(L-R): Mrs Olanrewaju (Ifelodun LCDA HOD Education), Tosin Animashaun (PyNigeria), Jerry Odili and Anu Adelakun (CYFI Education Team), Representative of U.S. Consulate, Parents of beneficiaries.
Carrington Youth Fellowship Initiative (CYFI) Education team recently concluded the free training of 60 disadvantaged adolescent girls on computer skills and coding. The program entitled “Smart Girls” was very well received by teachers, students and the entire Ajegunle community where the program took place. The program empowers young, marginalized girls using ICT.
One of the project beneficiaries, Anuoluwa Opatola, had never operated a computer before the project but can now write lines of python code. Twenty girls were selected, based on their excellent performance in the program, to receive brand new Raspberry Pis at no cost.
The CYFI Education team made up of Anu Adelakun, Charles Adewole, Jerry Odili, and Tosin Akingbulu expressed their satisfaction at the successful implementation of the program and hoped that the beneficiaries will further pursue computer science and other science-related courses in the university as this was the main objective of the program. They encouraged people to no longer consider STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) as a male-dominated field but hope more girls will be encouraged to take up science-related courses and perform well.
At the end of the graduation event, the parents of the girls could not hide their joy at seeing their daughters become experts in the use of computers and they promised to keep encouraging them in this field.
CYFI is a US-Consulate Lagos sponsored initiative aimed at developing leadership skills in young Nigerians.
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