Impact Stories

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  Fellow(s): Ayah Soufan, Yamama Shaka’a and Dorothée Danedjo Fouba

  Country: Cameroon, Palestinian Territories

  Region: MENA, SSA

  Cohort: 2014, 2015, 2016

  Project/Action: Fellows return to Bay Area as part of collaboration with Mozilla

  Policy Area(s): Professional Growth

  Fellows Ayah Soufan (2015) and Yamama Shaka’a (2016) of the Palestinian Territories and fellow Dorothée Danedjo Fouba (2014) of Cameroon visited San Francisco this week to attend Mozilla’s All Hands Meeting. All three fellows became involved in Mozilla’s global community after being mentored at the company during the TechWomen program. They have remained engaged with Mozilla as community members and Mozilla Tech Speakers, a role that involves speaking to their communities about Mozilla’s products and services. Tech Speakers have been competitively selected to complete a six-week program where participants develop workshops and receive training on public speaking so that the workshops can be presented all over the world.
  While in the Bay Area, Ayah, Yamama and Dorothée also attended a TechWomen event hosted at Twitter to celebrate the program’s impact in Egypt and Nigeria. Visiting fellows, mentors and program staff gathered to share and learn about the many ways fellows are creating meaningful impact in their communities, particularly highlighting the 2018 delegation trips.

  Report Date: 6/11/2018

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  Fellow(s): Faten Khalfallah

  Country: Tunisia

  Region: MENA

  Cohort: 2015

  Project/Action: Fellow selected as U.S. embassy alumna of the month

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

  Faten Khalfallah, 2015 fellow of Tunisia, was selected as alumna of the month by the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia. During the TechWomen program, Faten was mentored at Autodesk, where she received training on many of the company’s software applications, as well as support from her mentors to launch her own initiative in Tunisia. The embassy highlighted Faten’s efforts as founder of First Skills Club, a non-profit organization that provides STEM programming for youth aged 10 to 16. The program is currently training 150 students in computer programming, robotics and entrepreneurship.

  Last year, several students in the First Skills Club participated in the Robotics Olympics in Washington, D.C. and won gold and silver medals in the International Excellence category. Students from the club also attended the 2018 Robotics World Championship in Kentucky, where they won the Judge’s Award and were among the top ten teams of girls aged 12 to 14. Faten is now preparing a team that will soon travel to Mexico to participate in the 2018 Robotic Olympic Games. She hopes that one day Tunisia will become a global technology hub.

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  Report Date: 6/11/2018