Kochi hosts camp for school girls from 5 countries

Kochi hosted a seven-day WiSci (Women in Science) camp which brought together 100 from India, schoolgirls Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka and the United States.

The in-person WiSci South Asia STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and design, and mathematics) camp was held here from June 2-8.

The WiSci Girls' STEAM camp is a U.S.government collaborative effort to advance gender equality and promote STEAM education worldwide, the U.S. Consulate General Chennai said here in a release on Sunday.

The camp availed unique opportunities for leadership development, skills-building, mentorship, and networking in various STEAM fields, it said.

"Girl Up", a global leadership development initiative founded by the United Nations Foundation, organised the camp in partnership with the U.S.

Department of State's Office of Global Partnerships, the U.S. Consulate General Chennai, and Rajagiri Business School in Kochi, alongside Caterpillar Foundation, Google, TE Connectivity Foundation, and United Airlines.