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Let’s Code, Girls!
Project
The project, conducted in March We extended the project to in-
2016 at the Borusan Gemlik cam- clude the children of employees at
pus, targeted factory employees’ the Borusan factories in Sefaköy
daughters aged between 7 and and Halkalı, an additional 90 girls
14. In the first phase, the project aged between 7-14, and provided
taught 60 girls how to code, with computer programming training at
classes in the fundamentals of these campuses.
electronics, gaming, animation
and story programming, and sim- We collaborated with the UK-
ple robot design using basic elec- based KızCode (GirlCode), which
tronic modules and 3-D printing demonstrated its success by win-
integration. The girls came up with ning the best social responsibility
interesting and creative projects as initiative award from the Ministry of
a result of their training. the Interior and the Universities As-
sociation in 2015. The Let’s Code,
We launched the Let’s Code, Girls! Girls! project won the Internation-
project to enable girls to develop al Corporate Social Responsibility
computer skills compatible with the award as part of the International
Young Entrepreneurs and Leaders
st
21 century information technology
platform’s 2 International Corpo-
nd
era and to take steps towards rate Social Responsibility (ICSR)
a future of equality. Awards.
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