Dear #DirectEdLions, we are excited to invite you to join our students for next week's soft skills workshops💪
"Achieving your Goals" with Alicia Pollard on Tuesday July 18 at 1 pm - 2 pm UTC
"Atomic Habits" with Bart Jaworski on Thursday July 20, 1 pm - 2 pm UTC
Head over to https://app.directed.dev/donors-portal/events (token gated) for link!
See you there! 😇
"Achieving your Goals" with Alicia Pollard on Tuesday July 18 at 1 pm - 2 pm UTC
"Atomic Habits" with Bart Jaworski on Thursday July 20, 1 pm - 2 pm UTC
Head over to https://app.directed.dev/donors-portal/events (token gated) for link!
See you there! 😇
app.directed.dev
Direct Ed - Scholarship Pools
Directed is a decentralized application that allows you to create and manage your own decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).
"DirectEd saved me."
- Elizabeth Gitau, DirectEd Scholar Kenya 2023
These words echo the transformative impact we're making in Africa 🦁
We are today launching our crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for Access Scholarships to needy high-potential students in Ethiopia, equipping them with laptops and internet and thereby enabling them to participate in our free life-changing coding bootcamps.
⏰ When? Sep 30th
📍 Where? https://bit.ly/DirectEdPools
Save the date!
What have we achieved in our first 18 months?
1️⃣ 150+ Kenyan and Ethiopia students basic training in coding and blockchain
2️⃣ 40 students a life-changing opportunity through our intensive 3-month-long coding bootcamp
3️⃣ 12 students paid internships with Western tech firms!
…all with $ada on-chain scholarships, enabling any donor to independently verify where their funds have gone!
What's next?
Continuing on our successful Kenyan bootcamp pilot, we’re now expanding to Ethiopia
But without a laptop and money to pay for 📶 internet, many of our most talented students won’t be able to partake in the bootcamp…
How can you make an impact?🤝
You can transform a student’s life by contributing to one of several Access Scholarship crowdfunding pools 🧑🎓 when we start our campaign on September 30th.
Save the date! 📅
Link: https://bit.ly/DirectEdPools
The DirectEd Lions Collections
As a symbol of our appreciation, we give each one of our donors a unique digital art piece from one of our 🦁 collections!
These not only prove your donation but they also unlock access 🔓 to our Donor Portal!
But there’s more to the two #DirectEdLions collections…
DirectEd Lions - Warriors 🪖
This is a 2000-piece collection consisting of warriors from the ancient Noli universe…
⭐️ 20 unique classes
👑 6 ancient kingdoms
💪 5 traits with random scores
... and in the future, a student-built game using these digital avatars❗️
DirectEd Lions - Legacy 👑
This is a premium 130-piece collection dedicated to our super-donors with perks including…
✅ student-written lore for each unique piece ✍️
✅ exclusive donor dinners 🍽 hosted in Oxford
✅ donor nameplates in our partner schools
You can read more about the collection and our mission here: https://bit.ly/DirectEdLitepaper
Join us as we make progress towards a world in which any student is given the opportunity to realise their full potential, regardless of their draw in the lottery of life
Sincerely yours,
Simon Sällström
- Elizabeth Gitau, DirectEd Scholar Kenya 2023
These words echo the transformative impact we're making in Africa 🦁
We are today launching our crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for Access Scholarships to needy high-potential students in Ethiopia, equipping them with laptops and internet and thereby enabling them to participate in our free life-changing coding bootcamps.
⏰ When? Sep 30th
📍 Where? https://bit.ly/DirectEdPools
Save the date!
What have we achieved in our first 18 months?
1️⃣ 150+ Kenyan and Ethiopia students basic training in coding and blockchain
2️⃣ 40 students a life-changing opportunity through our intensive 3-month-long coding bootcamp
3️⃣ 12 students paid internships with Western tech firms!
…all with $ada on-chain scholarships, enabling any donor to independently verify where their funds have gone!
What's next?
Continuing on our successful Kenyan bootcamp pilot, we’re now expanding to Ethiopia
But without a laptop and money to pay for 📶 internet, many of our most talented students won’t be able to partake in the bootcamp…
How can you make an impact?🤝
You can transform a student’s life by contributing to one of several Access Scholarship crowdfunding pools 🧑🎓 when we start our campaign on September 30th.
Save the date! 📅
Link: https://bit.ly/DirectEdPools
The DirectEd Lions Collections
As a symbol of our appreciation, we give each one of our donors a unique digital art piece from one of our 🦁 collections!
These not only prove your donation but they also unlock access 🔓 to our Donor Portal!
But there’s more to the two #DirectEdLions collections…
DirectEd Lions - Warriors 🪖
This is a 2000-piece collection consisting of warriors from the ancient Noli universe…
⭐️ 20 unique classes
👑 6 ancient kingdoms
💪 5 traits with random scores
... and in the future, a student-built game using these digital avatars❗️
DirectEd Lions - Legacy 👑
This is a premium 130-piece collection dedicated to our super-donors with perks including…
✅ student-written lore for each unique piece ✍️
✅ exclusive donor dinners 🍽 hosted in Oxford
✅ donor nameplates in our partner schools
You can read more about the collection and our mission here: https://bit.ly/DirectEdLitepaper
Join us as we make progress towards a world in which any student is given the opportunity to realise their full potential, regardless of their draw in the lottery of life
Sincerely yours,
Simon Sällström
app.directed.dev
Direct Ed - Scholarship Pools
Scholarship Pools Page
📜 DirectEd Newsletter August - September 📜
1. 🇪🇹 programme launch & #DirectEdLions Crowdfunding campaign!
