Annual Report 2019
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ANNUAL REPORT 2019 KARIBU SANA! The year 2019 was full of growth All this has been possible because and new opportunities for our of our new generous supporters: program. Bayerische Staatskanzlei, Partners Group Impact ( Verein ), SAP and We admitted 29 new students into over 1000 private donations we our basic training program and 16 received during the year. Learning young adults started our advanced Lions is one of the very first char- track. In the advanced track, Lions ities in Africa to accept donations start to work with international cus- in the cryptocurrency GLX Stable- tomers to gain hands-on business coin, thanks to our partner Glob- experience. With the addition of the coin. This way, donations sent from new Lions, we are now at our full other countries can avoid transfer capacity. For this reason, we decid- fees and exchange rates. After a ed to expand and build a bigger ICT successful fundraising campaign Campus, allowing us to change the on Global Giving, the largest global lives of even more young adults. To crowdfunding platform, we became raise funds for the project, we orga- their partner, therefore, we are now nized a remarkable and challenging also eligible to receive tax-deduct- 100 km hike: the Lions Trail. ible donations from the US and U.K. The event took place in Bavaria, through the platform. Germany, with 250 participants, In 2019 we got the world’s attention who raised over 80 000 Euro from when the IT African pioneer and more than 1000 donors. During the our great supporter and partner, official Lions Trail opening ceremo- Juliana Rotich, introduced us when ny, Learning Lions received 478 500 receiving the German Africa Prize Euros in funding from the Bavarian 2019 from German Chancellor State. This money is being entirely Angela Merkel. The TV station, DW, invested on our new building. produced a documentary about The concept for the ICT Campus Juliana, in which she presented our by the world- famous office “Kéré program and interviewed Mourine Architecture” is optimally tailored Apuu, our current Lion, front-end de- to the needs in the semi-desert of veloper, photographer and IT coach. Turkana: Innovative construction As you can see, a lot happened in methods ( windows, ventilation, 2019 opening the way for further de- second roof etc. ) will create perfect velopment of our program in 2020. working conditions. The building includes classrooms, co-working space and accommodations for the Lions. We have already finished the Bene, Brizan, Charlotte, first construction works and the of- Jan, Ludwig, Toni and Wilhelm ficial opening of the entire complex Founding Team of Learning Lions, is planned for the year 2021. Digital Lions and Startup Lions 3 CONTENT 6 12 20 LEARNING DIGITAL STARTUP LIONS LIONS LIONS NEW! NEW! NEW! Lions trail: Updated Construction The challenge portfolio: web side in the middle of the year for development, of the desert a good cause graphic design to be finished and 2D / 3D in 2020 animation 26 28 30 HELP US DONORS IMPRINT 4 A HOME TO LEARN, EARN AND INNOVATE! VOLUNTEERS TALENTED YOUTH GLOBAL CLIENTELE DONATIONS IT SALES INCUBATOR EDUCATION AGENCY FACING YOUTH FROM EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RURAL AFRICA In remote areas, like Turkana, it is Our program is structured into three difficult for young adults, especially subsequent units: “Learning Lions” girls. But even in those areas there trains talented and motivated young are more and more graduates every adults with high value skills in the ar- year. Most of them struggle to get eas of programming, graphic design funds for college, but fail to raise and media production. them – despite having potential and The students from the educational talent. program are then invited to stay Employment is not an option for on campus as trainees of “Digital them as the weak local market and Lions”, our fairtrade IT-outsourcing infrastructure makes it almost im- agency. Here, they start working possible for them to start a business. with international customers and This frustration leads to all sorts of gather hands-on business experi- conflict and creates a migration to ence. urban centres in the false hope of When the Lions feel confident better opportunities there. interacting with clients, the incuba- Learning Lions offers a different tor “Startup Lions” provides them path to a digital career, that will with the necessary funds and tools, allow them to become a produc- so that they can launch their own tive and value generating digital startup and become economically citizen of the world from their own independent. hometown. 