Code training for young people in disadvantaged neighborhoods

Dear Difteur-ses,

Thanks to your support, we've been able to launch personalized coaching for our committed young people, by creating mentor-mentee pairs.

Objective: to offer them a caring framework to better orient themselves, gain confidence and move forward in their careers.

To mark this first edition, we organized a special meeting:

- Group challenges.

- Blind test & general culture quiz.

- Educational Escape game around the concepts seen this year.

- And a great collective reflection on what would be the ideal mentorship at Witech.

A big THANK YOU for your support!

Dear difteurs,

16 young people, total immersion, one objective: to design and defend an innovative solution in record time. Over a few days of school vacations, they explored design thinking, mastered the art of pitching, experimented with digital communication and discovered the basics of coding. ✨

What's in it for them? Much more than skills: self-confidence, the ability to structure an idea, the audacity to defend a project in front of a jury. In such a short time, they realize they can do it.

That's Witech's challenge: condensed, impactful, and above all, an unforgettable experience.

And to go even further, they can join our youth committees: a space where they continue to learn, gain confidence and build their future.

Dear difteurs,

At our last event, two Witech learners took the stage to lead a roundtable discussion and interview experienced profiles. Their mission? Share inspiring experiences with some thirty middle and high school students, and open up a dialogue on the opportunities open to them.

This was followed by a speed mentoring session, where each young person was able to exchange views with professionals and ask their questions without a filter.

💡 Making young people actors in their future also means giving them a place in the debate. It means offering them the opportunity to question, to lead, to explore. Because by speaking out, they gain confidence.

Thank you to the difteurs who make these moments possible. Together, we're building a space where young people dare, inspire and take their place. ✨

Thank you, chers difteurs, for your support in making this adventure possible.

➡️ Discover in pictures the highlights of our 6 intensive sessions, where 62 young people, including 20 girls as part of the "Bootcamp 100% Filles" program, explored digital with passion.

Your commitment makes all the difference. Thank you for your trust!

Dear donors,

Thanks to your funding, young people supported by Witech enjoyed an inspiring experience during the school vacations.

20 motivated young people showed remarkable commitment: getting up at dawn, taking the train from Mantes, and spending their days at Viva Technology, immersing themselves in the world of tech and innovation... all during their vacations!

Coached by committed employees and a dedicated team of mentors, they discovered exciting professions, worked on concrete projects and received invaluable advice.

The restitution of the projects was a highlight, with parents proud to see their children surpass themselves and an inspiring word from François Bitouzet, VivaTech General Manager.

🎯 A huge thank you to you, dear difteurs, for making this experience possible. It's thanks to your donations that these young people have been able to access opportunities that mark a turning point in their careers.

Eager to go even further? Continue to support us in offering young people the keys to their digital future.

Dear difteurs,

During the school vacations, 18 young girls took part in our very first 100% female bootcamp in Sevran, and what a success it was! They showed unfailing commitment, remaining motivated every day to explore the digital world, develop their skills and take on challenges.

On the program: technological learning, sports activities, team building, and speaking workshops around the fight against gender discrimination. 💪🎙️ Thanks to the involvement of our supervisors and passionate professionals, they were able to develop their confidence and acquire the skills to fully engage in their school career.

To get the school year off to a good start, 27 middle and high school students took part in the careers forum on the VivaTech premises, with the involvement of numerous employees.
The objectives? 
✨Discover the organization of a company, in this case behind the scenes of Europe's biggest tech event.
✨Explore the different career paths and possible professions.
✨Meet inspiring professionals and learn from their experiences.
This event reinforces our guidance support.
A big thank you to the Captains for their invaluable contribution to these young people's journey!

The start of the new school year was marked by our presence at the Village des Associations in Mantes-la-Jolie! It was an opportunity to meet the local community and present our programs.
We're particularly proud of our young people, who have played a key role as Witech ambassadors. Their involvement is not limited to participating in programs; they are also engaged in promoting our initiatives and in roles of responsibility. Their commitment is essential to our mission and we encourage their continued empowerment in our projects.
Thank you all for your support and enthusiasm!

A huge thank you to all the Captains for their support and financial contribution that made our summer bootcamps possible. Your generosity is essential to the success of our programs and to the future of the young people we support.
This summer, Witech had the pleasure of welcoming 62 young people through 6 sessions of intensive bootcamps. 2 sessions were dedicated exclusively to middle-school girls with our 100% Girls Bootcamp program. 💪💜
➡️ 20 middle-school girls joined this unique adventure, and this is just the beginning! They will continue to develop their skills and blossom by joining our girls' committee, where they will be able to get more involved.
Thank you all for your continued support!

