WISER Chemistry teacher Violet Singeoi, GWHTC and Pratt Fellow Kendall Covington and Ramanujam
Published April 1, 2014, last updated on April 6, 2020 under Education News
Teachers from Women's Institute of Secondary Education and Research (WISER) are at Duke this week to build upon a new collaboration that enhances educational opportunities for young girls in Kenya, particularly in engineering and entrepreneurship.
The WISER delegation, which includes co-founder and DGHI faculty member Sherryl Broverman and Kenyan teachers Kennedy Mikula and Violet Singeoi, met with biomedical engineer and global health faculty member Nimmi Ramanujam. Under Ramanujam’s leadership, the Duke Global Women’s Health Technology Center is working with the non-governmental organization to develop a curriculum that encourages Kenyan girls to become engineering and health entrepreneurs.
The group toured Ramanujam’s engineering lab and had the chance to build batteries. They also participated in a panel presentation on the health and educational challenges facing girls in rural Kenya. Speakers included WISER student Mercy Adhiambo.
In March, WISER celebrated its first graduation where 28 Kenyan girls graduated and 17 will go on to college. Read the story.
