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Friday, July 25, 2025

Tech Camp kids learn to create their own path

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The last two weeks have been an in­tense, fun-filled time for 50 kids tak­ing part in Bright­Path Foun­da­tion's Tech Camp.

Work­ing with a range of pro­fes­sion­als from tech­nol­o­gy-en­abled in­dus­tries, the co­hort of 10 to 15-year-olds en­joyed hands-on, prac­ti­cal ses­sions in which they saw first-hand how to de­vel­op con­tent for the web, pho­tog­ra­phy, film, graph­ic arts and oth­er high-tech in­dus­tries.

"At Tech­Camp we pro­mote val­ues and life skills as the foun­da­tion for tech­ni­cal ex­cel­lence," said Bright­Path Founder, Bevil Wood­ing. Bright­Path is an in­ter­na­tion­al non-prof­it or­gan­i­sa­tion fo­cused on val­ues-based tech­nol­o­gy train­ing, ed­u­ca­tion sec­tor sup­port and re­source de­vel­op­ment ini­tia­tives.

"In ad­di­tion to prac­ti­cal ac­tiv­i­ties to de­vel­op tech­ni­cal skills, Tech Camp al­so in­tro­duces par­tic­i­pants to im­por­tant prin­ci­ples of busi­ness, ethics, and civic re­spon­si­bil­i­ty. Each day is a bal­anced mix of lec­tures, dis­cus­sions, demon­stra­tions, and prac­ti­cal labs."

Tech Camp par­tic­i­pants got up-close with tech­nol­o­gy through ses­sions led by in­dus­try prac­ti­tion­ers and re­al-world in­no­va­tors. They learned how to print 3D ob­jects, build and pro­gram mi­cro­com­put­ers and ro­bots, and even use soft­ware to cre­ate their own mu­sic.

"The prac­ti­cal in­sights and lessons learnt in this short time will im­pact both their ca­reer choic­es and their out­look on life," Wood­ing said.

Tech Camp was held in the West Wing of Cipri­ani Labour Col­lege, Val­sayn, from Ju­ly 21 to 31.


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