On Saturday, May 25, at Viva Technology, an event where anything becomes possible, we had the honor of accompanying 34 middle-school girls. 
Thanks to the 100+100 = The Future in Tech initiative of the Les Intrépides de la Tech collective, these young girls took part in speed mentoring sessions and enjoyed an exceptional guided tour of the event.
Energy and inspiration were on the agenda! They also took part in interactive workshops organized by the E-mma association and Latitudes - Exploring Tech for Good, where they were able to explore the world of technology and innovation.
🙏 Thank you to our Captains for their financial support, which makes it all possible!

We're proud to share feedback on our 100% girls' bootcamp in partnership with Viva Technology during the February vacations.
A score of young girls had the opportunity to take part in a bootcamp organized at the heart of the VivaTech premises. They were immersed in an intense hackathon, supervised by a dynamic team.
The program included a design thinking workshop, where they brought their ideas to life, accompanied by the Schoolab team. They created their graphic charter and designed their logo. They then applied their web development skills to create an attractive website. They perfected their pitching skills, essential for these future entrepreneurs 👀.
The secret to this exceptional week? The support and mentoring of 20 VivaTech employees, who coached the participants and shared their expertise with these young leaders.
On Friday, they had the opportunity to present their projects in front of a jury, their loved ones and VivaTech employees.
It was much more than just a week of learning: it was a celebration of the strength, talent and potential of young girls in technology and innovation.
A big thank you to everyone who made this week possible👏

Creating a website for an association while engaging middle and high school students and Deloitte employees? Witech made it happen!
💻 Last week, middle and high school students from our youth committee initiated the creation of a website for Sira Association, which fights against student poverty. On the program: drafting the specifications, choosing a host and creating the site's tree structure.
💡 All with the help of Deloitte employees who are experts in these subjects.

During the school vacations, we accompanied 18 energetic young people, aged 11 to 16, for a week-long hackathon that culminated in a pitch competition. Our aim? Make them aware of the environmental and social issues around us, and encourage them to come up with concrete solutions.
We firmly believe that action is the key to change.
The pitch competition was special, because we had a special panel of judges: the leaders of the youth committee. These young people evaluated the projects with a fresh, authentic eye. For us, the idea is to create an autonomous system, because we are convinced that they possess all the necessary resources and that our role is simply to accompany them and help them identify them.
One of the initiatives that particularly touched us was the one dreamed up by a group of 4 young people: the creation of the association Les Harceleurs Anonymes.
All too often, we hear about victims of harassment, but what about the harassers themselves? These young people had the brilliant idea of setting up a space of trust and support for those who find themselves in this delicate, often misunderstood and isolated situation.
We also congratulate this year's winners: Un Foyer pour Tous. Their project involves providing a turnkey structure to support homeless people towards personal fulfillment and professional integration.

What pride! What intensity!
Six girls and six boys collaborated in groups to design projects all focused on positive impact. They prepared their pitch and brought their vision to life through the creation of a website to showcase their project.
Entrepreneurship, creativity, collective intelligence, learning web development, web design and speaking! All in the space of one intense week.
Congratulations to our young talents 🌟
We thank all the contributors who support our mission.

 We're starting the year by laying the first stone of our mission: to create an environment where young girls feel legitimate, gain self-confidence and evolve in a caring environment. Today, we're delighted to share with you our enthusiasm for our program: Witech Bootcamp 100% girls.
🚀 2024 goal: to support 160 young girls in the Île-de-France region! We're determined to create opportunities and support these future leaders on their journey.
💪💼 Our warmest thanks go to Sakina B., our first role model of the year, who shared her invaluable advice and inspired our participants to aim for success.
🙏 A huge thank you to Viva Technology and the Make.org foundation for their support, which enables us to realize this mission and propel female talent in the tech world. 

 🚀 The youngest entrepreneur in our class is just 11 years old! At Witech, we offer an unforgettable experience🔥
10 young people aged 11 to 14 presented their projects in front of an exceptional jury ✨ and an audience of 90.
Before the big day, they took part in an intensive hackathon. In one week, they created a fictitious company, designed a graphic charter with a logo, learned to develop a website in HTML and CSS, and perfected their art of the pitch 🎙.
We're proud of the results: 4 projects with a strong social and environmental impact.
The big winners:
🚀 O Matching - An AI offering an adaptive guidance path for young middle-schoolers.
The public's favorite prize:
📘 Connected Notebook - A connected notebook that automatically scans and organizes your lessons.
Super Girls:
📚 IA School - An IA that supports young people with learning difficulties by adapting to their needs.
Super Boys:
🌱 Ecorécup - A plastic recycling plant that transforms waste into sports equipment, with facilities adapted for people with disabilities.
Congratulations to these promising young people 🌟 We wish everyone all the best for the future 🚀

