Raspberry Pi

My experience with Raspberry Pi has been that is uses very little energy and can help women learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, keeping their skills relevant to 4IR.

Raspberry Pi comes with an easy to use OS that is free.

We would like to supply and conduct workshops on how women in disadvantaged communities can grow in basic education and develop innovative tech that can be taken to Market.

We are presenting a solution for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education that uses software and tech that is inexpensive and easy to learn to use. 

Raspberry Pi. It is cost and energy efficient, thus creating the opportunity to learn on technology that does not create an energy burden on the community.

Raspberry Pi has been used for computer lessons and robotics, game and app development among students as young as 9years old. Therefore, women who have limited education can still how to code, develop games, understand robotics, AI etc.

Raspberry Pi is not an expensive product and takes very little power (energy).

VR Goggles, Monitors, tech similar to Google Glass can all be used as monitor options. We would also like to supply a mouse and Keyboard. 

Short workshops can be held to train Raspberry users and training them to basic Raspberry Coaches to create Raspberry Pi clubs that will encourage younger ladies to make use of the technology and it's potential.

Ladies who are skilled in using Raspberry Pi will learn to code, develop, about robotic and so much more. Allowing them to be competitors in a male dominated skills market.

We will create an ecosystem that will guide them to developing specific answers to specific needs.

Tech innovative products that can be commercialized so they may have an income. We will also teach them to set financial and business goals, so they can be confident entrepreneurs.

The Challenge requires us to present a STEM solution:

We will provide training and the Raspberry Pi tech to facilitate the understanding of science, technology, engineering and mathematics within the 4IR and commercial world.

The Challenge asks that we education of the demographic of the women who do not have access to education:

We have experienced Raspberry Pi's Noobs OS and loaded software to present an easy understanding of the basics of Computer Sciences, on a level that even a 9Year old understands. Making this a suitable solution for women who have little to basic education.

I believe many people do not offer Computer Sciences training because delivering and setting up desktops is time consuming and expensive. 

Further, it is more expensive to purchase laptops and not all smart tablet devices are capable to handle the capacity Raspberyy Pi can. Additionally, Raspberry Pi comes with pre-loaded software and OS that would otherwise cost money. The pre-loaded software and OS enables for the perfect easy learning for adults who are not fully literate.

Raspberry Pi's Mission states : "Our mission is to put the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people all over the world. We do this so that more people are able to harness the power of computing and digital technologies for work, to solve problems that matter to them, and to express themselves creatively."

The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a capable little device that enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python.

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en

Raspberry Pi has Over three quarters of their sales are now to overseas customers, and while the US and mainland Europe are their largest markets (with honorable mentions to Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

They have reached many African countries and offer the solutions and training to countries across africa.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/more-on-raspberry-pi-in-africa/

The solution of training a few ladies, will allow them to create coding clubs that will then allow more young women to learn to use the technology and grow in the understanding of science, tech, engineering and manufacturing.

10 well trained ladies in basic computer science, can each train ten more, and those ten can train ten more.

Creating a chain of well train women encouraging the growth of computer science and developing products that will be commercialized and help them earn an income.

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To impact at least 10 women every 3 months. Helping them find their feet in a male dominated tech world.

Funding to travel and cover our time spent training.

Ongoing means to source funding

2 Full Time

5 Part Time

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