The Joule Foundation was formed with a purpose of giving back and encouraging young women in the African continent to pursue an education in the field of STEM. Our academic workshops and programs are designed to address the problems closest to home by pairing learnings from the classroom with hands-on-activities, mentoring, interpersonal skills and career awareness programs for secondary school girls.
The Joule’s SI base units can be broken down to kg.m2/s2 and therefore if we give a person (kg) a platform (m2) over time (s2) that energy can be used to transform and change our world for the better. We believe that each individual on this earth has a God-given innate purpose that cannot be created nor destroyed. When we harness that purpose, and cultivate it and channel it for the good of the world, that’s where transformation takes place. If we give a person a platform, a chance, in due time, when one finds their purpose in this world and uses it for good, that world will become a much better place.
Making a difference in the lives of female students in Africa. The Joule Foundation is in the business of changing and shaping lives. The work we do at our organization is aimed at giving female students a chance to dream and achieve beyond what they thought was possible. There are numerous factors that affect the secondary school retention rates of the African girl such as economic, social, and cultural factors. It is our goal that a student with academic aptitude should not be held back in attaining an education and an eventual career due to these limitations. Current research has found that in educating a girl, once she has a career and a family of her own, she is more likely to encourage higher education for all her children.
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”
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“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
