Career Girls Mobile Learning Center (MLC) Pilot Program in Rwanda

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Key Information

One hundred girls ages 10-17 from two Rwandan schools - Gihogwe and Acts4Rwanda - met on weekends from May 4th - June 2nd during the pilot. Career Girls and Starlight Africa carefully co-created the curriculum, developing interactive lesson plans that presented careers in information and communications technology (ICT), health science and arts, audio/video and communications, as solutions to local and global problems like poverty, world hunger, gender equality and access to education and healthcare. The curriculum was also developed to align with the competency-based curriculum proposed for Rwanda’s educational system as part of the United Nations’ sustainable development goal 4.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Rwanda

Activity URL

https://www.careergirls.org/news-post/career-girls-partners-starlight-africa-bring-first-global-stem-career-exploration-program-girls-rwanda/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2019 - 2019

Partner(s)

Starlight Africa, World Possible, Gihogwe, Acts4Rwanda

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Skills

  • STEM

Cross-cutting areas

  • Digital literacy
  • Empowerment
  • Mentorship
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

10 - 17

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula

Educational Technology

  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
  • Digital learning materials/programs
  • Digital skills/literacy (including coding)
  • Online training

Learning while working

  • Vocational training

Life skills education

  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • STEM - in the classroom
  • STEM - outside the classroom

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training
  • Leadership training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased agency and empowerment

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Linda Calhoun
Career Girls
Founder and Executive Producer
linda@careergirls.org