{"id":3601,"date":"2025-03-28T13:19:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/girlsday237.org\/?p=3601"},"modified":"2025-03-28T13:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:04:13","slug":"ledition-2025-takes-stem-talent-off-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlsday237.org\/en\/2025\/03\/28\/ledition-2025-qui-fait-decoller-les-talents-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM talent takes off with the 2025 edition!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7af0255111736f1d6a84fe1fef640a7d translation-block\">On <strong>March 21, 2025<\/strong>, Yaound\u00e9 hosted the <strong>3\u1d49 edition of Girlsday237<\/strong>, a 100 % event dedicated to the <strong>promotion of girls in STEM<\/strong> (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). A day full of color, innovation... and emotion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-45cf679cbbd35e8f03288e35c26b151b translation-block\">An exceptional day where <strong>pupils from CE1, CE2 and CM1<\/strong> proved that innovation waits for no age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"des-ecoles-pretes-a-en-decoudre-avec-des-idees-bien-sur\">Schools ready for battle (with ideas, of course ?)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-70961cfd4997367209f3e326a0526d6e translation-block\">This year, <strong>six schools<\/strong> took part:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7024c3ee597fc2503585f169b557be32\">\n<li><strong>The Key to Excellence<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dominique Savio<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cane and Cushion<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saint Achille Catholic School<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alberto Bilingual School<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-245e83f2856ef99e6962243dbc3e9fc6 translation-block\">Each of these schools presented a <strong>daring technical project<\/strong>, carried out by teams of ultra-motivated young girls. The objective? <strong>Show that with little means, you can do great things.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-93a3e80145c0d7c4e7ecfb0c005b7250\" id=\"des-projets-qui-donnent-le-vertige-litteralement\">Projects that make you dizzy (literally ?)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a180e6c19af4da7e2ebbcc7f5040769\">This year's innovations include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d5b8b732b2da1913b97e1c2c51edeba9 translation-block\">? <strong>A functional elevator<\/strong>, imagined and built from recycled materials: a real lesson in engineering and physics!<br>? <strong>A conveyor belt<\/strong>, worthy of a logistics warehouse, assembled from A to Z by middle-school girls. Automated object transport? It's done.<br>? <strong>A motor-driven mini-car<\/strong>, precisely designed and tested live: speed, stability, mechanical logic... it was all there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0dd131d18f46714597a4fc0a2b11c2b9 translation-block\">These creations impressed the public and the jury with their <strong>level of complexity, their ingenuity<\/strong> and above all... the passion of the young designers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-95960053a5db4feee494b96dbfdccb2c\" id=\"girlsday237-plus-qu-un-evenement-un-declencheur\">Girlsday237: more than an event, a trigger<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20acd44647a74a9f2cd49ccb46285ba1\">Beyond the competition, this day allowed the girls to :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b69447effa16687b225b8d7ded5f4814 translation-block\">\u2705 Work in a team<br>\u2705 Apply scientific concepts to concrete projects<br>\u2705 Defend their ideas with confidence<br>\u2705 Project themselves in scientific and technical careers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b644428a8d7a54bc192247e31ef052bb translation-block\">Girlsday237 is living proof that girls have their place in the STEM world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fe650db4b21c0f6da7ff4269781a6226\" id=\"en-route-vers-l-avenir\">Looking to the future ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6666bbf4e676843fb4bc7f1b04938e76 translation-block\">With this 2025 edition, Girlsday237 confirms its ambition:<br><strong>to train, inspire and reveal female STEM talent in Cameroon and Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-966a62aa714106635b26a8c1027ff0d3 translation-block\">? <strong>You can support this movement:<\/strong><br>? By sharing this article<br>? By becoming a volunteer or partner<br>? By making a donation for the next edition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a0f336dd19d7e105e5884004b7ea1885\"><a href=\"https:\/\/girlsday237.org\/faire-un-don\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Make a donation\">https:\/\/girlsday237.org\/faire-un-don\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le 21 mars 2025, Yaound\u00e9 a accueilli la 3\u1d49 \u00e9dition de Girlsday237, un \u00e9v\u00e9nement 100 % d\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 la promotion des filles dans les STEM (Sciences, Technologie, Ing\u00e9nierie, Math\u00e9matiques). Une journ\u00e9e haute en couleurs, en innovation\u2026 et en \u00e9motions ! 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