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Promoting STEM Subjects for Girls in Africa
Help fund STEM subject after school clubs to help girls access science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers.
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Project Summary
Project Challenge
Project Solution
Impact
Reports
Project Summary
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are subjects which are phasing huge ethnic and gender gaps across the globe, including Africa. This limits the infrastructure, innovation and industrialisation of the continent and hinders it from developing with the modern times. By providing information and resources for STEM education to marginalised communities we are contributing to reduced inequality and the opportunity for the continent to grow and develop
Project Challenge
The STEM-field is currently facing a lack of ethnic groups and large gender gaps across the globe and therefore is an essential part to tackle SDG 11 – reduce inequalities. Girls and women are faced with stereotypes and lack of encouragement to enter the STEM-fields and disadvantaged communities often lack the resources to be able to teach in the classroom. These are issues which are particularly present in Africa, a continent which is in desperate need of infrastructure, innovation and industrialisation.
With STEM today are still seen to be very male-related subjects with less than 36% of graduates of these subjects being women. In Africa, this number is even lower. This project aims to promote and introduce these subjects to women in Africa to break the barriers for them to access these subjects and employment within these areas.
Project Solution
Through local partners, we want to provide disadvantaged communities and girls with information to encourage STEM subjects and professions; provide STEM equipment to disadvantaged schools and to offer innovative after-school programs to children to build a passion for STEM at an early age. This will include the participation of local teachers and community workers to ensure sustainability and ownership.
Impact
By encouraging children and youth across Africa to study STEM, we are not only reducing inequalities and gender differences but also contributing to a sustainable continent. Africa is currently phasing shortages in qualified doctors and health professionals, as well as engineers and programmes, professions which we know, are the professions of the future. This will therefore increase the quality of services and products being delivered in Africa and increase the standard of living.
Reports
Project Report | Jun 24, 2026
Mentorship and Milestones in Rural STEM
By Debbie and Team | Project Leader
Dear Donors,
As we step into the middle of 2026, we are thrilled to share how your continued generosity is directly transforming the lives of young minds in rural Zimbabwe. In our last update in February, we talked about providing the fundamental “Tools of the Trade”—textbooks, stationary, and solar-powered charging stations. This quarter, thanks to your steady support, we have been able to transition from establishing that vital tech access to unlocking the human potential using it.
Bridging the Gap: Mentorship in Action One of our major goals for this quarter was to ensure that “rural” does not mean “left behind” by identifying our top-performing O-level and A-level students and pairing them with specialized guidance.
We are proud to share that our virtual mentorship sessions are officially in full swing! Utilizing the tablets and laptops powered by our solar charging hubs, groups of students have been connecting directly with STEM professionals within the global Action Change network. For a student living in a village with limited electricity, speaking face-to-face with a software engineer, a medical professional, or an environmental scientist is more than an educational lesson—it is proof that their dreams are valid and achievable.
Overcoming the Odds: Exam Preparation and Beyond As schools progressed through the term, our focus remained heavily on academic resilience. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math are notoriously difficult to master when a single computer is shared among dozens of students. However, with the advanced textbooks and education packs distributed earlier this year, our students are no longer just sharing resources—they are leading peer study groups and diving deeper into complex curriculums.
Our solar-powered tech hubs continue to be the heartbeat of our digital learning. Even during local power grid fluctuations, these stations have remained completely offline and fully operational, allowing students uninterrupted study time to research for their upcoming examinations and practice foundational coding skills.
The Real Impact: Communities Changing from Within We continue to ground our work in a powerful reality: when you educate a child in STEM in rural Zimbabwe, you are solving local problems.
The Biology students are looking at agricultural concepts that can protect local crop yields against erratic weather patterns.
The Engineering and Math students are analyzing water flow and understanding the mechanics behind the solar boreholes that supply their villages with clean water.
Your giving ensures that these future leaders don’t just learn theory; they are developing the exact skill sets required to uplift their communities from the inside out.
Looking Ahead: Keeping the Momentum Alive As we look toward the next quarter, we want to scale our curriculum development and secure even more comprehensive education packs for the next intake of high-achieving students. We rely heavily on your consistent support to keep these bright minds focused on their aspirations rather than the burden of school fees or supply shortages:
$15 funds a comprehensive education pack (textbooks and essential stationary) for a young student.
$50 funds a virtual STEM mentorship session for a group of 10 students, connecting them directly with industry professionals.
$1,000 supports our localized research and curriculum development for a full month to ensure we are teaching the most future-proof skills.
