From October 15-22, free coding workshops will be organized for children and youth aged 8 to 24 across UNHCR Camps, community centres and universities in 9 host and transit countries. Refugee Code Week has partnered with ReBootKamp (RBK) to turn literacy into expertise, and expertise into employment for young refugees. The successful launch of RBK’s first 16-week coding camp of which 50% were refugees and 50% Jordanians, graduated with a competitive edge resulting in near 100% job placement. A second RBK boot camp will open up in Istanbul this year.
Changemakers Lab brings Refugee Code Week Train-the-trainers events
to Greece
TTTs are organized throughout the year in the run up to October events. A team of master coding instructors will travel to Greece (Athens & Lesvos Island) to empower participants with the tools and skills they need to become coding instructors themselves. Once trained, they can start teaching code to young people from one or several of the 3 age groups (8-11, 12-17, 18-24)
TTTs about Scratch (1&2) and Web Programming webinars will be delivered virtually at University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Lesvos, Greece
Scratch 1 - Webinar
15 Sept, 22 Sept and 02 Oct
Description: Attendees will learn basic programing skills using the MIT developed Scratch Code platform and will be eligible to train 8-11 years age group during Refugee Code Week main event.
Profile of Participants: Adults (teachers, parents, etc.) interested in training children. Participants do not need to have any prior knowledge to join the sessions. Their background knowledge can be in any field of study
Duration: 90-120 minutes
Scratch 2 - Webinar
15 Sept, 22 Sept and 02 Oct
Description: Attendees will learn basic programing skills using the MIT developed Scratch Code platform and will be eligible to train 12-17 years age group during Refugee Code Week main event. Scratch 2 is a relevantly higher-level workshop than Scratch 1 where further advanced coding skills are integrated in the workshop.
Profile of Participants: Adults (teachers, parents, etc.) interested in training young teenagers. Participants do not need to have any prior knowledge to join the sessions. Their background knowledge can be in any field of study
Duration: 90-120 minutes
Web programming - Webinar
02 Oct
Description: Attendees between the age group of 18 – 24 will learn website development skills.
Profile of Participants:Participants need to have basic understanding on databases and HTML language. Participants studying/studied Computer Science would be best candidates but not necessary need to.
Duration: 180 minutes
Refugee Code Week is a SAP, UNHCR and the Galway Education Centre initiative. TTTs take place on Lesvos with the support of the following organizations:
Partners for TTTs in Athens are:
