Empower
We are igniting a passion in Technology for the Girls of Africa
Our Mission
To build a community that will encourage and empower more females into the tech field.
Learn MoreOur Partners
We couldn’t be here without the support from amazing people and organisations who will be donating money, knowledge and time to help us make this a reality. If you want to contribute and support our goal, please contact us or click on the donate button
Those incredible companies made a pledge to diversity and are actively helping us to change the ratio in the tech industry.
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Our Impact
Since 2016, we have 50 volunteers in the HackathonGirls community and have organized over 50 events. We've been to 5 schools in the country and our mentees have explored a greater knowledge of how to use a computer, code, and design animations that rejects societal problems like female genital cutting, and teenage pregnancy which empowers them. We provide travel opportunities for our girls. In August 2018, three of our girls traveled to Mexico to attend a Robotics competition with youths from other parts of the world. We continue to use technology to change the life of African girls..
Read our Event Report to learn about the impact we make.
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YEARS SERVING COMMUNITIES
Through our Mozilla clubs, we have been to 5 schools in the country.
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HACKATHONGIRLS MEMBERS
We have trianed and mentored girls who will become mentors to the next generation of women in technology.
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GIRLS IMPACTED
We have organized events in the Gambia and impacted 100+ girls and women.
Our Programs
We run STEM based projects for young girls aimed at equipping them with the requisite skills to solve problems around them.
Learn MoreENGINEERING
We want our younger women to explore different aspects of what it means to be an engineer in a fun, hands-on environment. Girls will learn leadership skills such as goal setting and effective communication, and engage in activities that showcase different engineering disciplines. Participants will also design and create engineering projects throughout the week under the guidance of our Engineering Mentors and Institutions.
SCIENCE
The aim is to arm young women who have a vested interest in science with the skills and confidence to pursue higher education and/or a career in STEM fields. At HackathonGirls, we recognize that accessing and participating in STEM fields for women and girls is critical to achieving gender equality.
TECHNOLOGY
The aim is to provide participants with the skills they need so they can be informed contributors and creators of digital world. We want to help shift the default to one where women have a strong, equitable role in reading, writing and participating on the web—and, ultimately, help lead the next wave of openness, innovation and opportunity online.
MATHEMATICS
Poor participation of girls in mathematics is particularly troubling, as this is a gateway discipline to other fields. It is not only advantageous to have studied intermediate or advanced level mathematics at secondary school, but in many cases it is requisite to tertiary study in STEM disciplines, such as engineering and computing and we hope to organize programs to encourage more girls to do their maths well.
Our Team
A team of designers, developers, speakers, writers etc working to break the stereotype that most girls face in technology and united to make the web a better place and accessible to all
We call ourselves HackathonGirls. We are a highly motivated team of young, passionate women with several years of collective experience and expertise in a wide range of skills brought together by our common passion to be agents of change in Africa.
Join the TeamGet Involved
Help Us Make More Impact. We put a lot into making our programs a success each year. With your help we can do far more. See all the ways you can get involved and help us achieve our vision.
SIGN UP FOR A PROGRAM
Every year, HackathonGirls organizes Interesting programs for girls ages 8 to 18 girls from all over the Gambia to learn and apply the skills needed to solve real-world problems through technology. Join us and Lead the Change by signing up or for your girl child by clicking below.
Sign UpVOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The success of our programs such as Mozilla Clubs depends partly on other young people who are passionate about STEM who volunteer to help out with our programs one way or another, volunteer to be a facilitator or be a mentor to a team. please click below.
Learn MoreMAKE A DONATION
We commit a lot of resources each year into making sure our programs come off and are successful. Your kind donations, no matter how small, will make a real difference and go a long way to make sure that we have enough resources to keep impacting more girls. Click to support us.
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