Thank You for Investing in the Future Food feeds the body, but education feeds the future. Thank you for continuing to stand by these remarkable young women and men in Zimbabwe. Because of you, a generation of rural students is looking at the problems of tomorrow not with fear, but with the confidence that they are the ones who will build the solutions.
Project Report | Mar 26, 2026
Coding for the Future: Breaking the Cycle
By Debbie | Zimbabwe Volunteer
In the rural corners of Zimbabwe, talent is everywhere—but opportunity is not. This quarter, your support has been the bridge between a student’s potential and a career in the sciences.
While many of the schools we support are still working on basic infrastructure like water and food sustainability, our STEM students are looking even further ahead. They aren’t just thinking about how to survive; they are learning how to solve the problems of tomorrow.
The Challenge: Beyond the BlackboardScience and math are difficult to teach from a textbook alone. To truly inspire a future engineer or doctor, students need hands-on experience. However, in many of our partner schools, a single computer might be shared by 50 students, and lab equipment is often a luxury.
This quarter, we have focused on providing the “Tools of the Trade”:
Learning Materials: We have supplied advanced textbooks and stationary for high-achieving students in rural districts who are preparing for their O-level and A-level exams.
Tech Access: Your donations have helped us maintain solar-powered charging stations, ensuring that even in areas without a stable power grid, students can use tablets and laptops for research and coding.
When a child from a rural village becomes a scientist or an engineer, they don’t just change their own life—they change their entire community.
A student learning Biology today becomes the person who improves local crop yields tomorrow.
A student learning Engineering today becomes the person who designs the next generation of solar boreholes for their village.
A student learning Technology today is able to access the global economy from their own doorstep.
Our goal is to ensure that “rural” does not mean “left behind.” We are currently identifying our top-performing students to provide them with specialized tutoring and mentorship from professionals within the Action Change network.
The Reality of the Costs: To keep these bright minds focused on their studies rather than their school fees or supply costs, we rely on your consistent support:
$15 funds a comprehensive education pack for a young student.
$50 funds a virtual session with a STEM mentor for a group of 10 students.
$1,000 supports our research and curriculum development for a full month to ensure we are teaching the most relevant, future-proof skills.
We often say that “food feeds the body, but education feeds the future.” Thank you for being the reason a young girl in Zimbabwe believes she can be a software engineer, or a young boy believes he can design a new water system for his town.
You are not just donating to a project; you are investing in the future leaders of Zimbabwe.
With gratitude and pride in our students,
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are subjects which are phasing huge ethnic and gender gaps across the globe, including Africa. This limits the infrastructure, innovation and industrialisation of the continent and hinders it from developing with the modern times. By providing information and resources for STEM education to marginalised communities we are contributing to reduced inequality and the opportunity for the continent to grow and develop
The STEM-field is currently facing a lack of ethnic groups and large gender gaps across the globe and therefore is an essential part to tackle SDG 11 – reduce inequalities. Girls and women are faced with stereotypes and lack of encouragement to enter the STEM-fields and disadvantaged communities often lack the resources to be able to teach in the classroom. These are issues which are particularly present in Africa, a continent which is in desperate need of infrastructure, innovation and industrialisation.
With STEM today are still seen to be very male-related subjects with less than 36% of graduates of these subjects being women. In Africa, this number is even lower. This project aims to promote and introduce these subjects to women in Africa to break the barriers for them to access these subjects and employment within these areas.
Through local partners, we want to provide disadvantaged communities and girls with information to encourage STEM subjects and professions; provide STEM equipment to disadvantaged schools and to offer innovative after-school programs to children to build a passion for STEM at an early age. This will include the participation of local teachers and community workers to ensure sustainability and ownership.
By encouraging children and youth across Africa to study STEM, we are not only reducing inequalities and gender differences but also contributing to a sustainable continent. Africa is currently phasing shortages in qualified doctors and health professionals, as well as engineers and programmes, professions which we know, are the professions of the future. This will therefore increase the quality of services and products being delivered in Africa and increase the standard of living.
Project Report | Jun 24, 2026
Mentorship and Milestones in Rural STEM
By Debbie and Team | Project Leader
Dear Donors,
As we step into the middle of 2026, we are thrilled to share how your continued generosity is directly transforming the lives of young minds in rural Zimbabwe. In our last update in February, we talked about providing the fundamental “Tools of the Trade”—textbooks, stationary, and solar-powered charging stations. This quarter, thanks to your steady support, we have been able to transition from establishing that vital tech access to unlocking the human potential using it.
Bridging the Gap: Mentorship in Action One of our major goals for this quarter was to ensure that “rural” does not mean “left behind” by identifying our top-performing O-level and A-level students and pairing them with specialized guidance.
