to engage in technology and learn about STEM. Sabina is the co-founder and president of AfriTech Hub, an organization that empowers young students to pursue STEM education and STEM careers. AfriTech Hub has worked with over 3,000 students through its clubs, workshops and summits.
  AfriTech Hub launched STEM clubs at the beginning of the academic year in schools throughout five cities in Cameroon. Despite setbacks, including the COVID-19 pandemic and a lack of resources, Sabina, in partnership with STEMpreneur, trained AfriTech Hub team members to serve as facilitators for the STEM clubs. “Like every leader faced with challenges, I knew that they were inevitable, and what makes people different is their attitude when faced with these challenges,” wrote Sabina. Last week’s STEM Club Competition convened student representatives from AfriTech Hub’s partner schools to congratulate them for their hard work and facilitate activities in video game development, animation, electronics and more. “The students, ever so enthusiastic, developed video games and build a traffic lights system and a lie detector machine using Arduino electronics,” wrote Sabina. “We are extremely proud of what these students have accomplished in the course of the year and during this event. The energy here was contagious.”​

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  Report Date: 5/31/21

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  Fellow(s): Nabila Bashir

  Country: Jordan

  Region: MENA

  Cohort: 2018

  Project/Action: Fellow speaks about creativity and innovation in education

  Policy Area(s): Education Diplomacy/Mentoring, Professional Growth, Youth Engagement

  Last week, 2018 fellow Nabila Bashir presented at the 4th
  Educational Forum, a virtual event organized by Abu Dhabi
  University in partnership with UNESCO and Queen Rania Teacher
  Academy. With a theme of Future of Education, Innovation and
  Creativity, the event brought together international education
  experts to discuss what’s next in education.
  Nabila is a senior business development manager at Queen Rania
  Teacher Academy. In her presentation, she spoke about the
  future of teaching, sharing why creativity and innovation is so
  important for educators and their students. “The world needs
  creativity, because problems aren’t getting simpler,” said Nabila. “Instead of looking at what is or what has
  been, we need to start looking at what we can be.” Nabila emphasized the need to democratize access to
  innovation tools, making them accessible to educators everywhere and empowering them to set up a climate
  conducive to creativity. She also encouraged teachers to establish communities of practice that support risktaking
  and the sharing of best practices to optimize creativity.​

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  Report Date: 5/31/21