Following the MOU with Kotebe University of Education in Dec last year, our first Intro Course was held in August with a second one soon to begin in October! https://x.com/DirectEdDev/status/1710286029859504312?s=20
In November, the first bootcamp in Ethiopia will start ✨ But many of our brightest students don't have the resources to participate in our tuition-free BootCamp... That's why we launched the DirectEd Lions Fundraiser once again https://x.com/DirectEdDev/status/1703849298088071180?s=20
2. 🎓 Our inaugural cohort of DirectEd Scholars graduated on August 16th at Kenyatta University! 🎉
Many distinguished speakers were invited to inspire our students, including our benefactor, Shahaf Bar-Geffen, who spoke about the possibilities of technology and the internet
https://x.com/DirectEdDev/status/1700167174541779416?s=20
3. Application portal demo is out! It is the first web application enabling a holder of an Atala PRISM 2.0 credential to safely share their credentials with a web app.
So what?
This means any Ethiopian high school graduate is now able to directly apply to our programme with their high school grades, massively reducing our verification costs. Video: https://youtu.be/cj5I46EaMm8
5. The first-ever DirectEd Donor plate! Thank you AKYO (https://twitter.com/AKYO_POOL)!
Together, we are realising the untapped potential of the next generation of African tech leadership 🙌
https://x.com/DirectEdDev/status/1704442855735853548?s=20
6. 🌐 We're making history!
To the best of our knowledge, we are the first charity in the world to commit to managing all our financial operations on a public blockchain! https://x.com/DirectEdDev/status/1704544463656190277?s=20 🚀
7. DirectEd at the Cardano Summit.
We are proud to share that CEO Simon Sällström will be having a masterclass at the Cardano Summit Dubai main stage event on the topic “Blockchain for Development”. You don’t want to miss this!
DirectEd has also been nominated in the “Blockchain for Good” category. Please support us https://x.com/DirectEdDev/status/1709906653896663310?s=20
Next up❓
In late October, the second Intro Course will be held in 🇪🇹 . Then, on November 12th, our #DirectEdLions crowdfunding campaign ends and the first Ethiopian bootcamp commences!
Be sure you subscribe to our email list so you don’t miss any latest news https://bit.ly/DirectEd-News
Best,
Simon Sällström
CEO
1. 🇪🇹 programme launch & #DirectEdLions Crowdfunding campaign!
Following the MOU with Kotebe University of Education in Dec last year, our first Intro Course was held in August with a second one soon to begin in October! https://x.com/DirectEdDev/status/1710286029859504312?s=20
In November, the first bootcamp in Ethiopia will start ✨ But many of our brightest students don't have the resources to participate in our tuition-free BootCamp... That's why we launched the DirectEd Lions Fundraiser once again https://x.com/DirectEdDev/status/1703849298088071180?s=20
2. 🎓 Our inaugural cohort of DirectEd Scholars graduated on August 16th at Kenyatta University! 🎉
Many distinguished speakers were invited to inspire our students, including our benefactor, Shahaf Bar-Geffen, who spoke about the possibilities of technology and the internet
https://x.com/DirectEdDev/status/1700167174541779416?s=20
3. Application portal demo is out! It is the first web application enabling a holder of an Atala PRISM 2.0 credential to safely share their credentials with a web app.
So what?
This means any Ethiopian high school graduate is now able to directly apply to our programme with their high school grades, massively reducing our verification costs. Video: https://youtu.be/cj5I46EaMm8
5. The first-ever DirectEd Donor plate! Thank you AKYO (https://twitter.com/AKYO_POOL)!
Together, we are realising the untapped potential of the next generation of African tech leadership 🙌
https://x.com/DirectEdDev/status/1704442855735853548?s=20
6. 🌐 We're making history!
To the best of our knowledge, we are the first charity in the world to commit to managing all our financial operations on a public blockchain! https://x.com/DirectEdDev/status/1704544463656190277?s=20 🚀
7. DirectEd at the Cardano Summit.
We are proud to share that CEO Simon Sällström will be having a masterclass at the Cardano Summit Dubai main stage event on the topic “Blockchain for Development”. You don’t want to miss this!
DirectEd has also been nominated in the “Blockchain for Good” category. Please support us https://x.com/DirectEdDev/status/1709906653896663310?s=20
Next up❓
In late October, the second Intro Course will be held in 🇪🇹 . Then, on November 12th, our #DirectEdLions crowdfunding campaign ends and the first Ethiopian bootcamp commences!
Be sure you subscribe to our email list so you don’t miss any latest news https://bit.ly/DirectEd-News
Best,
Simon Sällström
CEO
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