What and Why?
The accelerator program will be addressing the SDG 5, which calls for gender equality and empowerment of all women and kids, since there's an immense opportunity to make an impact worldwide via knowledge gained and personalized by kids and women.
2 main directions will be implemented. The course will be delivered in Armenian:
ACC#5 for Kidz is a 20 week program designed to help young girls and boys (aged 8-15) to take the first leap into programming. In the framework of ACC #5, the kids will have a chance to acquire coding, presentation and pitching skills, take a web development and scratch track, participate in hackathon and gain network.
Location: Yerevan and Sisian
ACC#5 for Women and Girlz (15+) is a 20-week program designed for vulnerable women and girls following the purpose to teach them tech and business skills through weekly workshops/training and lead them through mentorship sessions with field experts, as well as targeted events and meetups.
Location: Yerevan
The benefits
- participants will graduate with profound skills needed for the creation of their own startup or become part of an existing one. The best startup projects will enter ImpactAIM Accelerator Program, where through a specially designed curriculum and mentorship, they will be able to develop their business projects further.
- the progressed students will be granted the opportunity to become a Trainer. A tailored program will be provided for selected participants to become Assistant of the Trainers of the next batch. The program is fully free of charge. Transportation costs will be partially covered by the program All interested candidates are invited to submit the application form by March 3, 2020
The program is fully free of charge and priority will be given to the members of the socially vulnerable group.
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