Programs/Community sessions
Community sessions
Bring practical robotics and STEM learning into your community. Working with a local host, Muru teaches short courses that help children build, program and explain their projects. Kakuma refugee camp is part of this teaching story.
Who it is for: Hosts who can gather students for a short course
It involves
- A local host
- Kits and an instructor
- A project finished in the visit
- Age groups kept separate
Kakuma, named correctly
The homepage photograph is a robotics and STEM session at Kakuma refugee camp. It is not a picture of the Voi classroom.
The same standard
Younger students are not given the older course because the visit is short.
A demonstration
Children leave having tested something. A ceremony is optional.
A next step said honestly
If there is no plan for a second visit, that is said at the start rather than implied as a permanent lab.
Kakuma
The classroom photograph on the homepage is from Kakuma refugee camp, where Muru RoboKids trained children in robotics and STEM. It is not a Voi lesson. The work was the same kind of work: build a robot, program it, test it, and have the students explain it.
A community session depends on a host who can gather the students and keep a room. We do not arrive with a claim that a short course replaces school. We arrive with kits, an instructor, and a project that can be finished in the days available.
What a host should expect
A project learners can demonstrate
Children leave having tested something. A ceremony is optional. The demonstration is not.
The same standard as Voi
Age groups are still separated. Younger students are not given the older course because the visit is short.
A named next step
If there is no plan for a second visit, we say that at the start, rather than implying a permanent lab.
Questions
Can a partner fund a community session?+–
Yes. Use the support page and choose a community session. Include the place, the ages, and the days the host can keep a room.
Does a short course replace school?+–
No. It is robotics training for the days available, in a room the host provides.