Our March 2023 newsletter📜

DirectEd lions 🦁 fundraiser April 21st-April 30th 🗓

We're excited to announce that the Litepaper for the
DirectEd Lions Collection is finally out!🥳

The Lion collection is divided into four tiers, each symbolizing varying degrees of support. For each tier, we express our gratitude🙏🏼 to our
donors in unique ways❤️

Please read and share your thoughts about the
DirectEd Lions Litepaper🙏🏼 https://directeddev.gitbook.io/lions-lite-paper/

The fundraiser will be ran through our new donation portal ,https://app.directed.dev/ !

Tech internship partners! 🤝🏼
We have secured our first two tech partners! These partners will take on a team of top graduates
🧑🏼‍🎓 from the DirectEd Bootcamp, providing support as they work on a real-world
project over a 6-month period🔥

The first tech firm is Snapbrillia, a startup working a wide suite of products ranging. They will offer a 6-month mentorship program for top
graduates of our 12-week MERN stack bootcamp! https://twitter.com/DirectEdDev/status/1643609830160998401?s=20

The second tech firm is @tallyxyz, a world-leading DAO tooling🔧 startup!

Donation Portal and New Intro Video🎥 Release

Discover all there is to know about DirectEd at our
donation portal, including the problems we tackle, our solution, associated costs, and expected impact.

Additionally, we invite you to check out our newly released video introduction, featuring footage from Kagumo High🏫 and testimonials from successful graduates of our
first coding course💻

Donors using Cardano can now donate to our
$ada handle $directeddev via the donation portal.

For those who wish to donate using credit cards💳 or other #cryptocurrencies, we ask for your patience until the fundraising campaign starts on April 21st.

MOU with Mang’U High 🏫
We are thrilled to announce that our Kenya lead Moses Kahure has signed an MOU with Mang’u High School👏🏼, ranked 3rd in the 2020 KCSE examinations as our 2nd pilot school partner🤝🏼

Web3 user group partnership 🎊
We are excited to partner with the Web3 User Group, an association committed to providing a safe and fun
forum to learn about Web3.
Join our newly created joint discord here https://discord.gg/ftV7jeM5Sw

Next up in April
Our CEO @SimonSallstrom has been invited to speak
on a panel at one of the world's largest blockchain events, NFT.NYC. The panel is held on the Legal & Finance stage on
Thursday April 13 at 5:20 pm EDT⏲

Introductory Coding Course 2 🔥
We are thrilled to announce that, following a highly successful information session
with Mang’U High School students and parents, we will be offering a second iteration of our mobile-first📱 Intro to #coding course.

Joining DirectEd!
We are currently looking for a working professional software engineer🧑🏼‍💻 to mentor our top students during their tech internship, as well as a dynamic and creative🎨 leader to assist with our marketing and fundraising efforts.

Additionally, we are seeking someone with accounting🔢 experience, eager to grow with the organization🏢 and take on more responsibility as our programme scales. Please visit https://directed.notion.site/Job-board-3a6585f2175a456bb4f3d1149cfddba2 for more information on how to apply!