Girls in STEAM Academy

31/01/2022

A special project carried out by the Youth Makerspace Larnaka in 2021 in collaboration with the Be An Ally Foundation is the Girls in STEAM Academy. As part of BridgeSTEAM, the Girls in STEAM Academy was held in Limassol (December 4 & 5) at the Cyprus University of Technology and in Larnaca (December 11 & 12) at the Youth Makerspace Larnaka, for young girls aged 14-16.

The program aimed to bridge the participants’ relationships with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) professions, bringing them into contact with female role models from the field in question and informing them of the career guidance opportunities that exist in STEAM disciplines. At the same time, the program managed to empower the participants through programming, robotics, and technological equipment educational workshops, while also offering an educational workshop on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

Special thanks to each participant who enriched the program with their participation, the girls of the Be An Ally Foundation for the initiative they so successfully carried out, the sponsors, and everyone who participated in the realization of the Girls in STEAM Academy!