"A pilot program to teach 1000 girls how to express their creativity through game development"
- Summer 2020
Our vision and path to long term success is to create educational opportunities for under represented under served girls age 11-17, but to also create networks of mentors with undergraduate women in related disciplines. Additionally, we will instruct ICT Educators from the girl's schools. The purpose of which is to establish a long support system from workshop to home, to school and hopefully all the way to university.  ​

We want to:
  • Create transformational development
  • End poverty and ensure a life of dignity
  • Increase educational outcomes of young girls in STEAM related fields
  • Work with local NGO’s, Universities, School Districts and Government Entities
Program Goals:
  • Boosting young girls confidence, collaboration, soft skills to prepare them for a path of learning in the technological age
  • Increasing the number of women entering university in STEAM related fields. 
  • Removing impediments to technology
  • Inspiring Secondary School Girls  to see themselves in STEAM careers
  • Training girls by equipping their teachers with the knowledge - and paying them for their time
  • Providing the workshop free of charge for all Girls and Undergraduate Mentors
  • Sustaining the girls’ interest in STEAM with opportunities for growth with a competition and access to to online forums and communities where they can interact, learn and grow past our initial interaction at the camp. 
  • Enabling participants to implement  team-based projects after undergoing  hands-on training on game development

Our Team

Susan Gold
​Susan Gold is Professor of the Practice at Northeastern University's College of Art, Media + Design. She is also the founder and organizer of the Global Game Jam® (GGJ) a 501(c)3 non-profit established in CA, USA. The organization which is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place annually at over 700 locations, in 100+ countries around the world. Established to push the boundaries of innovation and experimentation in the genre but also as a way to create communities of game developers where there once was none. 
Yetunde Folajimi
With specialization in Game Artificial Intelligence, Dr Yetunde Folajimi is a Research Fellow at Northeastern University College of Arts, Media and Design and a Faculty at the University of Ibadan Department of Computer Science, Nigeria where she uses novel perspectives in computer Science to prepare a new generation of African geeks. She is also the CEO of Global Center for IT Empowerment & Education (iTEE), a nonprofit passionate about bridging digital divide through training, workshops, conferences, community outreach etc and the founder of  Nigeria Geek Girls Collaborative, a network of girls and women with the objective of mentoring and boosting their interests in technology through summer camps, hackathons, meet-ups, creativity and fun activities. 
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