5 LEARN HOW TO EARN THE BASIC TRAINING GIRLS EMPOWERMENT APPLICATION BOOM PROGRAM AT LEARNING LIONS Together with our partner organiza- After implementing the girl em- Turkana students are increasingly tion Tunapanda who runs a similar powerment program “Tech Dada” interested in entering our program. program in the slums of Nairobi, we ( Dada = Kiswahili for sister ) to As we receive more and more appli- developed a three-month program support girls in acquiring technical, cations, the level of each new grad- designed for students on a low edu- business and creative skills, we now uated cohort also raises accordingly. cation level who have had little to no have full gender equality on campus. In 2019 alone, we received 560 ap- exposure to technology so far. plications for 60 students enrolled. The “Tech Dada” initiative aims at The training is intense, we host the giving girls and women confidence The selection process for potential students every day including week- in themselves and their ability candidates is long and hard. After ends. Classes go from morning until to pursue careers in technology, completing an exhaustive written night. Students complete at least design and business. It focuses on application form, the applicants are three websites, design a computer solving real problems in their local invited to pass a 4-hour IQ and apti- game and several logos. They even communities and globally, motivat- tude test, assessing their raw intelli- master the basics of 3D design. ing many girls to join our program. gence and willingness to overcome But just as importantly they learn We are very delighted about this psychological challenges. This is valuable soft skills – like presenting positive trend. followed by a short interview. Finally, in front of an audience, teamwork, only 10 % will be offered a place at conflict resolution and much more. Learning Lions as a student. We are currently teaching our sev- We give all young adults the oppor- enth cohort in Turkana and in the tunity to apply for the program, re- last one we used our old students gardless of schooling, age, gender, as teachers. For the first time the religion or ethnicity. In the interest current cohort consists exclusively of equality we sometimes travel to of students from Kakuma refugee the most remote parts of Turkana to camp in the hope that one day some give any young adult the opportunity of them will start Learning Lions in to apply as long as they have com- their home countries of origin. We petencies in English and basic skills hope to teach at least 3 new cohorts in Mathematics. of 30 in 2020, but this would require When they start earning their first our new campus to be finished in salary, they can help both their fam- order to have enough space to host ily and their community by support- them all. ing the local economy. 6 THE ADVANCED TRACK It took us years to create an efficient There are certain curriculum in tech, design and busi- skills that every Lion 1 must master on a high ness, adapted for Turkana students level. Those include from the ground up. According FOUNDATIONAL touch-typing, soft- MODULES ware installation and to their specific talents, students laptop maintenance or get an individualized learning path soft skills like public consisting of modules created speaking. by experienced volunteers. First students learn step by step how to deliver on a client’s order. Then they In this phase the Lion keep practicing on simulated client must go through gen- 2 eral theory modules in requests, until they reach a high graphic design, web level of perfection. SPECIALISATION development and ani- MODULES mation, getting knowl- While they study individually, they edge in colour, fonts, composition and all the are never left alone, since all their needed softwares. exercises will be corrected by more advanced students. This 5 to 12 months curriculum permits any Now that the Lion knows the basic tools young adult with a growth mindset of their specific field, to develop a skill set that is highly 3 the next step is to learn valuable on the global freelancing how to apply them on a PREPARATION specific client request, market. MODULES like designing a logo or an icon. For every Alongside the curriculum we are de- service Digital Lions offers, there is a prepa- veloping a tailored software learning ration module. platform, improving and automating the learning process for students. The qualification phase is all about practice: Lions have to work 4 on as many simulated QUALIFICATION client orders as it takes for them to reach per- MODULES fection in their work. More experienced Lions play the role of the customer. “I don`t know.” has become DIGITAL LIONS “I don`t know yet!” BILL GATES 7 LIONS TRAIL FROM KALTENBERG CASTLE TO NEUSCHWANSTEIN KALTENBERG 24 / 08 / 19 14:00 In order to finance the ongoing costs AN UNIQUE EXPERIENCE 0 KM and the upcoming construction work Fortunately, the weather was good of Learning Lions, a big donation so that the runners could enjoy the march, called "Lions Trail", was beautiful Upper Bavarian landscape organized in Germany in August at least in daylight.