Pitching your project at the age of 14? That's the experience at Witech ✨
Six girls and six boys aged 14 to 17 took part in an intensive hackathon during the October vacations. An experience rich in learning and encounters.
For a week, these young talents were trained in design thinking, web development with Bootstrap, web design, and the art of pitching. Their objective? Design an ephemeral business and create a website to present it.
As a bonus 💡, they also took part in a "Tech for Good" workshop led by the Latitudes association.
At the close of this event, the participants took part in a pitch competition where parents were invited to discover their children's achievements.
What pride for parents to see their children's achievements! 😍
We'd like to warmly thank all the speakers, the pitch jury, the parents and our young talents for this incredible week 💜

A great experience for all of us, this edition of the Witech Bootcamps was a highlight.
🔢 A few figures: nearly 50 young people, aged 11 to 17, from various towns in the Mantes la Jolie basin, shone alongside us. Two engineering students guided this adventure with brio.
A program rich in discovery:
Our youngsters plunged into a dynamic world of learning with a series of tech workshops, supervised by the engineering students, as well as digital accessibility workshops with expert Meriam SAAD from Accenture France. Cultural workshops with the Jeunesses sans frontières association gave rise to new confidence and skills.
🏢 Enriching corporate discoveries: our participants had the opportunity to visit three inspiring companies: EDF Energies Renouvelables, Pur Projet and Shippeo. These visits opened doors to new professional horizons.
🏋️‍♀️ Essential balance: our commitment to a holistic approach to education manifested itself through sports workshops, emphasizing the importance of a healthy mind in a healthy body.
These bootcamps were an educational adventure rich in discovery, interaction and inspiration. Thank you to all those who helped shape this beautiful journey towards learning and development. 🌈

Our young Witech talents had the opportunity to discover Shippeo's professional environment during an immersive day tour. They were warmly welcomed into the company and had the opportunity to discover exciting technological roles.

During the day, they were inspired by presentations from various Shippeo experts: from the artistic design of websites, through the analysis of complex data to extract valuable insights, to the realization of concrete projects and the sharing of leadership experiences.

We would like to express our deep gratitude to Shippeo for their welcome and commitment to diversity and inclusion in technology. By joining forces, we are paving the way for a more inclusive and promising future! 💪 

We're delighted to share with you an immersive video highlighting the incredible experience of the young learners in our Witech Code program.
Find out more about their journey and their feedback!

Our first class of 2023 is made up of talented young people aged 12 to 15, who have seized the opportunity to take part in a unique, hands-on experience that will enable them to develop their tech skills.
Our Witech Code program aims to be a comprehensive training program and the bridge between the digital world and these young people.
How? More than just an introductory course, our witechers spend two months in the shoes of web developers, where they are trained and guided by experts throughout the process of creating a website.
The Witech Code program is an opportunity for these young people to develop and acquire solid skills in project management and web design, and to familiarize themselves with the world of entrepreneurship by creating the websites of young entrepreneurs.
Our participants will have the opportunity to work in teams on concrete projects that prepare them for the world of work.
Transmitting, training and making opportunities in the tech world accessible is what we aspire to at Witech through the realization of our programs.

🌟 We're proud to share with you our latest adventure into the world of tech in collaboration with EDF and the Elles bougent association!
We accompanied talented young girls aged 14 to 17 for a day, training them in web development. And guess what? The day was magical, filled with moments of discovery and sharing. 💫
Our mission was simple: to train, support and inspire young girls while breaking down the psychological barriers associated with tech. 👩‍💻
We were impressed by the enthusiasm and energy of all the participants, which convinces us that this introductory day will be the start of an exciting journey for these young girls! 💜

For the December vacations, we organized alearning hackathon as part of our Witech code program. 20 young people, 4 teams, 7 days to:
- create a fictitious company, establish a business model and vision;
- create a logo, a graphic charter and a dynamic, responsive website while learning web development;
- train in public speaking and PITCH preparation.
The young people also benefited from an orientation coaching session.
A comprehensive program where the junction between learning and experimentation resulted in some very fine achievements. A collaborative framework that gave everyone a place, leaving room for creativity and the values of working together. The young people got involved and enjoyed the results of their efforts: knowing how to pitch in front of an audience and present the dynamic website they had learned to create.
This new intervention format for the Witech code program, which offers an immersion course in tech, was a winning bet. Mixing entrepreneurship and web development was a success and gave the young people more space to create and take ownership of the learning.