Team updates

General

• Looking for trustees for our organization
  • We are now seeking two additional members for the Board of Trustees of DirectEd for a 2-year term. Trustees have independent control over, and legal responsibility for, a charity’s management and administration.
  • For more information and application: DirectEd Board of Trustees Application
• Vlog series update
  • Latest vlog featuring an interesting discussion on moral education and how corruption manifests
  • Playlist: Behind the scenes of DirectEd Development Foundation

Operations team

• New team member
  • Christine Karimi is an Educator and Software Engineer who is very passionate about Technology. Her interest in technology developed on realizing the complexity of applications that one can build with the least of resources. She has a degree in Bachelor of Education(English & Literature) and works as a Software Engineering Trainer/ Team Lead. She has trained over 200 junior developers in the last four and a half years. Her role at DirectEd will be senior tutor.
  • Adetayo specializes in Next.js, bringing websites to life with seamless UX and dynamic user experiences. He will be joining us as a front-end developer.
• Ethiopia
  • Tutor recruiting
• Kenya
  • Meeting with Kagumo High principal about selection process
  • Setting up parent information meeting
  • Meeting with Lido Nation
• Collaborator meetings
  • Empowa
  • Helptohelp
  • Snapbrillia
  • RootsID
  • UNICEF

Tech team

• Moving forward with smart contract & dApp integration
  • Github: DirectEd-Development-Foundation · GitHub
• Collaborator meetings
  • Charli3

Next up

• DirectEd x COTI sponsorship
  • The first cohort of students at Kagumo High will be called the “Djed Scholars”. Stay tuned for more updates about our Kagumo High pilot during next month!