ICanBe- early childhood vocational discovery: Play based, hands on education for developing healty employability habits
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Founding Story
Team
Through an Ashoka Fellow
Co-Founder, Organisational Overseer and Educational Designer
Decent Work and Economic Growth.
As specified above we were part of a first educational startup and NGO, Ikedoo Institute. We developed it during 4 years, created more than 200 hours of educational content in more than 15 programs for children 3-12 years old as well as for adults, providing educational activites for more than 2000 kids, 200 adults and to nearly 200 children in disadvantaged communities. We achieved financial sustainability, were the beneficiaries of a generous Erste Foundation Grant, recieved sponsorships from Bosch, Renault, BCR, EMAG and were selected Pioneers in the 2014 Re-Imagine Learning Challange. Since the road on which we engaged is such a complex one, this year we have decided to move on and develop two organisations out of the first one, pursuing more specific goals. One of them is eematico.
We have a partnership relation with Erste Foundation that has provided us with some financial help as well as learning opportunities in their social entrepreneurship development programs.
We have a non-formalized partnership with Bosch Romania. They provide us with the electrical tools that we use in our DIY activities.