… Three of them in need of urgent accommodation contributions
BY PHUMELELE MKHONTA
MBABANE- Geneva seeks Eswatini young brains!
Eight teenagers from different schools in the country are headed for Geneva in Switzerland to display their robotics invention.
The eights, alongside with two emaSwati mentors, will be in Geneva from October 10, 2022 to October 18, 2022.
The teenagers will be attending the first 2022 Carbon Capture Challenge for the robotics challenge in the European country.
Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots:
The teenagers which will be leaving the country are Sinowethu Fakudze (17), Sinowethu Fakudze (15), Destiny Moodley (15), Mnotfo Madolo (15), Tinashe Sifundza (16), Ayandziswa Gama (15), Tengetile Sibeko (16) and Siviwe Dlamini (15).
The pupils are from St Marks High School, Ngomane High School, U-Tech High School and Salesian High School.
Facilitating their trip is Eswatini STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), a science education programme by Peace Corps, which is still in its infancy stage. The teenagers that will be leaving for Geneva won the STEM competition which started in March this year.
Mandla Sithole, Eswatini STEM Coordinator, pleaded emaSwati to make contributions for accommodation for three of the teenagers.
“All return tickets have been booked and VISAs have been made. The main aspect that is missing is funds for accommodation for three of the eight pupils that will be leaving.
“Worth noting is that food, accommodation and the cost of living is a bit expensive in Geneva so the contributions would be greatly appreciated,” said Sithole.
