#gkVacWork - A Beginning of a Geek Culture ko Limpopo
Giving Back to the Community is a Value at Mapitsi Holdings – Mapitsi Foundation is the Social Responsibility arm that puts those Values into Action.
In expanding the annual Thagaetala Career and Sports Day activities, Mapitsi Holdings seeks to instil digital skills interest of the learners at Thagaetala Secondary School.
The Geekulcha VacWork program takes in a number of high scholars to a real and co-creative working environment, get trained and build projects with ICT tools.
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HUGE S/O to @MapitsiHoldings for making #gkVacWork Limpopo, Thagaetala Sec. School happen. She is indeed an active South African for change. pic.twitter.com/smh769INe9
— #gkVacWork July (@Geekulcha) July 15, 2017
To stimulate the minds of the youngsters, the programme was themed "We Are Digitally-Empowered" to challenge the youngsters to digitize the community and school.
Hello Limpopo! #gkVacWork - 2 provinces, same time. It's about Youth ICT, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. @MapitsiHoldings @mlabsa pic.twitter.com/bfwLJ3YWDg
— #gkVacWork July (@Geekulcha) July 10, 2017
Supported by mLab Southern Africa, Limpopo Connexion and Shuttleworth Foundation, the VacWork in Limpopo introduced the youngsters to different technologies and build ICT solutions for social problems.
Happening concurrently with the Northern Cape edition, the Limpopo youngsters worked hard to grasp the technologies and build their ideas.
A Tech debate was also hosted to engage the youngsters in digital activities.
#TechDebate #Gkvacwork limpopo. Topic: Technology has made people to be more lazy pic.twitter.com/aWKBmbBuAN
— #FemaleGeeks (@raeketsetsa) July 14, 2017