Hey there guys! How you doin’? Hope all is well. I on the
other hand, I’m swarmed with so much to do and so little time hence the stall
in my posts. But I really wanted to check in at least for the first post of the
month and fill you in on what went down this past weekend. The post is just going
to be somewhat on the short end nonetheless I will try to keep it sweet :)
I have been keeping you in the loop about this new +Akili Dada mentoring project that I took on. But if should
this be the first time you are dropping by (first of all welcome) and find the previous
posts here and here.
This Saturday however, we did things differently. Instead of
going to the respective girl’s high schools which is the norm, we all convened
at Safaricom House in Westlands. By ‘we all’ I mean…all Akili Dada mentors
(which is where I fall), the mentees (from all the participating schools: Mary
Hill Girls High School, Precious Blood, Loreto Limuru, Alliance Girls and
Moonlight) and our respective Safaricom mentors as well.
The aim of the meet up was to sort of introduce all the teams
and register them officially for the Technovation Challenge. Apart from that,
it served as a good platform to familiarize the teams on what was expected of
them and the apps that they will be developing. This forum also shed some light
on how the whole challenge would be conducted all the way up to when the winners
will be selected (Judging criteria)
The event was very colorful I must say. We all got to
network and make new friends while at it (Those are always welcome!). We shared
and exchanged intellectual ideas which did more than just ignite the coding fire
in the young minds gathered in the hall.
On the flip side though, being in Safaricom House doth not
guarantee thee good internet!! That is one of the major problems that we
battled with for the better part of the morning. LOL, the IRONY!! However when
the fixed it, I couldn’t have been happier! But wait…not so fast…it was almost lunch
time and you know how I love my food. In spite of that, it seemed they hadn’t
anticipated the large crowds so guess what?? Some of us missed out.
We had to hang
on for the next round. 25 hours later, we were finally served and due my severe
hunger pangs, I forgot to take the initial picture of the meal. Darnit! Sorry,
Instagram!! But I will leave you with this image of the empty plate hehe!
Despite the few setbacks (esp...the food delay), the day was
a success. We got the teams registered online and enlightened on the challenge.
From that point, us as mentors can safely start the actual programming in the
respective schools from this coming weekend.
I promised I was
going to keep it short, so I think this is my cue. Thank you so much for
reading. It’s always a pleasure. Have a lovely hump day :)
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| I had to leave my mark :) |
Always do cool things
that matter!
#happydays
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