Girls in STEM School Tours

08/07/2022

The team was in community primary school (Cps) bori, khana local government area to spread the good news of STEM.

The girls were encouraged to pursue careers in STEM fields, develop a strong and confident mindset in choosing careers.

Pupils were also introduced to new kinds of careers.

Our message was simple.

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04/07/2022

What awareness are we creating?

04/07/2022

As We reach more girls, we begin to see more need for STEM and STEM Education Awareness in Rivers State.

In The first 214 girls reached, amongst many findings, it was interesting to know that more than 80% were hearing about STEM for the first time.

Special thanks to the amazing teams behind every school visit.

04/07/2022

Early participation of Girls in STEM related fields and subjects is crucial.
While mindsets are yet to be formed, it is important we reach them at a young age and teach/show them what they need to know.

02/07/2022

02/07/2022

30/06/2022

It's been an exciting month already pushing and amongst our volunteers , we find some giving their 100% to making sure we meet our goals and objectives.

They have been at the frontlines spreading our message of STEM, and helping us tell the world that .

We are also proud of these two who are both web developers and confidently making the world a better place one code at a time, and now they have joined forces with us to .

Our volunteers of the Month (June), are

1. Oluwafunmilayo Owolabi (Lagos) , and
2. Uwuma Lazarus (Port Harcourt).

Thank you so much for your support and full involvement with the Girls in Stem School Tour.

29/06/2022

We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics.

— Katherine Johnson, African-American female mathematician

29/06/2022

In our first school tour, we visited some schools and conducted a short career evaluation survey with 214 girls between the ages of 9 and 19 years.

Our findings were Interesting, as well as exciting.

We have a target of reaching at least 1,500 girls this year in Rivers state.

27/06/2022

Engage, Empower, Educate Initiative (EEEI) is a non governmental organisation focused on harnessing the capacity of women in Africa. They play a huge role in advancing Girl Child Education by providing cross cutting opportunities for the empowerment and development of young girls and women in Nigeria.

This time, they are supporting the Girls in Stem School Tour by helping us reach more young girls in primary and secondary schools in Nigeria.

We are super excited to have them onboard and hope other reputable organisations follow the great example of EEEI.

COWAP Africa Is a project under EEEI and you can learn more about them on www.cowapafrika.org