On October 18th 2017...
We're thrilled to have launched our very first g4g Day in the capital city of Abuja, Nigeria with our partner, Nokia!
With support from the Women's Right to Education Programme (WREP), wewelcomed 80 girls aged 11-15 to the Education Resource Centre (ERC) where they experienced fun and hands-on workshops like engineering with everyday products, coding, the chemistry of water filtration, and more!
The girls had the opportunity to network with volunteer role-models and Nokia employees, while spending the day exploring all aspects of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)!
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Where. When. What?!
Where? Education Resource Centre (ERC), Abuja, Nigeria
When? Wednesday, 18 October 2017, 8:30 to 13:30
What? We welcomed 80 girls aged 11-15 to a g4g Day event of interactive, hands-on, fun in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics!
How? We invited role model professionals to lead 45-minute workshops highlighting science and technology, with 20 girls in one workshop. Girls will experience 2 workshops throughout the day.
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Meet the Team!
Doom is a graduate of Chemistry and is currently working on pursuing a Masters in Medicinal Chemistry. Her passion for Science has led her to take up different volunteer jobs in teaching students Basic Science, especially those in less privileged communities.
g4g Project Manager, Abuja, Nigeria
Having grown up wanting to be Indiana Jones, Alexaundra loves to find new ways to combine her passions for science, history, languages and world travel. She has a Master degree in European Studies and co-taught an after school science program.
Project Manager, greenlight for girls
Melissa Rancourt, Chairman & Founder. Melissa is an engineer herself and loves the Big Bang TV show. So much so that she does a workshop based on it which has proved to be one of the favourites of the girls. Melissa is a true science geek and doesn't mind who knows this!
Founder and Chariman, greenlight for girls
From global communications & event coordinating, she manages various g4g internal projects, creates science workshops, supervises our lovely young interns and ambassadors and loves to lead the DNA workshop across the globe! She loves all things science, but what really gets her going is studying the core of all living things... the molecules of life! Get in contact with here here!
Int'l Project Manager, greenlight for girls
