Skills & Entrepreneurship
KidsVai: Girls in STEM Initiative (with WOMENVAI)
Certified target budget
44% funded (71 donors)
Youth, women & children
Compliant Law 2025-19
KidsVai: Girls in STEM Initiative (with WOMENVAI)
International partnership initiative with European NGO WOMENVAI empowering young girls in STEM disciplines and digital technologies to dismantle gender barriers.
Specific Objectives
- Demystify science, engineering, and tech careers for secondary school girls.
- Lead hands-on digital prototyping and technology design workshops.
- Connect girls with inspiring female role models and professional women engineers.
Measured Field Results
- Hands-on KidsVai workshop at CEG 2 Kandi (April 10, 2025) led by Bachiratou Issiako for 50+ girls.
- STEM orientation and interactive workshop at Lokossa Girls High School with municipal authorities.
- Women digital entrepreneurship summit in Cotonou featuring WOMENVAI international leadership.
How We Operate on the Ground
Inclusive selection of motivated middle-school girls in rural secondary schools.
Hands-on coding, solar micro-controllers, and robotics workshops with modern STEM kits.
Inspiring keynote sessions with women engineers to dismantle gender myths in sciences.
Continuous mentorship and academic tracking towards advanced STEM diplomas.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Mission Field Photos
Support this project
1,960,000 FCFA remaining to fully fund this project.
Execution Factsheet
Field activities linked to this program
Concrete workshops, caravans, and sessions conducted across municipalities.
KidsVai Workshop: Secondary School Girls in Robotics & STEM
3-day hands-on immersion into Scratch programming, Arduino electronics, and solar kits for 80 young female students.