Laughter,
twinkled eyes and cool coding projects, that’s basically what CoderDojo is all
about. So why don’t take our concept to kids that can really use it? That's what coach Reinhart was thinking. So he teamed up with CoderDojo4All project manager Roos and Eeklo lead coach
Marijke to initiate a pop-up Dojo in the Red Cross refugee centre of
Eeklo in an attempt to let these kids share in the joy of coding.
On Saturday
8 September a road team mostly consisting of volunteers from CoderDojo Eeklo,
set up a Dojo in the refugee centre. The centre’s staff was very enthusiastic
and greeted us with open arms. No less than 19 participants joined us for their
first coding experience. They started working in Scratch and discovered that
creating their own Scratch game is surprisingly easy.
Some even
wanted more. Ibrahim, a 15 year old boy was working with Reinhart
in Unity. He liked it so much that the two of them decided to meet again during
the regular Eeklo Dojo. Two weeks later, Reinhart went to pick him up from the
centre and Ibrahim attended the Dojo working with Reinhart and the other kids
in the advanced Unity/Java track.
The try-out
was a success. That’s why we will repeat this project throughout the country.
On 13 October, some kids from the refugee Centre of Poelkapelle will attend the
Dojo in Ieper. Lead coach Frank is looking for some extra volunteers to help
him make this a wonderful experience for everyone. If anyone is interested they
can register as volunteer via: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/registratie-coderdojo-ieper-13102018-49980731714
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