iNERDE is a 501(c) 3 social enterprise with a mission to empower African youth by giving them the opportunity to attain their fullest potential. iNERDE stands for New Education for Radical Development. The goal of iNERDE in simple terms is to ignite creative thinking, to nurture invention, to encourage entrepreneurship, and to build integrity among African youth. Subsequently, they can learn to identify the challenges in their communities, gather the resources available to solve those problems, and implement their own solutions. The most efficient way to do this and to effect long-term transformation, based on our mission, is through a 5-week STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) summer camp. The summer camp aims to increase primary school students’(4th & 5th graders) aptitude in, specifically STEM and, generally, in problem-solving, by engaging them in interactive, team-based science and engineering projects. For iNERDE, success is when these children mature into technologically-aware adults with greater aptitude in Math and Science, gainfully employed, possibly in a STEM field, and, above all, willing to give back to their communities. Join us to create a movement in education to channel the aspirations of African youth and set them up to have the same full range of professional options enjoyed today by the citizens of the technologically advanced nations.
