Free IT Education for Schoolchildren and Young Adults
Cooperation with other Star for Life divisions
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Star for Life Ukraine has started educational activities in 2022 as a social charity fund organized by Sigma Software. Though the fund is quite young, it is a part of the Star for Life family that has worked in different areas worldwide for more than 17 years (South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania, Jerusalem. Launching educational initiatives in the quickly changing Ukrainian conditions was not easy, but it became extremely important and truly influential for many children.
Free IT Education for Schoolchildren and Young Adults
Cooperation with other Star for Life divisions
The aim of Star for Life Ukraine is to empower young generations to realize and achieve their dreams despite any challenges. Through this stormy year, the fund’s team has focused its efforts on several directions: holding free IT courses, assisting with children’s psychological support, ensuring children’s access to the digital world and thus to online education, connection with friends, and entertainment.
In 2022, Star for Life Ukraine provided educational activities in two directions. The first one is IT Summer Camp intended to teach Java skills to children in a healthy and calm location. Together with co-organizers – Sigma Software, IDF School, and Voices of Children – the fund held an IT summer camp in a country hotel in Ivano-Frankivsk Region. Three computer science teachers, who were forced to relocate from Mariupol and Nova Kakhovka, also joined the camps as mentors and trainers.
The other direction is specialized IT courses. In 2022, Star for Life Ukraine started the first course “Java for kids” in partnership with IDF School. Throughout the year over 200 children passed this course.
In 2023, the Star for Life Ukraine team is going to launch a new course – “Android for kids”. The pilot group of about 15 kids begins their studies in January.
Done in 2022:
Planned for 2023:
Star for Life acts in different corners of the world where education and psychological support can help children and young adults build a better tomorrow.
Since 2005, Star for Life coaches strengthen students’ self-esteem and motivate them to invest in their education and make wise life decisions. Their program is currently available in 120 schools in South Africa and Namibia. The Star for Life Foundation in Jerusalem focuses on the advancement of better life opportunities for all inhabitants of East Jerusalem, so that, in the long term, they can build a brighter future for themselves and their families.
In 2022, Sigma Software University and Star for Life Ukraine assisted with organizing of 7 educational courses in East Jerusalem. Over 135 participants joined the courses.
The plans include adapting Start for Life Ukraine IT courses for Jerusalem and South Africa. In January 2023, the course “Java for kids” will be released in English. Also, in 2023 the fund will add at least three more courses – Android programming, UX/UI Design, and QA Testing.
Many children in Ukraine were forced to leave their homes with only the most necessary of their possessing. Some schools have lost all their equipment and now struggle to continue teaching their kids. To ensure children’s access to the digital world and thus to online education, connection with friends, and entertainment, Star for Life started a quest of collecting at least 100 laptops by the end of 2022.
With the help of our partners Zacco, Nexer, and anonymous partner from Great Britain, the fund heads to 200+ computers in 2022 and 2023 years. The process of transportation, cleaning, and installing the required software is at full blast. They even had to arrange a storage and technical setup station in Ivano-Frankivsk to streamline the preparation of the equipment.
First batches of computers were already delivered to our partner schools. The plan is to cover the needs of the students of our IT courses and provide as many computers as we can to our partner schools.
Co-organizers of Star for Life Ukraine:
Partners:
Star for Life Ukraine is looking for partners and donors. If you would like to join one or more of the fund’s initiatives, do not hesitate to contact the team via join@starforlife.org.ua
Star for Life Ukraine was founded in 2022 as a non-profit sub-organization of the well-known Star for Life maternity project. Star for Life was launched in 2005 by Swedish entrepreneur, business leader, and philanthropist Dan Olofsson together with his wife Christin, as a charitable foundation focused on empowering young people to fulfill their dreams and live healthy lives.
In the past two decades, over 500,000 youth have participated in Star for Life’s four-year program in public schools across Sweden, South Africa, Namibia, and Tanzania. Through a unique educational program, Star for Life coaches strengthen students’ self-esteem and motivate them to invest in their education and make wise life decisions. In this way, they can build a better future and, as adults, contribute to a more equal, fair, and sustainable society.
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