We are proud to share that our virtual mentorship sessions are officially in full swing! Utilizing the tablets and laptops powered by our solar charging hubs, groups of students have been connecting directly with STEM professionals within the global Action Change network. For a student living in a village with limited electricity, speaking face-to-face with a software engineer, a medical professional, or an environmental scientist is more than an educational lesson—it is proof that their dreams are valid and achievable.
Overcoming the Odds: Exam Preparation and Beyond As schools progressed through the term, our focus remained heavily on academic resilience. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math are notoriously difficult to master when a single computer is shared among dozens of students. However, with the advanced textbooks and education packs distributed earlier this year, our students are no longer just sharing resources—they are leading peer study groups and diving deeper into complex curriculums.
Our solar-powered tech hubs continue to be the heartbeat of our digital learning. Even during local power grid fluctuations, these stations have remained completely offline and fully operational, allowing students uninterrupted study time to research for their upcoming examinations and practice foundational coding skills.
The Real Impact: Communities Changing from Within We continue to ground our work in a powerful reality: when you educate a child in STEM in rural Zimbabwe, you are solving local problems.
The Biology students are looking at agricultural concepts that can protect local crop yields against erratic weather patterns.
The Engineering and Math students are analyzing water flow and understanding the mechanics behind the solar boreholes that supply their villages with clean water.
Your giving ensures that these future leaders don’t just learn theory; they are developing the exact skill sets required to uplift their communities from the inside out.
Looking Ahead: Keeping the Momentum Alive As we look toward the next quarter, we want to scale our curriculum development and secure even more comprehensive education packs for the next intake of high-achieving students. We rely heavily on your consistent support to keep these bright minds focused on their aspirations rather than the burden of school fees or supply shortages:
$15 funds a comprehensive education pack (textbooks and essential stationary) for a young student.
$50 funds a virtual STEM mentorship session for a group of 10 students, connecting them directly with industry professionals.
$1,000 supports our localized research and curriculum development for a full month to ensure we are teaching the most future-proof skills.
Thank You for Investing in the Future Food feeds the body, but education feeds the future. Thank you for continuing to stand by these remarkable young women and men in Zimbabwe. Because of you, a generation of rural students is looking at the problems of tomorrow not with fear, but with the confidence that they are the ones who will build the solutions.
Project Report | Mar 26, 2026
Coding for the Future: Breaking the Cycle
By Debbie | Zimbabwe Volunteer
In the rural corners of Zimbabwe, talent is everywhere—but opportunity is not. This quarter, your support has been the bridge between a student’s potential and a career in the sciences.
While many of the schools we support are still working on basic infrastructure like water and food sustainability, our STEM students are looking even further ahead. They aren’t just thinking about how to survive; they are learning how to solve the problems of tomorrow.
The Challenge: Beyond the BlackboardScience and math are difficult to teach from a textbook alone. To truly inspire a future engineer or doctor, students need hands-on experience. However, in many of our partner schools, a single computer might be shared by 50 students, and lab equipment is often a luxury.
This quarter, we have focused on providing the “Tools of the Trade”:
Learning Materials: We have supplied advanced textbooks and stationary for high-achieving students in rural districts who are preparing for their O-level and A-level exams.
Tech Access: Your donations have helped us maintain solar-powered charging stations, ensuring that even in areas without a stable power grid, students can use tablets and laptops for research and coding.
When a child from a rural village becomes a scientist or an engineer, they don’t just change their own life—they change their entire community.
A student learning Biology today becomes the person who improves local crop yields tomorrow.
A student learning Engineering today becomes the person who designs the next generation of solar boreholes for their village.
A student learning Technology today is able to access the global economy from their own doorstep.
Our goal is to ensure that “rural” does not mean “left behind.” We are currently identifying our top-performing students to provide them with specialized tutoring and mentorship from professionals within the Action Change network.
The Reality of the Costs: To keep these bright minds focused on their studies rather than their school fees or supply costs, we rely on your consistent support:
$15 funds a comprehensive education pack for a young student.
$50 funds a virtual session with a STEM mentor for a group of 10 students.
$1,000 supports our research and curriculum development for a full month to ensure we are teaching the most relevant, future-proof skills.
We often say that “food feeds the body, but education feeds the future.” Thank you for being the reason a young girl in Zimbabwe believes she can be a software engineer, or a young boy believes he can design a new water system for his town.
You are not just donating to a project; you are investing in the future leaders of Zimbabwe.
With gratitude and pride in our students,
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