Ubuntu Summit 2022 | Teaching Zimbabwean Girls How to Code with Puppy Linux

Ubuntu Summit 2022 Day 3 (09 November 2022)

Simple is better than Complex: Teaching Zimbabwean Girls How to Code with Puppy Linux by Marlene Mhangami

In this talk I'll be sharing my journey of starting a non-profit organization in Zimbabwe that teaches girls how to code. When I initially started trying to teach girls how to code, I started in the city and shared primarily with young women who were from fairly well off families. After some time I decided I wanted to help girls who were in areas of Harare that were underserved. I was surprised to see how little access the girls had to computers and decided to fundraise to get them some laptops. We initially started out with old laptops that had very little storage space and would crash easily. Puppy Linux, based on Ubuntu, was a great way to get around some of these problems and also had a friendly interface for the young women using laptops for the first time. I'll share about this and other thoughts on how to help developers in areas of the world with less access to resources.'

Link to talk details and author bio: https://events.canonical.com/event/2/...

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